Trigger Editor Interface¶

The Trigger Editor is a construction-site for triggers, actions, events, and all the other elements that make up the logic of the trigger system. The moment you start working in the Trigger Editor, the logic you build will be made active in the map immedaitely, enforcing rules, building mechanics, and creating gameplay.

The Interface¶

Trigger Editor Interface View

The Trigger Editor offers a clean, ordered representation of all the logic elements active in a project. Any developers with programming experience will note the resemblance to a standard text editor. The lynchpin of this interface is the Triggers Panel, shown below.

Triggers Panel

Inside the Triggers Panel you’ll find a list of all the active trigger elements in a project. As well as providing an overview, this will be your primary means of navigating your project. Selecting an element in this panel will display its information in the middle of your screen, inside the Trigger Content Panel.

Trigger Content Panel

Depending on the type of element you’ve selected, this panel can take on a number of different layouts.

Variable Content – Definition Content – Trigger Content

When the Use Subviews option is enabled, this view will also introduce a Trigger Content Panel Subview, which shows the fields of an element alongside any available tooltips.

Trigger Content Panel Subview

As your project grows, you’ll find another manageability option available in the form of the Trigger Explorer. Enabling this will append a viewer to the Triggers Panel showing a breakdown of the components inside the currently selected element. You can use this to scan through a larger project’s components as quickly as possible.

Trigger Explorer

Projects can grow to include libraries, which are collections of trigger elements shared between multiple maps. All of the standard, pre-made elements are also included in a map via libraries. You can find a list of all the libraries currently in a map in the Libraries Panel.

Libraries Panel

The segment of the Main Toolbar available from this module is the Trigger Bar.

Trigger Bar

All of the Trigger Editor’s viewing and creation options are made available here for your convenience. Below you’ll find a table that breaks down the options available from the Trigger Bar.

Action	Effect
Back	Reverts commands backward through the Trigger Editor history.
Forward	Reverts commands forwards through the Trigger Editor history.
View Raw Data	Changes the view from plain-language to raw script identifiers and Galaxy function calls.
Show Libraries	Toggles the Libraries Panel on or off.
Use Subviews	Toggles the Trigger Content Panel Subview on or off.
New Element	Creates a new element of the type that is currently selected.
New Folder	Creates a folder in the Triggers Panel.
New Comment	Creates a comment at the current cursor location.
New Trigger	Creates a trigger in the Triggers Panel.
New Event	Creates an event in the Trigger Content Panel.
New Condition	Creates a condition in the Trigger Content Panel.
New Action	Creates an action in the Trigger Content Panel.
New Condition Definition	Creates a condition definition in the Triggers Panel.
New Action Definition	Creates an action definition in the Triggers Panel.
New Function	Creates a function in the Triggers Panel.
New Parameter	Creates a parameter in an active definition within the Trigger Content Panel.
New Preset Type	Creates a preset in the Triggers Panel.
New Preset Value	Creates a value in an active preset within the Trigger Content Panel.
New Record	Creates a record in the Triggers Panel.
New Sub-function type	Creates a sub-function in a currently active function within the Trigger Content Panel. For this, you must have the Sub-functions flag checked in ‘Function Options.’
New Variable	Creates a Global variable in the Triggers Panel or a Local Variable in the Trigger Content Panel depending on cursor position.

Viewing Options¶

Using the View Raw Data option will translate the plain-language statements of the Trigger Editor into the Galaxy function calls, as shown in the image below.

View Raw Data

This can be useful if you’d like to move into script editing. Moreover, you can use the View Script option to look at the actual game scripts. Selecting this option will launch the Script Test window shown below.

Script Test Window via View Script