1. What's the scripting command that lets stuff happen after the player activates a switch?

2. I heard that 30 script "Units" is 1 second. True?

3. How do I script a timer? Like in the end of The Maw. I've heard it has to do with setting variables and such in static scripts and referring to it in another script. Can anyone give me the scripts?

Thanks in advance!
Edited by Polamee on Mar 20, 2009 at 10:31 AM

I believe the "Easy Halo Scripter" has the command for the switch toggle.

1:

(if (device_get_position 1) ) {
blahblahblah
}

2:

Not sure about that one.

3:
(hud_set_timer_time )

If 1 is wrong, ignore it. I haven't scripted for some time....

1. Those kinds of events are tested for with this command:

(device_get_position "device")
gets the current position of the given device (used for devices without explicit device groups)

Most of the time it's a lot more than just testing for this though. But if you're just looking for the basic command, that's the one.

2. The "units" you're talking about are called "ticks" which basically are the minimum time unit in the game. And yes, 30 ticks per second.

3. It's easier than that. One command sets up, starts, and shows the timer:

(hud_set_timer_time "short" "short")
sets the time for the timer to "short" minutes and "short" seconds, and starts and displays timer

Of course, you'll probably want to move it, set a warning time, read how much time is left, etc. Here are the commands for all of that:

(hud_set_timer_warning_time "short" "short")
sets the warning time for the timer to "short" minutes and "short" seconds

(hud_set_timer_position "short" "short" "hud_corner")
sets the timer upper left position to (x, y)="("short", "short")

(show_hud_timer "boolean")
displays the hud timer

(pause_hud_timer "boolean")
pauses or unpauses the hud timer

(hud_get_timer_ticks)
returns the ticks left on the hud timer