Unit in Moving Zone Bug

[Angelthunder]

I've recently started testing the Trigger System in Mission Editor by doing Youtube Tutorials and a two weeks ago i was able get a AI P-47D to fly through a Trigger Zone on the Normandy 2.0 map to get an Second Trigger M2 Halftrack to hold then to move using the Unit in Moving Zone Condition and AI Task Push Action to tell it to drive to Waypoint 1 in the Advanced Actions Panel Triggered Panel attached to the P-47D flying over the zone.But I tried it again this week and the Vehicle won't move at all now.Is it some sort of bug or am i doing it wrong.

Edited April 7, 2024 by Angelthunder

[TEMPEST.114]

Impossible to tell what you're doing without seeing the mission file or what you're doing. Everything else is just a guess. 

Has the unit/group names changed? Have you deleted and re-added the advanced trigger? Does that fix it? 

 

[Angelthunder]

Normandy June 44 Test Map ME File..miz Here's the file of the mission i made with Mission Editor with the Triggers I made.

[Angelthunder]

Unfortunately the link above doesn't work because it's unavailable,i'm not that tech savy with sending files to fourms.

[Flappie]

@Angelthunder I see this fix is part of today's update:

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• FIXED - Linked Zone doesn't work with player-controlled units in Mission Editor.

Is your issue still present?

[TEMPEST.114]

21 hours ago, Flappie said:

@Angelthunder I see this fix is part of today's update:

Is your issue still present?

It's working for me as of today...

MovingZoneTest.miz

[Angelthunder]

It's still not working for me.I created the mission using an AI P47 and a AI M2 Halftrack by creating a Trigger Zone in between the flight path of the AI P-47 and waypoint one.I sometimes call the trigger zone Moving Zone.I have the AI Group called P-47D Thunderbolt Group and i also assign it to the Pilot/Unit name too.I create the triggers in the triggers box as Once.Unit inside Moving Zone Condition then assign the P-47D Thunderbolt Group in the Unit and Zone Unit along with the Moving Zone Trigger.I use Group Activate for my AI P-47D Thunderbolt Group in the Action Trigger Panel so i don't lose my Trigger and Conditions.I give the Ground 1-1 to Hold in the Advanced Actions Panel and give it a assigned Triggered Action to tell it to Go to Waypoint 1.I make a second Once Trigger then the same Unit inside Moving Zone Condition but i use the Ground 1-1 unit in the top box then the Moving Zone trigger zone in the middle and then i Link Unit to my P-47D Thunderbolt Group in the bottom of it.After that i use Action Trigger by using the AI Task Push option to get the Ground 1-1 to Go to Waypoint 1.The AI P47 flies through the Trigger Zone but the AI Ground 1-1 Vehicle won't move to the waypoint at all.

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1 hour ago, Angelthunder said:

It's still not working for me.I created the mission using an AI P47 and a AI M2 Halftrack by creating a Trigger Zone in between the flight path of the AI P-47 and waypoint one.I sometimes call the trigger zone Moving Zone.I have the AI Group called P-47D Thunderbolt Group and i also assign it to the Pilot/Unit name too.I create the triggers in the triggers box as Once.Unit inside Moving Zone Condition then assign the P-47D Thunderbolt Group in the Unit and Zone Unit along with the Moving Zone Trigger.I use Group Activate for my AI P-47D Thunderbolt Group in the Action Trigger Panel so i don't lose my Trigger and Conditions.I give the Ground 1-1 to Hold in the Advanced Actions Panel and give it a assigned Triggered Action to tell it to Go to Waypoint 1.I make a second Once Trigger then the same Unit inside Moving Zone Condition but i use the Ground 1-1 unit in the top box then the Moving Zone trigger zone in the middle and then i Link Unit to my P-47D Thunderbolt Group in the bottom of it.After that i use Action Trigger by using the AI Task Push option to get the Ground 1-1 to Go to Waypoint 1.The AI P47 flies through the Trigger Zone but the AI Ground 1-1 Vehicle won't move to the waypoint at all.

I uploaded the mission with the fix. Did you try that?

[Angelthunder]

21 hours ago, Elphaba said:

I uploaded the mission with the fix. Did you try that?

Yeah i tried it out from your file.It Works.I guess you can access my MIZ file too at the top of the fourm since i was able to download yours.You can see if there's anything wrong i did with my MIZ file.

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18 minutes ago, Angelthunder said:

Yeah i tried it out from your file.It Works.I guess you can access my MIZ file too at the top of the fourm since i was able to download yours.You can see if there's anything wrong i did with my MIZ file.

Well... as you asked so nicely... 

I don't think you are using the right trigger zones. 

You do understand that a moving zone is linked TO a unit? It moves WITH the unit, and you can then test to see if OTHER units enter or leave that moving zone.

From your description, at the top, that's not at all what you're trying to do. 

As I read it, you want an AI unit to fly into a zone, and when it does you want to then trigger a new waypoint on another unit, is that right? If so you don't need a moving trigger zone at all. 

ETA:

Yeah, I've opened your miz file (note you have two fullstops before the extension) and this is a total misunderstanding of the zones and a completely incorrect use of the Moving Trigger Zone Condition. You can't get it to be linked to the same unit that you're testing it on. That doesn't make sense.

You should just use a regular trigger zone test - UNIT INSIDE ZONE.

For a Moving Zone - look again at my example. It's LINKED to the LEAD UNIT, and it produces events when the WING unit flies IN AND OUT of that moving zone that is attached to the LEAD unit. 

See attached .miz

Normandy June 44 Test Map ME File.miz

Edited April 12, 2024 by Elphaba

[Angelthunder]

Oh ok I saw it on a YouTube video from a creator called In Flightsim who was doing mission editor tutorials in DCS.I watched his tutorial on Moving Trigger Zones and tried to replicate it myself.