Timer Trigger

Timer Trigger Timer triggers fire after a delay. Timer triggers are by far the most common triggers in most Ashes scenarios. Arguments Time - Time in seconds after this gets triggered that it takes place. Common Usage Initial setup (leave active, set timer to 0) Recurring attack waves (use ActivateTrigger to reactivate itself) Delayed effects (waiting a few seconds to do something after a Nexus is destroyed, to let the VO play and the explosion be admired) Delayed objectives (give the player an objective after a few minutes so they're not so overwhelmed at mission start) Examples <Trigger Name="tEasyDefenses" Type="Timer" Timer="0" Inactive="1" > <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_DroneBay" Player="1" Position="3328,-2176" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_Sensor" Player="1" Position="3520,-2240" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_DroneBay" Player="1" Position="-2688,-2176" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_Sensor" Player="1" Position="-2880,-2240" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_DroneBay" Player="1" Position="-3200,-6700" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_Sensor" Player="1" Position="-2880,-6592" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_DroneBay" Player="1" Position="3840,-7168" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_Sensor" Player="1" Position="3904,-7360" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_DroneBay" Player="1" Position="-4708,-10340" /> <SpawnBuilding Name="temp" Template="PHC_Sensor" Player="1" Position="-4416,-10048" /> </Trigger> This is activated from a Difficulty trigger and spawns additional defenses for the player. <Trigger Name="tIntro_1" Type="Timer" Timer="0" Inactive="1" > <LetterBox Enable="0" /> <Dialog> <Entry Icon="Samuel" Text="InceptionPHC_Intro_1" /> <Entry Icon="Samuel" Text="InceptionPHC_Intro_2" /> <Entry Icon="Samuel" Text="InceptionPHC_Intro_3" /> </Dialog> <Objective Name="oSurvive_Obj" String="InceptionPHC_Survive_Obj" /> <Objective Name="oDestroyPHC_Obj" String="InceptionPHC_DestroyPHC_Obj" /> <Objective Name="oContainNihilon_Obj" String="InceptionPHC_ContainNihilon_Obj" /> <AreaIndicator Name="iDestroyWeasley" Position="8512,-8256" Color="Red" Size="300" Duration="-1" /> <AreaIndicator Name="iDestroyGamgee" Position="-8512,-5440" Color="Red" Size="300" Duration="-1" /> <ActivateTrigger Target="tCaptureWest_Breadcrumb_Timer" /> </Trigger> This plays some opening dialog, sets up objectives, and starts the timer for a hint trigger that will fire in a few minutes. <Trigger Name="tActualLoss" Type="Timer" Timer="1" Inactive="1" > <EndMission Victory="0" String="Altaria_LossString" /> </Trigger> This ends the mission with a loss after being called by a ZoneCapture trigger.