spawn airgroups?

[salmo]

... and doesn't seem to work for me either (spawning a bomber group every x seconds)

[SNAFU]

Mmh, you are using a script like the following and named your triggers and actions accordingly, also in the script? (Triggername = Actionname)

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using maddox.game;
using maddox.game.world;


public class Mission : AMission
{
public override void OnTrigger(int missionNumber, string shortName, bool active) 
    {
       base.OnTrigger(missionNumber, shortName, active); 

          if ("YourTriggerName".Equals(shortName) && active) //Edit "YourTriggerName"
          { 
                AiAction action = GamePlay.gpGetAction("YourActionName"); //same as "YourTriggerName"
                GamePlay.gpLogServer(null, " Your Trigger was triggered ", new object[] { }); //Testmessage
                if (action != null)
               {
                     action.Do();
               }
                GamePlay.gpGetTrigger(shortName).Enable = false;            
          }
   }
}

At least that works for me in multiplayer enviroment. Maybe you test you map in multiplayer hosting as server? Some triggers do not work on a dedicated server, but I understood that is not your question.

[Ataros]

If you do not use any script FMB triggers would work if name of a trigger and action are the same.

If you have any script working with your mission you have to add a trigger section to it to allow triggers to work. The most simple one is

public override void OnTrigger(int missionNumber, string shortName, bool active)
    {
        base.OnTrigger(missionNumber, shortName, active);        
        AiAction action = GamePlay.gpGetAction(ActorName.Full(missionNumber, shortName));
        if (action != null)
            action.Do();
    }

Your FMB trigger and action must have the same name if you use this script.

Check if both action and trigger are defined correctly (trigger type, airgroup, etc.) and saved in FMB.

[SNAFU]

I don´t know if it was fixed in the Beta, but the action (spawn airgroup) of triggers was broken, some patches ago. So you have to use a script to link triggers and actions. I supposed you set the trigger and the action in the FMB.

[salmo]

Originally Posted by SNAFU

I don´t know if it was fixed in the Beta, but the action (spawn airgroup) of triggers was broken, some patches ago. So you have to use a script to link triggers and actions. I supposed you set the trigger and the action in the FMB.

That's what I've done. The info window reports that the group has spawned in my test, indicating that the script has executed, but alas no planes actually spawned

Here's the script I used, the trigger & the spawn airgroup (after 60s) actions are both named 'Dorniers'...

public override void OnTrigger(int missionNumber, string shortName, bool active)
{
base.OnTrigger(missionNumber, shortName, active);

if ("Dorniers".Equals(shortName) && active)
{
AiAction action = GamePlay.gpGetAction("Dorniers"); //same as YourTriggerName
GamePlay.gpLogServer(null, " German bomber group spawned ", new object[] { }); //Testmessage
if (action != null)
{
action.Do();
}
GamePlay.gpGetTrigger(shortName).Enable = false;
}
}

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by salmo

after 60s

How is this possible?

Try without the delay.

[FG28_Kodiak]

Made a sample mission, the Doniers spawn after 10sec.

[Ataros]

Sorry after reading the OP post I was thinking the trigger is airgroup destroyed, not TTime 10. My bad

Originally Posted by salmo

... and doesn't seem to work for me either (spawning a bomber group every x seconds)

But anyway, I think it is not possible to repeat spawn with a trigger only. It is better to use ontickgame method in a script described for instance in link #2 in my sig.

[salmo]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Sorry after reading the OP post I was thinking the trigger is airgroup destroyed, not TTime 10. My bad



But anyway, I think it is not possible to repeat spawn with a trigger only. It is better to use ontickgame method in a script described for instance in link #2 in my sig.

Thankyou Ataros. I'm aiming to spawn a group of Dorniers every XX min, so I've created the main mission (has all ground objects etc), and a sub-mission with only the Dornier bombers flight & waypoints. Here's my script so far which seem to be working, but I'm a little unsure of the timing parameters & their meaning ...

using System;
using maddox.game;
using maddox.game.world;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Mission : AMission
{

public override void OnTickGame()
{
// Timing parameters
int Repeat = 108000; // ?? repeat mission every 60 min
int Dlay = 18000; // ?? launch Dorniers flights every 10 min

// load the Dornier's bombers sub-mission every ??10 min
if (Time.tickCounter() % Repeat == Dlay) // what does repeat parameter do? Dlay seems to spawn bombers every 10min OK
{
GamePlay.gpPostMissionLoad("missions/Multi/Dogfight/Test/Dorniers.mis");

// prints message on screen after mission load
GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter("Another wave of German bombers heading towards Lympne airfield");

// prints message on screen in 10 minutes / 600 seconds
double initTime = 0.0;
Timeout(initTime += 600, () =>
{
GamePlay.gpHUDLogCenter("Another wave of German bombers heading towards Lympne airfield");
});

}
}
}

[FG28_Kodiak]

if (Time.tickCounter() % Repeat == Dlay) //


Ok % is the Modulo operator in c#

Repeat has a value of 108000
Dlay has a value of 1800

So your mission would load first after 10min and then every 60min.

for every 10min you should use
if (Time.tickCounter() % 1800 == 1799)
so it waits ~10min and then repeat the doniers every 10min
30ticks are around 1sec, but can vary (so often 34Ticks is a second).