Time Limit

Kirk · 02-19-06, 09:34 AM

Anyone know how to set a time limit? I see time start, time end and duration options but is that what is on the clock below or what. All I want to do is to say if in one hour if you did not complete the mission, it is a failure. Any ideas? Thanks.

Bill Nichols · 02-19-06, 01:11 PM

Let's say the mission start time is 0600. Create a trigger and give it a start time of 00:07:00 (first day, 0700 hours) and an end time anything later (01:00:00, for example). Call the trigger "Time Out" or anything like that. You can now create other triggers that fire with the "Time Out" trigger fires, using the Doctrine option. For example, you can have a trigger named "Mission Fails" that has doctrine something like:

"IF trigger fired TIME OUT AND
NOT trigger fired GOAL COMPLETE then"

and give the player a message that he has failed the mission.

Kirk · 02-19-06, 01:53 PM

Thank you for your help.

Werewolf13 · 02-20-06, 10:39 AM

There's an easier way.

Just create a generic trigger and make it an event trigger that applies to all. Don't attach it to anything and place it off in the boonies somewhere. Set duration to the number of hours you want the time limit to be. Remember that the duration format is hh:mm:ss not dd:hh:mm.

Have the trigger run a script that ends the mission.

You can make the script as simple as just having the endmission action or make it do what ever else you want and just make the endmission action last.

02-19-06, 09:34 AM	#1
Kirk Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 102 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Time Limit Anyone know how to set a time limit? I see time start, time end and duration options but is that what is on the clock below or what. All I want to do is to say if in one hour if you did not complete the mission, it is a failure. Any ideas? Thanks. __________________ -Kirk

02-19-06, 01:11 PM	#2
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Let's say the mission start time is 0600. Create a trigger and give it a start time of 00:07:00 (first day, 0700 hours) and an end time anything later (01:00:00, for example). Call the trigger "Time Out" or anything like that. You can now create other triggers that fire with the "Time Out" trigger fires, using the Doctrine option. For example, you can have a trigger named "Mission Fails" that has doctrine something like: "IF trigger fired TIME OUT AND NOT trigger fired GOAL COMPLETE then" and give the player a message that he has failed the mission. __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

02-19-06, 01:53 PM	#3
Kirk Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 102 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thank you for your help. __________________ -Kirk

02-20-06, 10:39 AM	#4
Werewolf13 Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The HEART of Fly Over Country Posts: 120 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	There's an easier way. Just create a generic trigger and make it an event trigger that applies to all. Don't attach it to anything and place it off in the boonies somewhere. Set duration to the number of hours you want the time limit to be. Remember that the duration format is hh:mm:ss not dd:hh:mm. Have the trigger run a script that ends the mission. You can make the script as simple as just having the endmission action or make it do what ever else you want and just make the endmission action last. __________________ Peace is good... Freedom is BETTER!