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Delta Force – Black Hawk Down Mission Editor Manual – Copyright Novalogic 2003
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Section 7: Events and Area Triggers
Events
One of the most complex and powerful parts of mission editing is creating events. With this tool,
you will be able to set up a series of actions that only occur when certain conditions are triggered.
Each event is set up as an IF-THEN statement. In other words, IF one or more conditions are met
by the game (are considered “true”), THEN the event (or multiple events) takes place. An
explanation of the various trigger and event If-Then statements can be found in Appendix B.
You can have multiple If and Then statements for one event by using the “And”, “Or”, and “X-
Or” buttons. Whichever you click will affect the next action you create for that event. By using
“And”, you can require that multiple units be killed, that the player is within a certain area, and
no neutrals have been killed in order to win the game. Using “Or” let’s you use just one of a set of
actions to trigger an event. If one or all the actions in an “Or” event occur, the trigger will still
execute. “X-Or” will trigger an event if only one of the actions listed is true. If both are true,
nothing will happen.
It is important to remember that when you set up triggers for events the trigger logic goes from
top to bottom. When you look at an event with multiple triggers, the order of And /Or triggers
becomes very important.