Repeatedly Turn Group On/Off?

[SonofEil]

I’m trying to make an SA group repeatedly turn on and off via trigger zone. I’ve been able to turn an SA group on/off once—I enter the zone, unit turns on, I leave the zone, unit turns off, I enter the zone, unit stays off. I can’t make it repeatable. If I enter the zone a second time the unit stays off.

Currently I use

 

Trigger: Switched Condition

Condition: Part of Coalition in Zone

Action: Group Activate

 

and then

 

Trigger: Switched Condition

Condition: All of Coalition out of Zone

Action: Group Deactivate

 

I’ve tried different types of triggers, ‘once’ and ‘continuous action’, without luck. The above two triggers is the closest I’ve gotten to success. Any suggestions?

[SUNTSAG]

Once a group has beendeactivated it cannot be activated again the ME removes the group completely on deactivation.

[feefifofum]

Assuming by "SA" group you mean some type of SAM system, you can switch their alarm state & ROE via triggered actions and an AI TASK PUSH trigger which will cause them to shut down when a player leaves the zone.

[SonofEil]

Once a group has beendeactivated it cannot be activated again the ME removes the group completely on deactivation.

Good info, thanks.

...you can switch their alarm state & ROE via triggered actions and an AI TASK PUSH trigger which will cause them to shut down when a player leaves the zone.

AI Task Push and AI Task Set don’t do anything. The sub menus are empty. Always have been for me at least.

[feefifofum]

You have to add something to triggered actions first or there are, as you may have put together now, no actions to trigger. ;)

[SonofEil]

Whoa I’ve never used a unit’s Triggered Actions tab before. Could never figure out what it did. I’ll report back shortly.

[feefifofum]

Here ya go:

 

Smarter SAM.miz

[SonofEil]

Yep, that did it. I used Alarm State Green/Red, but it worked like a charm. I can fly in and out of the zone, turning the unit off and on, all day long.

Thanks for the help, and for opening up a new mission editing capability that had long eluded me!

 

Edit: My triggers are such, with hostile unit placed on map in Alarm State Green:

 

Trigger: Switched Condition

Condition: Part of Coalition in Zone

Action: AI Task Set-Alarm State Red

 

and

 

Trigger: Swtiched Condition

Condition: All of Coalition Out of Zone

Action: AI Task Set-Alarm State Green

 

I didn’t use any ROE conditions.

Edited November 10, 2018 by SonofEil