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test if a trigger has been triggered

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Created on: February 03, 2015, 04:32:30 pm

i have an array of triggers that i want to be to have something happen at that index of the array but if i do

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trig [i] waittill("trigger");

the code stops at the first iteration until the first trigger has been triggered and so on. how would i go about iterating through each trigger and having it wait until it it has been triggered before calling the next line of code?

sorry if that doesnt make sense, i was trying to think of the best way to word it.

thank you in advance for any help

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Reply #1 on: February 03, 2015, 04:40:30 pm

JBird632
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Thread each trigger another function where that new function will waittill the trigger of each trigger separately.
"Threading" makings the game not wait for the function.
Then if u want something to occur that would happen when any one of the triggers occur, you can have a waittill function in the original function that waits for a notify from any of the triggers (this notify can also end the other functions as well).

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originalFunction()
{
   trig = GetEntArray("custom_triggers", "targetname");

   for(i=0;i<trig.size;i++)
      trig[i] thread watchTrigger();

   level waittill("custom_trigger");

   // Do stuff
}

threadedFunction()
{
   level endon("custom_trigger"); // optional if you want these functions to end if one trigger is triggered
   self waittill("trigger");
   level notify("custom_trigger");
}

Last Edit: February 03, 2015, 04:41:23 pm by JBird632

Reply #2 on: February 03, 2015, 09:44:01 pm

ok, well how would i find out which player has triggered one of the triggers?

Reply #3 on: February 03, 2015, 10:37:54 pm

Quote from: buttkicker845 on February 03, 2015, 09:44:01 pm

ok, well how would i find out which player has triggered one of the triggers?

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trig waittill("trigger", player);
//then you can do stuff with that player
player giveWeapon("m1garand");

Reply #4 on: February 04, 2015, 01:59:08 am

Harry Bo21
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trigger_init()
{
	trig = getEntArray( "trigger_targetname", "targetname" );	// Get array of the triggers using this targetname - This will allow for more than one trigger with the same targetname
	array_thread( trig,::trig_watch );							// Thread the second function on each of those triggers
}

trig_watch()
{
	while (1)													// Need a loop to keep checking
	{
		player = undefined;										// Undeclare this just in case
		self waittill( "trigger", player );						// assigns whoever is found touching this trigger to the variable "player"
 
		iPrintLn( "Trigger touched by" + player );				// Print text to the screen to say who touched the trigger
 
		wait 1;													// Need to have a wait to prevent engine crashes, something to do with using loops I believe
	}
}

Reply #5 on: February 04, 2015, 02:11:08 am

arceus
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Quote from: Harry Bo21 on February 04, 2015, 01:59:08 am

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trigger_init()
{
	trig = getEntArray( "trigger_targetname", "targetname" );	// Get array of the triggers using this targetname - This will allow for more than one trigger with the same targetname
	array_thread( trig,::trig_watch );							// Thread the second function on each of those triggers
}

trig_watch()
{
	while (1)													// Need a loop to keep checking
	{
		player = undefined;										// Undeclare this just in case
		self waittill( "trigger", player );						// assigns whoever is found touching this trigger to the variable "player"
 
		iPrintLn( "Trigger touched by" + player );				// Print text to the screen to say who touched the trigger
 
		wait 1;													// Need to have a wait to prevent engine crashes, something to do with using loops I believe
	}
}

because of the waittill you dont need the wait 1;........ just sayin

Reply #6 on: February 04, 2015, 09:17:58 am

Harry Bo21
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noted

Reply #7 on: February 04, 2015, 05:57:15 pm

thanks guys i got it working! although i ended up doing it a slightly different way but it works now

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