Dynamic Triggers

[Zeatherann]

What do I need to do to be able to create triggers on the fly, and destroy them later, or even simply recreate them to clear out the events? What variables do I need to store?

 

[PurgeandFire]

You'll need trigger variable(s). If you can avoid it, don't use trigger actions. iirc trigger actions aren't easily cleaned up without extra storage (and even then, I don't remember if they get cleaned up properly). Or at the very least, destroying with conditions is much more seamless.

Conditions, on the other hand, don't really need much handling. You can just add them, and destroy the trigger. See this:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...ems-using-single-unit-events-like-dds-231167/

You don't have to pay attention to all the lists and stuff. That extra stuff is there because of the way the DDS works and how it handles its trigger conditions/boolexprs. The main thing to notice is that the method is just a matter of destroying the trigger, recreating it, and readding the conditions/events.

 

[Zeatherann]

Oh cool. So I can store the condition as a filter/booleanexpr and only have to destroy the trigger and re-add the condition? That's far easier than I remember lol.

 

[TriggerHappy]

Why do you want dynamic triggers anyway?

Doesn't DestroyTrigger cause handle id corruption, or was that fixed.
Anyway I would just use TriggerClearConditions if the trigger doesn't need dynamic events.

 

[chobibo]

It doesn't if you use a triggercondition.

 

[Zeatherann]

For my needs, I'm mostly just clearing the trigger's events.

 

[chobibo]

You need to destroy the triggers for that, there are no natives to clear events, as far as I remember.