Random Trigger template: 4 outcomes

[jimiC]

I figured i would share this with the community. its a little trigger template that i often use to open up as the start of any mission i make and then 'save as' to create a new mission.

 

The Mission editor isnt very good at random variables to generate multi-option ai decisions or activations. so i use this default flag trigger structure to create random outcome triggers that are linked to each other.

 

-This template provides 4 outcome flags. Flags 1 and 2 are your 'coin toss' flags, with 50% random, and are set at mission start.

- Flags 3 4 5 6 are your probability outcome flags, each one being determined as true based on the following..

 

 

Ouctome 1 = Flag 1 false and Flag 2 false : set Flag 3 true.

Outcome 2 = Flag 1 true and Flag 2 false : Flag 4 set to true

Outcome 3 = Flag 1 false and Flag 2 true : Flag 5 set to true.

Outcome 4 = Flag 1 true and Flag 2 true : Flag 6 set to true.

 

You then create various triggers in your mission that check if one of these flags is true.

 

Example:

Create a vehicle unit that goes one of 4 routes on the map. This requires you to create 4 of versions of the unit(lets hope in future patches they allow branched waypoints), and assign a route to each unit. you then activate one of those units with the above triggers, so if flag 3 is true, unit 1 activates and travels route 1, if flag 5 is true then unit 3 activates and travels down route 3.

The above template ensures that only one version of the unit and one route is activated, whereas if you used the straight %random trigger rules, you could theoretically end up with all 4 units active.

 

 

I realise this isnt rocket science but if it helps some people generate some more random missions then im happy. It also removes a few minutes of dull repetitive work to setup the triggers every time you make a mission too..

Obviously you can make multiple sets of these to allow for multi stage multi outcome situations.

RandomWPtemplate.miz

Edited August 16, 2009 by jimiC

[Rhino4]

Very happy with this idea. Hadn't thought of that amount of randomization. I'll give it a try.

[STP Dragon]

Why you don't use the original random trigger? It is working very faithful.

 

Trigger:

MISSIONSTART : "Random 1"

 

Rule:

Random : 50% (or other like you wish)

 

Action:

Set flag : 1

 

This "flag 1" you can use for other trigger as "random flag".

[Weta43]

Because the way suggested above (and used in one the stock missions shipped with the game) gives mutually exclusive results where 1 is always true (unless you make 2 of the triggers do the same thing :-), while 4 random 25% triggers may have all true (or false) in a given mission.

Using 3 initial flags gets you 8 scenarios etc.

[jimiC]

what weta said.

this method allows you to make 4 outcomes each only able to occur individually

using a single random % trigger only allows 2 outcomes, and the use of two % triggers means that both outcomes can occur at the same time.