[Trigger] Boolean only true or false - I want more options.

[Wraithwynd]

I have a simple true false statement:

Conditions:
First_person Equal to False

It is boolean

However I find that I want to have up to 6 if/then/else actions.

I believe I need to use an integer variable and an integer comparison - yes or no?

If so how do I go about setting it up to work.

I know that this should be one of the simplest things to do however when you consider the amount of stuff my triggers are dealing with (shown below) I think you can understand my confusion as to how to do this.

The set up trigger:

• First Person setup
  • Events
    • Player - Player 9 (Gray) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
          • Conditions
            • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Ship
            • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Flying Machine
      • Then - Actions
        • Set First_person = True
      • Else - Actions
        • Set First_person = False

---> I removed all the players leaving just one for demonstration purposes.<---

Then the execution:

• Apply First Person
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • First_person Equal to False
      • Then - Actions
        • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Angle of attack to Camera_AoA[(Integer A)] over 0.20 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Field of view to (Camera_FieldOfView[(Integer A)] + 15.00) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Roll to Camera_Roll[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Height Offset to ((Current flying height of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)]) + Camera_Height[(Integer A)]) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Rotation to Camera_Rotation[(Integer A)] over 0.45 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Distance to target to 500.00 over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Far Z to Camera_FarZ[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
      • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • First_person Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Angle of attack to Camera_AoA_2[(Integer A)] over 0.20 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Field of view to (Camera_FieldOfView[(Integer A)] + 15.00) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Roll to Camera_Roll[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Height Offset to ((Current flying height of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)]) + Camera_Height[(Integer A)]) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Rotation to Camera_Rotation[(Integer A)] over 0.20 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Distance to target to 1100.00 over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Owner of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)])'s camera Far Z to Camera_FarZ[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
      • Else - Actions

The difference here is that if a ship or flying machine is selected the camera is at a much steeper angle of attack and further from the unit. All other moving ground units the camera is closer to the unit, has a lower angle of attack (one can see the horizon)

I find that using the ship (which is rather large) and the helicopter/flying machine (which is smaller) with the same distance tends to have the camera too far from the flying machine.

I also want to set it up to where when other specific units are selected the camera either zooms out, has a steeper angle of attack or does nothing.

I might also use the variable tied into regions, I have some rather high hills which always leads to the camera going through the hill as the unit goes down the mountain. I tried resetting camera height but then the far z limitations end up mucking up the view or the unit falls too far below the camera view and lets face it my hills are rounded not squares so I do not get smooth transitions.

I am uncertain as to how to use integer comparisons to achieve my goals.

 

[PurplePoot]

Use an integer.

If [flying machine or ship] then
set int = 1
else
if [blah] then
set int = 2

and so on.

Then, for the integer comparison in the end, you would just do;

if int = 1 then
//ship or flying machine
else
if int = 2 then
//blah

 

[Waldbaer]

Hey, this looks rather interesting and I think you are on the right way...

Every player can only select one unit at a time and as soon as he selects it, he shall change to the selected units third-person view, right?

Well, I think boolean variable is right for you, but you need an boolean array, to store if its First_person (well, in fact it's third person, right? Does not matter... ) for each player, just as you already store the selected units for each player. Then you even don't need many triggers for the setup anymore, just this one:

• First Person setup
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) Selects a unit
    • -------- Repeat for each player --------
    • Player - Player 12 (Dark green) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Ship
      • Then - Actions
        • Set First_person = True
        • Set Camera_AoA[Player number of (Triggering player)] = yourAngleValueForShip
        • -------- Repeat for every other camera field for the ship --------
      • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Flying Machine
          • Then - Actions
            • Set First_person = True
            • Set Camera_AoA[Player number of (Triggering player)] = yourAngleValueForFlyingMachine
            • -------- Repeat for every other camera field for the flying machine --------
          • Else - Actions
            • -------- if you want to add some additional units, just add some more if/then/else of the same type; in the last Else write --------
            • Set First_person = False

Then also a variation of the execution trigger:

• Apply First Person
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • First_person[(Integer A)] Equal to False
          • Then - Actions
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Angle of attack to Camera_AoA[(Integer A)] over 0.20 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Field of view to (Camera_FieldOfView[(Integer A)] + 15.00) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Roll to Camera_Roll[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Height Offset to ((Current flying height of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)]) + Camera_Height[(Integer A)]) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Rotation to Camera_Rotation[(Integer A)] over 0.45 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Distance to target to 500.00 over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Far Z to Camera_FarZ[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
          • Else - Actions
            • -------- if the boolean First_person[(Integer A)] is not false, it has to be true --------
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Angle of attack to Camera_AoA_2[(Integer A)] over 0.20 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Field of view to (Camera_FieldOfView[(Integer A)] + 15.00) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Roll to Camera_Roll[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Height Offset to ((Current flying height of SelectedUnit[(Integer A)]) + Camera_Height[(Integer A)]) over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Rotation to Camera_Rotation[(Integer A)] over 0.20 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Distance to target to 1100.00 over 0.01 seconds
            • Camera - Set (Player((Integer A)))'s camera Far Z to Camera_FarZ[(Integer A)] over 0.01 seconds
          • Else - Actions

For the terrain problems: I'd use regions and build different triggers that adjusts the Camera_AoA as soon as a unit enters it to a value that prevents the camera from going through the object.

I hope you understood my ideas, otherways ask.


EDIT: Purple Poot, I don't understand what you referring to... anyways, that's Wraithwynd's problem.

 

[PurplePoot]

What I meant, Waldbaer, was;

• If/Then/Else blahblah
  • If - Conditions
    • Unit-Type of (Triggering Unit) Equal to Flying Maching
  • Then - Actions
    • Set SomeInt = 1
  • Else - Actions
    • If/then/else blahblah
      • If - Conditions
        • Unit-Type of (Triggering Unit) Equal to Ship
      • Then - Actions
        • Set SomeInt = 2
      • Else - Actions
        • -------- So on --------

Then just compare SomeInt to each number in the cam function.

 

[Wraithwynd]

Ok So integers do work.

Thanks all.