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Welcome to our Question and Trigger Request thread, newbies and oldies

Read the FAQ before posting, thanks!

1. For the Modify Protounit effect you must insert a "delta". What is it?
   • The delta is the amount you want to add. For example, if you want a unit that normally has 10 hack attack to have 100 hack attack, you must insert a delta of 100-10, so 90.
2. Why can't I make the population limit higher than 300?
   
   • You can't. But if you want to have unlimited units, there are three ways:
     1. Make a cinematic block cost 9999999999 population, then place two of them on the map. That will give you negative population.
     2. There's an effect called Make all pop costing units cost # pop. Set the amount to 0.
     3. Use the Modify ALL Protounits effect, select a player, select the population, then set the amount to 0. Notice that there is another effect called Modify protounit all. Don't use it, it uses the delta, the other uses the amount, so it's easier to make all units cost a certain amount, the other must be set to 20, because of the titans. Then you'll have units with negative populations and units with 0 population. No, use the one which asks you for an amount.
3. What are the conditional effects?
   
   • They are something made to use less triggers. This explaination is by HailToTheOboe:
     Conditional Effects are effects that can be used as conditions. Any effect between a conditional and a conditional zEnd will only fire if the conditional is True.
     
     Example:
     
     Send Chat
     Conditional Distance to Unit
     Grant Resources
     Conditional zEnd
     
     when that effect fires, it will always Send Chat, but it will only give resources if the distance to unit condition is true.
4. I noticed that in some scenarios you can make units and/or have technologies of a certain god, even if my civilization doesn't have that god. How can I do that?
   
   • Use the Set Tech Status, Unforbid and Enable Unit, Forbid and Disable Unit effects.
5. I tried the Modify Protounit effect on Son of Osiris's attack. Why doesn't it work?
   
   • This unit, like some others, can't change their attack. Sorry
6. I don't like Mother Nature's custom color, name and/or god. How can I change it?
   
   • Invent00r, at AoMH, created a tool to do it. It can be found here!
7. I noticed that many people speak about Quest Vars, QVs and Quest Variables. What are they?
   
   • Each QV is like a "slot". In each "slot" there can be a variable, so a number. There can be more than one slot, that can be called QV1, QV2, QV3, but you can also change their name. The effect QV Set always sets a number in a QV. The effect QV Modify adds a number that can be positive or negative. The condition QV Check is used to make an effect happen when the number in your QV is a number, so, if you put 5 in your QV Check, the trigger will activate when the number in the QV is 5. The effect QV Randomize sets in a QV a random number, chosen between two numbers. For example, if you make your QV Randomize set a number between 5 and 15, the randomly chosen number will be X>5-1 and X<15+1. This effect is used with a small choice of numbers to make random events happen.
8. Why a small number? Can't I make 100 choices?
   
   • Well, you can, but then there must be 100 different QV Check conditions then.
9. I playtested my scenario and it worked well, then I added some triggers and the triggers don't work anymore! What must I do?
   
   • This is called “Trigger lock”. Gaurdian_112 made a guide at AoMH here. But he didn't list some causes. Once it happened to me. Go to Scenario Data, under Scenario. You'll see a reference to a file. If it isn't basicvcnomain, so change its name to the right one or click the "Delete" button. Another cause can be a delta or an amount in triggers like modify protounit, if you write 0.0.5, this causes trigger lock. You must write 0.05 so that everything works.
10. I'm making a multiplayer scenario and I think it takes too many effects to do something like making more than two or three player do something!
    
    • Check the MP Triggers by lostrozzacavalli!Here is the thread and here is the download page!
11. I am new or unexperienced at triggers. Where can I learn how to start working with them?
    
    • There are many guides. I found interesting this one by Shuch_ya_mouf, this one by Hammerhands and the Scenario Design FAQ, that has a long part for trigger and cinematics questions, at AoMH.
12. Someone posted a question and I can answer, but I'm not sure my answer is right. If it isn't, will you warn or ban me?
    
    • We're not evil, if your answer is wrong someone will correct you. Same if you answer a trigger request. If the trigger you posted doesn't work but no one knows how to fix it, try here. Our friend HailToTheOboe can help you
13. I have a trigger request. Can I post it? And how?
    
    • Post it. Tell us if you want a condition or an effect, explain the name youwant for the trigger, a short description of what it should do, then, if you think the description is too short, post also an example, so that we can understand it better. This is the right format, copy and paste the HTML commands in "Edit HTML Source":
      

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      <b>Condition/Effect</b><br /><b>Name:</b>Trigger's name<br /><b>Description:</b> What it does for effects, when it should be activated for conditions.<br /><b>Example:</b> Put the condition/effect in an example, like: "I'm making a scenario where... so the trigger should..."
      

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14. Someone posted a trigger. Where shall I copy the code?
    
    • Go in your trigger2 folder. Copy and paste your Typetest.xml file and paste in the same folder. If you want, change its name (I changed it to TypeDownload). Open it with Block Notes. Delete everything and paste these lines into it:

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      <trigger version="2">
<Conditions>
</Conditions>
<Effects>
</Effects>
</trigger>
      

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      Then paste the conditions between <Conditions> and </Conditions> andthe effects between <Effects> and </Effects>. Then test your trigger(s).
15. What shall I do if I have questions regarding eyecandy?
    
    • Just use the Map Design section here!
16. And if I have a question regarding modding?
    
    • Use the Modding Help thread or, if you want to look up a bigger forum like AoMH where more people can help you, use its Modding Question thread.