Message Triggers.

[Leving 10]

Okay, so I have an interesting question...

I want to add a message to the game (ie hint 'xxx') but ONLY AFTER someone has fired an artillery barrage.

I assume that it is possible to add a condition to the trigger, for example;

Condition: 'arty fired'

On Act: hint 'the artillery has been fired.'

I do not however, know what the condition would be.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Leving.

[imustkill 0]

You could declare a variable after your artillery fires. Something like

Pseudo:

artyFired = 1;

In your condition you can just make a loop asking for that waits until artyFired = 1 and when that condition is met, you'll have your hint.

[ProfTournesol 956]

You could declare a variable after your artillery fires. Something like

Pseudo:

artyFired = 1;

In your condition you can just make a loop asking for that waits until artyFired = 1 and when that condition is met, you'll have your hint.

Well, artyfired = 1 isn't a boolean condition. artyfired == 1 could be

@Leving : can you be more specific and tell us how do you create an artillery barrage ? Because if you use BI artillery module, there are variables that can be checked with the getvariable command. For example, the "ARTY_COMPLETE" variable is set too true when the artillery has finished firing.

[imustkill 0]

Well, artyfired = 1 isn't a boolean condition. artyfired == 1 could be

@Leving : can you be more specific and tell us how do you create an artillery barrage ? Because if you use BI artillery module, there are variables that can be checked with the getvariable command. For example, the "ARTY_COMPLETE" variable is set too true when the artillery has finished firing.

Yea I just marked it as pseudocode so he could get the concept. I'm doing VBscript right now at work so I don't need two equal signs!

[Leving 10]

Okay, this is how I made my arty;

1. Add in Secops, name 'som1' and link to the player.

2. Add in a logic trigger:

Condition; 'som1 getVariable "initDone"; '!alive car1'.

On Act; [["artillery_barrage"], player, [[RIPPER, [1,7,9]]]] call BIS_SOM_addSupportRequestFunc;

Set timeout 900 seconds.

This artillery then becomes active 900 seconds (fifteen minutes) after car1 is destroyed.

For the artillery its self, I placed three MLRS, grouped, and synched to an Artillery module named 'RIPPER.'

So anyway, what I want to happen is, IF the player decides to use the artillery, after it has finished, a message (hint) will show - which gives more directions into the mission.

Thanks,

Leving.

Edited August 31, 2009 by Leving

[Master gamawa 0]

I never had the guts to go into scripting and I have learned to work around those problems by taking advantage of the present/not present conditions.

If I wanted to receive a message after the airstrike is done I would place a unit (that doesn't move) where the airstrike is supposed to happen and place a small trigger area around the unit. The airstrike will probably kill the unit and my "activation: Not present" would take care of the rest.

I am just lazy like that.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Well, name the artillery group as you want (such as arty_group), with writing this in the group leader init :

arty_group=group this

Then your condition should be (not tested though but according to wiki !) :

arty_group getVariable "ARTY_COMPLETE"

Edited August 31, 2009 by ProfTournesol
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[Leving 10]

yes I had thought of that myself, but there are too many variables which might cause the hint trigger to be activated at the wrong time, or not at all.

IE, someone kills the unit too early/no one kills the unit/the artillery doesn't kill the unit, and so on. That kind of thing works in some situations, where certain variables are definite.

It almost certainly wont work for me though.

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Okay, that didn't work Pro. Is there anything specific I should add to the trigger other than condition; arty_group getVariable "ARTY_COMPLETE" and on Act; hint 'blahblahblah'

I tried this with the arty set to both repeating and once. neither worked.

Perhaps the group naming code is wrong? I'm not sure but I've seen code for it, looked a tad different to the one you posted.

You have any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Leving.

[ProfTournesol 956]

yeh, maybe the first element called shouldn't be the artillery group but the GL.

Try :

ripper getVariable "ARTY_COMPLETE"

Have a look at the biki :

Artillery module

Edited August 31, 2009 by ProfTournesol
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[Leving 10]

Okay, so this worked, however, the message appears when the arty has started firing, but thats okay because I can put a timer on the message.

Just on a side note, RIPPER is the name given to the artillery module not the name of the artillery group leader. I was planning on naming the GL Ripper (its currently unnamed) but I guess I don't need to.

Thanks very much for your help. I appreciate it. Its cool when you get something like this to work.

Thanks again,

Leving.

[ProfTournesol 956]

My pleasure, i'm learning trying to answer those questions :)

By the way, by "GL" i meant "Game Logic".

Edited August 31, 2009 by ProfTournesol
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