Triggers in ME vs lua

[Zlin]

Can anyone tell me if all of the triggers that are available in the mission editor are able to be called from a lua script or expression?

 

I'm specifically interested in the Time Since Flag trigger. Is there a way to call that trigger from a lua script?

[IADC]

Can anyone tell me if all of the triggers that are available in the mission editor are able to be called from a lua script or expression?

 

I'm specifically interested in the Time Since Flag trigger. Is there a way to call that trigger from a lua script?

 

 

I dont know but I like the way you think....

[Grimes]

Yes most of the trigger conditions can be recreated with lua. Time since flag is a little tricky though, and generally it would probably best to use only lua to accomplish the same sort of thing.

 

local whatever = timer.getTime()

 

Once> if whatever then if timer.getTime() > whatever + timeSinceFlag then return true end end> DO Action

[Zlin]

Thank you for your replies. Maybe I'm trying to do something the hard way. I want an event to occurr at a random time between 20 and 120 seconds after either the mission starts or if possible, after a flag is set.

 

I tried to set a flag to a random number between 20 and 120 and then tried to use the .getAbsTime() function and compare that time to the value of my flag. I must not be understanding the getAbsTime() function though as it gave me a number like 4905.2 when the elapsed mission time was only 24 seconds.

 

Any thoughts?

 

In my scenario, I want to have a hmmwv on patrol (follow waypoints) and at a random time from say 20 to 120 seconds, I want that unit to explode. This way, the unit will explode at a random time (hence a random location). This is to create variety in a medevac type mission.

[Grimes]

You can do that very easily with triggers:

 

Once> Whatever>Set Flag 1 Random Value 0 to 100 AND Flag 1 increase 20

(this will set the flag value between 0 and 100 and then add 20 to that value, hence 20 to 120.

Switched Condition> Time SInce Flag 1 is 1 second> Flag 1 decrease 1

Once> Flag 1 = 1> Explode Unit

[Zlin]

Thanks Speed!!! You're awesome!

 

:-)