Custom Events

[M0RT]

What exactly are custom events for? ("New Event Definition" in trigger editor)
They can only respond to standart events, and they can't be launched anyhow. Besides, they are just functions in galaxy code. So is there any use for them at all?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Well, the logic behind them is they should let you code your own events. Afterall all events are is some code execution loops that happens at a certain stage in a program.

For example, an event when an object represented in a dialogue gets destroyed.

 

[M0RT]

Yes, there is logic, however I you try to create custom event now, you get a function (exactly same as function/condition/action). There is no way to launch the event anyhow. If you try to register some trigger with a custom event, this is what you get:

void gt_Trigger01_Init () {
    gt_Trigger01 = TriggerCreate("gt_Trigger01_Func");
    gf_CustomEvent01(gt_Trigger01);
}

Which creates syntax error, since gf_CustomEvent01 does not have a parameter (unless you specify one)

And ofc custom events, as you described, would be great, but the actual events seem totally useless to me. I just wanted to know whether someone found any use for them as they are (only use so far is that they can be used to execute custom code in trigger init phase, but I think you can do that via custom script - init function)