[Crookedfoot]

I think I have a better way of looking at the switches.....

Any trigger is a Condition = Action.

Switches are no different, just a little more specialized.
Example.....

This is the Condition part,,, this is what will activate Switch 1.

Condition:
Force 1 brings at least 1 any unit to locaion 1
Action:
Set Switch 1

This in itself is still just a Condition, since all we have done is to Set Switch 1, or in other words, Turn Switch one ON.

Here are 2 Actions for this.
Condition:
Switch 1 is set ( in a sence it is saying this switch is ready)
Player 1 brings at least 1 any unit to location 1
Action:
Create 1 marine for player 1 at location 2
Clear switch 1

Condition:
Switch 1 is set
Player 2 brings at least 1 any unit to location 1
Action:
Create 1 marine for player 2 at location 2
Clear switch 1


A person would say that an easier way to do all this would be to do it this way...
Condition:
Player 1 brings 1 any unit to location 1
Action:
Create 1 marine for player 1 at location 2

and the same trigger for player 2

If all your after is to make 1 marine,for each player at location 1, and nothing more, this is true. But the goal for the above triggers were to make 1 marine for the first player to get to location 1, and none for any other players. In a sence no rewards for coming in last. This was done by adding the "Clear Switch 1", it turns OFF any future use of Switch 1.

There is one exception to the rule as far as a Cleared switch is concerned, and that is the use of the Toggle switch trigger.

When you set a switch to Toggle, it changes it's state to the oposite of what it is at that time.
If it is Set, (ready for action) it will be Cleared (turned OFF).
If it has been Cleared (turned OFF) it will be re-Set (ready for action again).

If switches are confusing, Toggleing a switch probably just went over your head, don't feel alone. It took me about 4 years to grasp the idea just from a philosophical point of view. So far, I have only used Toggle in 2 or 3 maps.

In the near future, I will post an example of ways that switches can be used, unless the moderaters here have any arguments against this.