Lights out. . . .?

[mr.sert]

What would be the easiest way to do the following, either with a script, or trigger.

After blowing up a target (communication center) the lights in a specified city turn off, and it stops a countdown timer allowing reinforcements to enter the city?

Thanks in advance....

- Mr. Sert

[Knut Erik]

Okay...

To switch the lights off, the easiest way would be to use a script.
Create a trigger with the condicion,
not (alive NameOfBulding)
On activation
[] exec "Scriptname.sqs"

Now you need to find the ID of every lightpost. You press the show ID button in the editor. You need to zoom a lot to see the id's.

Then write this in your script file...

Light1 = NearestObject ["Object xxxx",StreetLight]
Light1 switchLight "Off"

Not sure about the syntax though...

I know that I'm not very clear here, but at least it can give you some ideas to build on...

Good luck.

[deaddog]

If you already have the object ID of the lamp, then all you have to do is this:

(object xxxxx) switchlight "off"

[macguba]

For the countdown part, the easiest way would be just to use a variable.

Condition:    not alive building1
On activation:     [] exec "scriptname.sqs"; reinforce=true


The variable "reinforce" controls whether reinforcements are allowed.    If you have a timer going as well use the timer to switch another variable from false to true (or vice versa).     The reinforcements can only come if both variables are (say) true.

[mr.sert]

Ty sirs for the help...

- Mr. Sert