Mission Editor - what do == and != mean?

[Stewy1]

Hi guys,

This is probably a simple maths/math question - for the triggers for say, damaging a ship by percentage, what do == and ! mean? I have < and > sorted (the crocodile eats the bigger number - thanks primary school!)

Cheers
Stew

[FPSchazly]

Originally Posted by Stewy1

Hi guys,

This is probably a simple maths/math question - for the triggers for say, damaging a ship by percentage, what do == and ! mean? I have < and > sorted (the crocodile eats the bigger number - thanks primary school!)

Cheers
Stew

a == b means "is a equivalent to b?" (not to be confused with a signal = which signifies setting a variable's value or state)

5 == 5 returns true, 5 == 4 returns false

a ! b means "is a not b?" So, any two different values will return true, identical values will return false.

Hope that helps.

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[Stewy1]

Thanks Chazly for the helpful and speedy reply.

So, just to clarify, in my trigger - I can set it to damage the 'enemy ship' to an equivalent of 50% (==). Do you know what that means in the context of the what the trigger will do?

Also, what does != mean in the context of damaging a ship in a trigger? Sorry, that was a typo on the original post

Stew

[FPSchazly]

Originally Posted by Stewy1

Thanks Chazly for the helpful and speedy reply.

So, just to clarify, in my trigger - I can set it to damage the 'enemy ship' to an equivalent of 50% (==). Do you know what that means in the context of the what the trigger will do?

Also, what does != mean in the context of damaging a ship in a trigger? Sorry, that was a typo on the original post

Stew

I have thoughts, but rather than guessing, could you post an example of code showing this?

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[Stewy1]

Thanks Chazly, here is a screen cap - you can see the options in the top right of the picture

[p7p8]

Using < or > is much safer in DW editor than == because it gives you wider range for success.

Example:

If you want to send message (S.O.S. - my ship is sinking!) when CVG have half or less health with code:

If "platform damage" CVG 16 == 50% then

and your opponent hit CVG 16 two times for 36% - trigger sometimes can't be launch because 36+36=72
72 > 50 but not equal exactly 50

So better version of this trigger is:

If "platform damage" CVG 16 > 50% then

< or > are also better to time event activation

[FPSchazly]

Originally Posted by p7p8

Using < or > is much safer in DW editor than == because it gives you wider range for success.

Example:

If you want to send message (S.O.S. - my ship is sinking!) when CVG have half or less health with code:

If "platform damage" CVG 16 == 50% then

and your opponent hit CVG 16 two times for 36% - trigger sometimes can't be launch because 36+36=72
72 > 50 but not equal exactly 50

So better version of this trigger is:

If "platform damage" CVG 16 > 50% then

< or > are also better to time event activation

I concur. I think < and > are sufficient for these purposes, == is too specific and is unlikely to be true. You could have, for example, damage != 100 % to say that "if it's not 100% damaged, do this" but you could accomplish that just as easily with damage < 100%.

[Stewy1]

Thanks for your help, guys - no wonder == and != aren't taught in primary school math/maths...

[Delgard]

I learned something, thank-you. I am having trouble with the Editor, but I will ask in a separate thread.