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Title: Objective Trigger
Post by: TrackenHit on 23 Jun 2003, 05:53:34

I'm having troubles with this trigger:


Condition: ("!Alive _x" count units Alpha >= 0.9 *Count units Alpha) AND ("!Alive _x" count units Bravo >= 0.9 *Count units Bravo) AND ("!Alive _x" count units Charlie >= 0.9 *Count units Charlie)

Activation: Regular DONE obejective stuff here...it works fine.



What happens is that three enemy squads enter an ambush and when 90% of each squad has been eliminated it does the activation.  I did some testing to see whats going on, and I found that when I kill the 'leader' of each squad then the trigger would activate, and thats before I killed 90% of each squad.   And from what I understand, if I kill the entire squad, and not the leader, then it still does not execute.   ???

Does anyone know what I'm missing, or whats wrong with my Condition code?

Title: Re:Objective Trigger
Post by: TrackenHit on 23 Jun 2003, 06:09:13

Update: I tried this

("!Alive _x" count units GROUP Alpha >= 0.9 *Count units  GROUP Alpha) && ("!Alive _x" count units GROUP Bravo >= 0.9 *Count units GROUP Bravo) && ("!Alive _x" count units GROUP Charlie >= 0.9 *Count units GROUP Charlie)

I added the GROUP(not in capitals, mind you) to the condition code.  Same deal as before...sheesh. :P

Title: Re:Objective Trigger
Post by: TrackenHit on 23 Jun 2003, 06:28:55

UPDATE Again...

Ok, I went back to my old condition line.  THEN I added this line to the leader of each group:

[SQUADNAME] = group this    -->([SQUADNAME] = Alpha, Bravo or Charlie)


Seems to work ok for now...I'll do some more tests and see how well it works.  

Title: Re:Objective Trigger
Post by: TrackenHit on 23 Jun 2003, 06:52:47

Update AGAIn:

Ok, its still acting up and not doing what I want.

Title: Re:Objective Trigger
Post by: Sui on 23 Jun 2003, 12:40:37

Welcome to the forums, TrackenHit

I'm assuming each squad has 10 guys in it here... but:

0.9 * 10 = 9

So your trigger is going off when there are 9 units living, but 10 units counted in the group.

However, I wouldn't use that as an activation line as it is flawed. You see, if you use an "alive _x" condition and compare it to 0.1 * count units alpha then the trigger will never go off.
You see when a unit is killed and the leader realises it is dead (You hear it on the radio... "Oh no, 3 is down" etc.), that unit is removed from the group.
So your "count units alpha" will always be getting smaller, rather than just staying at 10. I suggest you simply replace that with 10... (You'll also need to change the >= sign to a <=) or even better yet use this:

(west countside units alpha < 2) and (west countside units bravo < 2) and (west countside units charlie < 2)

Countside is life specific (ie. it will never count dead units). So when the groups get down to 1 unit each, your trigger will activate. (Just note, if your groups are Russian, you'll need to replace the west with east. If they're resistance, you'll need to use: resistance)

Hope that helps you out ;)