[FUNCTION] spawn_trig_on_notify() in Scripts

Utility function that spawns a trigger_radius that can then be used as a normal trigger. If you just want it to spawn and return a trigger you could just remove the notify stuff too.

Function may already exist somewhere in the bowels of the _utility scripts, but i'm too lazy to find it, so i made this instead.

Notice: Function DOES NOT check that each argument has been defined and is the correct datatype, so make sure you pass the correct information properly.

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//	Name: spawn_trig_on_notify
//	Purpose: To spawn a trigger_radius at the given origin with the given radius, height, and flags
//	
//	Arguments(name(dataType): description):
//		notifyStr(String): The string to wait for before spawning the trig
//		Origin(origin): The origin of the trig you want to spawn
//		radius(int): radius of the trigger
//		height(int): height of the trigger
//		spawnflags(int): the spawnflags that you want the trigger to spawn with
//
//	Example code:
//		trig = spawn_trig_on_notify("ee_blocker_open", self.origin, 24, 24, 0);	
//
spawn_trig_on_notify(notifyStr, origin, radius, height, spawnflags)
{
	level waittill(notifyStr);
 
	trig = spawn("trigger_radius", origin, spawnflags, radius, height);
	trig SetCursorHint("HINT_NOICON");

	for(i=0;i<get_players().size;i++)
		trig setVisibleToPlayer(get_players()[i]);

	return trig;
}

You could possibly use this to spawn triggers on an entity only when a zone is opened, thus potentially reducing the amount of hintstrings in the map. Just a theory though, haven't test it.

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[FUNCTION] spawn_trig_on_notify()