Newbie Quiestion

[SeekDestroy16]

How do i make a trigger to play every 3 minutes forever? i can get it to do it over and over again but not for 3 minutes like i want it to do.

[Wing Zero]

wait for uh i think 18000

[Lwek]

The easiest way to do it is to wait 180000 millieseconds.
1000 millieseconds = 1 second.
3 minutes = 180 seconds.
180000 = 180 seconds.

EX:
PLAYERS
-
CONDITIONS
-
ACTIONS
-
-
-
-Wait 180000 millieseconds.
-Preserve Trigger.

[SeekDestroy16]

I want to play a wav sound every 3 minutes, but it isnt 3 minutes long. this is how i did it and it didnt work.

PLAYERS: ALL PLAYERS

CONDITIONS: ALWAYS

ACTIONS: PLAY WAV: SOUND.WAV
WAIT FOR 180000 MILLISECONDS
PRESERVE TRIGGER

[Lwek]

Could you post the map so I can take a look at it?
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[Wing Zero]

what i recalled u cant have waits or sumething

[SeekDestroy16]

it is only a play around map, im just experimenting my trigger abilities with it. look in all players at the very bottom.

[Lwek]

Originally Posted by SeekDestroy16

it is only a play around map, im just experimenting my trigger abilities with it. look in all players at the very bottom.

First off, I just want to state that any settings you make(triggers, brief, unit settings, etc) to a map does not apply to any games other than UMS typed maps.

The problem I see is the condition.
When you have a condition "Elapsed game scenario is atleast 180 seconds", it means that none of the actions will fire until 180 seconds into the game.
You had it fine the way before:

Originally Posted by SeekDestroy16

PLAYERS: ALL PLAYERS

CONDITIONS: ALWAYS

ACTIONS: PLAY WAV: SOUND.WAV
WAIT FOR 180000 MILLISECONDS
PRESERVE TRIGGER

[SeekDestroy16]

thats the problem, for some reason it wont always work on the trigger you suggested. or maybe i need to turn the sound up? i dont know. maybe its a MAC problem.

[Lwek]

A problem with a wait trigger is that it interferes with other wait triggers. I didn't want to have to explain that but I guess I have to do some explaining.
The trigger under 'All Players' is the same thing as have the trigger under 'Players 1 - 8'
If you have a wait action, it stops the trigger for X amount of millieseconds. During that time, the game checks through every other trigger before continuing on. That can interfere with other wait triggers.
So if you have a wait trigger under 'All Players', you're having a wait trigger under 'Players 1 - 8' which can interfere with all wait triggers.


Another way to do it if you understand this way:
PLAYERS
-
CONDITIONS
-Always
ACTIONS
-Set 'Switch 1'.
-Wait 180000 millieseconds.
-Preserve trigger.

PLAYERS
-
CONDITIONS
-'Switch 1' is set.
ACTIONS
-Player Wav: Lwek is the Best.wav
-Clear 'Switch 1'.
-Preserve Trigger.

[SeekDestroy16]

ohhh ok. makes sense, ty

[Bolt Head]

Originally Posted by Lwek

A problem with a wait trigger is that it interferes with other wait triggers. I didn't want to have to explain that but I guess I have to do some explaining.
The trigger under 'All Players' is the same thing as have the trigger under 'Players 1 - 8'
If you have a wait action, it stops the trigger for X amount of millieseconds. During that time, the game checks through every other trigger before continuing on. That can interfere with other wait triggers.
So if you have a wait trigger under 'All Players', you're having a wait trigger under 'Players 1 - 8' which can interfere with all wait triggers.


Another way to do it if you understand this way:
PLAYERS
-
CONDITIONS
-Always
ACTIONS
-Set 'Switch 1'.
-Wait 180000 millieseconds.
-Preserve trigger.

PLAYERS
-
CONDITIONS
-'Switch 1' is set.
ACTIONS
-Player Wav: Lwek is the Best.wav
-Clear 'Switch 1'.
-Preserve Trigger.

That trigger only works for one player.