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On this map that I made, there is a land bridge crossing a river.  The British are in control of it at the beginning of the game.  I want to send a message (the effect) to the British player if the Americans (the Brit's enimy) cross over a certian point on the bridge.  Is there a condition for this?

Conquistador!:

On this map that I made, there is a land bridge crossing a river.  The British are in control of it at the beginning of the game.  I want to send a message (the effect) to the British player if the Americans (the Brit's enimy) cross over a certian point on the bridge.  Is there a condition for this?

Hello again Conquistador.

Welcome to the user created content category!

If I'm understanding your question?

Here's a trigger example..

First put a cinblock, on your map, at the point you want this message to appear..Then with the following trigger

Trigger1

Active:

Condition : Units in area

Condition : Send chat to player

There are many other ways to illustrate this sequence..I.E..With different conditions and effects..I did give you a link to the H.G.Wiki, triggers in one of your other threads..You just got to experiment until you have what you want.

Just in case you can't remember which thread..Here's the link again.

http://wiki.heavengames.com/age/Triggers

Regards

Thank you for your response kjn.  By "cinblock" I assume you ment "cinematic block".  Anyway, I placed and cinematic block in the middle of the bridge, and entered the information into a trigger.  But, when the American troops crossed the bridge nothing happened. 

Conquistador,

You're most welcome..

Yes..That is what I meant..cimematic block.."cinblock"

In the "units in area data panel"..Did you set the cinblock as the center unit?

Did you specify what kind of unit?. Military..You can even get more technical and specify the unit type..

Make sure the operator is set correctly..<= : >= : == : < : >..

Double check all your field data in the trigger members..You may have missed something small..

http://wiki.heavengames.com/age/Units_in_area

Regards

Conquistador,

In the "send chat to player data panel"..Are you sending the chat to the correct player?

http://wiki.heavengames.com/age/Send_chat_to_player

Kjn,

Thank you for specifying what I was suppost to do.  Now it is working well.  I just have one question.  What does the operator do, and how do you set it?

Conquistador,

You're most welcome..Happy to have been able to help!

The operator helps to specify the conditon "Units in area" ..In this condition there is a radius of twenty..Your center unit is the cinblock..( The center of the radius )..The operator can specify how many units that need to be with in that radius..To fire the effect..To select the operator you wish..Just click on the yellow arrow at the right of the operator field box..For instance..

If you use the operator ==..If your specified number is 3..Your specified unit is "military"..What it would mean?.That if three military units are with in the radius of the cinblock..The condition will fire the effect.."Send chat to player"..

Say for instance..You use >=..Again your specified number is 3..What that would mean?.That if three or more military units are with in the radius of the cinblock..The effect would fire..The radius size can be increased or decreased also..The cinblock marks the center of the radius regardless of the size of it.

Regards