Script Commands

Commands are used within triggers to create gameplay effects, from revealing locations to spawning attack waves or even changing an AI's difficulty mid-game.

List of Commands

ActivateTrigger

Activate another trigger (also can be used to activate the trigger it is called from, making a repeating trigger).

• Target - This is the name of another trigger that will be set from Inactive to Active.

AreaIndicator

This places a visible indicator on the map to help the player know where they should go to.

• Name - The name of the area.
• Position - The center of the area.
• Color - The color the area indicator is. [ Green | Blue | Red ]
• Size - How big the area indicator will be.
• Duration - How long the area indicator should last, -1 means that it lasts forever.

AttackAttackMove

Order an army to move to a specific area, engaging enemies along the way.

• Name - The name of the army that will be given the order.
• Repeat - Whether to repeat the order. Use with multiple AttackAttackMove commands to create a patrol path.
• Position - Where the army is ordered to move to.

AttackUnit

Order an army to attack a specific script-spawned unit

• Name - The name of the unit to do the attacking
• Target - The name of the unit to be attacked

Camera

Move the player's view to a specific area.

• Position - Where the camera will be looking.
• Snap - Set to 1 to move the camera instantly, instead of panning
• Speed - Scalar for how fast the camera will move, compared to clicking on the minimap. 0.5 for half speed, 2 for double, etc.
• Unit - Follow a specific script-spawned unit. Do not use Position if you use this.
• Building - Follow a specific script-spawned building. Do not use Position if you use this.
• Save - Save the current camera settings. Useful if you want to show the player something and then move the camera back to whatever they were looking at.
• Load - Load the last saved camera settings. Use with Save. May cause a crash if you haven't previously saved a camera position.
• RTP - Distance, rotation and pitch of the camera.
  • The first number is distance. 1000 is a fairly tight shot, 2500 is a fairly typical gameplay zoom
  • Second number is rotation. 0 points the camera north, 90 east, 180 south, 270 west.
  • Third number is pitch. 40-50 are typical gameplay angles. 90 would be straight down. Note that anything lower than 40 can cause the engine to load a lot more terrain and models than it's designed to, so use with caution.

CaptureNearestNext

Order an army to capture the nearest neutral or enemy-controlled region

• Name - The name of the unit to do the capturing
• Repeat - Whether to repeat the order (indefinitely)

CaptureNearest

Order an army to clear its order queue and capture the nearest neutral or enemy-controlled region (note: ordered unit will stop moving if region is captured before it gets there)

• Name - The name of the unit to do the capturing
• Repeat - Whether to repeat the order (indefinitely)

ChangeAIDifficulty

Change an AI player's difficulty setting

• Player - The index of the player to change
• Difficulty - The name of the difficulty to set it to

ChangeAIPersonality

Change an AI player's personality

• Player - The index of the player to change
• Name - The name of the personality to set it to (defined in \Assets\GameCore\DefaultPlayerAI.xml)

DestroyBuilding

Destroys a specific script-spawned building.

• Name - The name of the building to be destroyed.

DestroyUnit

Destroys a specific script-spawned unit.

• Name - The name of the unit to be destroyed.

Dialog

This creates a popup that can convey information or story to the player. Use with <Entry> tags.

Entry

The actual text that will be displayed. Use only within <Dialog> tags.

• Icon - The icon used with the text popup. Hard-coded to correspond to Ashes characters, and changes the text color to match.
  • Mac
  • Haalee
  • Vexen
  • Valen
  • Artix
  • Ventrix
  • Athena
  • Adrasteia
  • Agememnon
  • Agethon

 

• Text - The actual text that is displayed. Corresponds to an entry in a .csv file in \Assets\UIText\

EndMission

Use to force a win or loss of the scenario.

• Victory - Set to 0 to lose the scenario or 1 to win.
• String - The text that is displayed.

GrantStuff

Give a player free resources.

• Player - The index of the player to be hooked up
• Metal - The amount of metal being granted.
• Quanta - The amount of quanta being granted.
• Radioactives - The amount of radioactives being granted.
• Turinium - The amount of victory points being granted.

GrantTech

Give a player a free Quantum Upgrade

• Player - The index of the player to be hooked up
• Tech - The upgrade to grant [ HPs | Weapons | Radar | BuildingHPs | MetalStorage | RadsStorage ]

HidePanel

Hide UI panels.

• HidePlayer - Hide the Player panel
• HideRank - Hide the Rank panel
• HideResource - Hide the Resource panel

LetterBox

Disable commands and go to a cinematic, letterbox view.

• Enable - 1 to turn letterbox mode on, 0 to turn it off
• Snap - 1 to immediately go to/from letterbox mode instead of fading in/out

MoveUnit

Move an army to a location without stopping to fight

• Name - Name of the unit to be moved
• Position - x/y coordinates to move to
• Repeat - 1 to repeat this command indefinitely. Use with multiple MoveUnit commands to create a patrol path.
• Stop - 1 to stop the unit

Objective

Use this to set objective notifications for the player (so they know what to do).

• Name - The name of the objective, use this name when checking or hiding it.
• Hide - If this objective should be hidden or not, usually this means the objective is complete.
• String - What the objective displays on the screen.
• SetCheck - If the objective checkbox is checked or not.

Restrict

To block the player from being able to access objects in the game.

• Type - Unit, Building, Research or Orbital. Whatever type of object that is being restricted.
• ID - The name of the object being restricted.
• Enable - Set this to 1 to enable the object. You can use this to restrict something early in the scenario and then enable it later on (for example: when the player accomplishes an objective or after a set amount of time).

Reveal

Reveal the fog of war over a location

• Name - The name of this reveal (so you can modify it with a later command)
• Enable - 1 to enable, 0 to disable
• Position - x/y coordinates of the center of the revealed area
• Size - Radius of the area to be revealed
• RadarSize - Use to add a radar component to the reveal. Can be used with Size="0" to create a radar-only reveal

SpawnBuilding

Places a building on the map.

• Name - The name you assign to the building.
• Template - The name of the building type being created.
• Player - The player who will own the building.
• Position - Where the building will be placed.
• NoDeath - Set this to "1" to make the unit immortal (you can still kill it with a scripted DestroyBuilding command)

SpawnUnit

Places a unit on the map.

• Name - The name you assign to the unit.
• Parent - The army the unit will belong to (used to make it easier to issue moves).
• Template - The type of unit being created.
• Player - The player that will own the unit.
• Position - Where the unit will be created.

Var

Set or modify a variable. Tip: Set any variable you want to use to 0 in the initial setup trigger to avoid unpredictable results. All values must be integers.

• Name - Name of the variable
• Operation - Operation to be performed
  • "=" or "Set" - set to the value
  • "+" or "Add" - add value
  • "-" or "Sub" - subtract value
  • "Rand" or "SetRand" - set to a random value between Min and Max
  • "AddRand" - add a random value between Min and Max
  • "SubRand" - subtract a random value between Min and Max

 

• Value - The value to be used in the operation
• Min - Minimum value for random functions
• Max - Maximum value for random functions
• Example - will add three to vFoo's current value