Does a trigger know who was triggering him?

[TOViper]

Hi folks!

 

Needed this a trillion times, but the ME doesn't give me this feature.

 

We have TRIGGERS, CONDITIONS, and ACTIONS.

Neither in CONDITIONS or ACTIONS I can select the unit that initially triggered this TRIGGER. Why - the hell - does the ME not host this feature? Does a trigger really don't know who triggered him?

 

Thanks for any hints on this and kind regards,

TOViper

[Hardcard]

You just found a good reason to get into scripting.

[TOViper]

You just found a good reason to get into scripting.

 

Hey Hardcard!

The question now is: how do you exactly solve this problem? :helpsmilie:

[Grimes]

Most events have an initiator value that returns the exact unit object that corresponds with the event.

 

When dealing with "trigger conditions" its stuff that you have to code in and iterate for many of them which is something that is invisible in terms of how the trigger works. Take for instance part of group or part of coalition in zone conditions require a list of units and the location to check against. You iterate through that list of units, check their location against the zone, and if its in the zone you know specifically which unit is in the zone to do whatever code you want.

[TOViper]

Thanks Grimes for your inputs!

 

In terms of performance, what is your experience on this, e.g. when designing a mission having approx 200 units?

I mean, the iteration every second (only speaking of one single trigger) for all units. Is LUA that efficient?