Query re triggers for ME flak barrage

[markturner1960]

Hi, I have been delving deeper into the ME ( Great fun!) and have altered one of the included missions to add some flak barrages as per Redkites guide. He shows how to do this for one unit, but its not clear how this works to me for setting all units within a trigger zone. On my mission I have added all the flak units and a trigger zone covering them all. I want them to start shooting once the Blue force jets enter the zone but cant work out how to do this. Do I need to set up each unit individually? If the answer is yes, if I do one unit, and do all the trigger work etc, can you then copy and paste the unit including all the triggers etc? Or do I need to set up each one individually? 

[Northstar98]

The advanced waypoint actions typically apply to a whole group, so if you have a group of units the same actions will apply.

You only need to set it up once per group, you can copy and paste units and the advanced waypoint actions will carry over (and you can even change the type of unit, so long as the unit is valid for the waypoint action).

[markturner1960]

OK, thanks... 

edit: Following the guide, he selects task AI push in actions and then in AI action drop down, he is able to choose battery fire, but in my mission, I dont see any of the AAA units I placed? 

I have added a new trigger, called AAA barrage, in conditions, I have selected "part of coalition in zone" and selected blue coalition and "All" for unit type.

 

Edited July 22, 2022 by markturner1960

[twistking]

10 hours ago, markturner1960 said:

OK, thanks... 

edit: Following the guide, he selects task AI push in actions and then in AI action drop down, he is able to choose battery fire, but in my mission, I dont see any of the AAA units I placed? 

I have added a new trigger, called AAA barrage, in conditions, I have selected "part of coalition in zone" and selected blue coalition and "All" for unit type.

 

 

To have something show up in trigger menu Task push, you first ahve to design the task with the unit. In the unit there is a tab that let's you define tasks or states that are not immediately acted on, but they will populate the trigger menu. It's recommended to give all those tasks proper name, so it's not getting consufing on mroe complex missions.
I would hope that the tutorial video you mentioned also shows you how to prepare those actions.

also in addition to what northstar98 said, you can set up one trigger AAA barrage, have one condition, but in the last row where you set "push task", you can quickly add push task for many different units. That's how you could set up different groups shooting at different positions on the same trigger. If you only select one group all units of this group will fire at the same point, since only one task can be active at the same time for any group afaik.