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[IceWarrior98]

I am in need of some help with detecting movement. This is the code thusfar.

Drain Fuel
    Events
        Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                (Current order of transport[1]) Equal to (Order(move))
            Then - Actions
                Player - Add 1 to Player 1 (Red) Current gold
            Else - Actions

This is just to test the detection, but it doesn't seem to know that the ship is moving when it clearly is. Basically, when this is working I want it to remove 1 "charge" from the "engine" so when it reachs zero it will deplete and my stop engine trigger will fire. But I can't seem to figure this out. Can anyone please explain? And yes transport[1] is declared.

 

[DrinkSlurm]

Is this trigger initially on, or are you making sure to turn it on at the right time?

Could it be that the current order of the unit is "attack" or "smart" instead? You can test it out by displaying some text showing what the current order of the unit is.

 

[IceWarrior98]

Yes it is initially on. It checks every 1 second if the unit is moving.

What is "smart"? Is that when you simply right click somewhere? If so, what if you click on an enemy to attack, even if the unit is not moving would it still think it is?

 

[baka-ranger]

you should just compare the points.
when you first turn it on, you need a seperate trigger to set the current position of the unit, then have something like:

event
   every 1 second
conditions
actions
   set newpoint = position of transport[1] (or whatever)
   if
     distance between newpoint and oldpoint greater then 0
   then
      (do whatever)
   else
      (do whatever)
   set oldpoint = position of transprt[1] (or whatever)

 

[cleeezzz]

theres 2 types of smart,

Event - Unit is issued an order targeting a unit
and Unit is issued an order targeting point.

both activated by right click.

i would use, set Temp_Point = Position of Blimp
1 second later Set temp_Point 2 = Position of blimp,
if temp_point not equal to temp point 2 do stuff.

 

[IceWarrior98]

actually, thanks to DrunkSlurm using "smart" and "move" with my trigger do exactly what I want. I just had to add a new if/then/else statement for smart.

Drain Fuel
    Events
        Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                (Current order of transport[1]) Equal to (Order(smart))
            Then - Actions
                Player - Add 1 to Player 1 (Red) Current gold
            Else - Actions
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                (Current order of transport[1]) Equal to (Order(move))
            Then - Actions
                Player - Add 1 to Player 1 (Red) Current gold
            Else - Actions

Thanks for the help to those who suggested other means and DrinkSlurm.

 

[DrinkSlurm]

thanks to DrunkSlurm

I'm not drunk! I always slur my speech.

 

[IceWarrior98]

On second thought, that caused some problems. New trigger is using the other suggestion which seems to work more accurately. Sorry DrinkSlurm.

Drain Fuel
    Events
        Map initialization
    Conditions
    Actions
        Set temp_point1 = (Position of Ship[1])
        Wait 1.00 game-time seconds
        Set temp_point2 = (Position of Ship[1])
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                (Distance between temp_point1 and temp_point2) Not equal to 0.00
            Then - Actions
                Player - Add 1 to Player 1 (Red) Current gold
            Else - Actions
        Trigger - Run (This trigger) (checking conditions)