spawn airgroups?

[David198502]

just cannot get airplanes to spawn.
in the FMB i want to spawn a group of planes after another is destroyed, but nothing happens.
after i destroyed the first group, the second will just not appear.
can someone please explain how to do that?

[SNAFU]

The Trigger-Action was broken a few patchs ago. You have to activate the Action by script.

First define Triggers as usual (Groupdead Triggers must have same Name as the Spawn-Action) and then implement the following into your script:

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

          if ("YourTriggerName".Equals(shortName) && active) 
          { 
                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;            
          }
}

You can also work around the trigger by script methods, but that`s another story.

[David198502]

thx but doesnt seem to work...

[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.

[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");
});

}
}
}