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Newbie Joined: 29 Jun 2011 Posts: 1 Location: Paulsboro

I am trying to make a countdown trigger that will show in a status bar

These are the triggers I have so far:

#action {You give the %1 of a %2 to the orc pursuer.} {#ALARM OQAlarm {120}}
#action {You give a %1 of a %2 to the orc pursuer.} {#ALARM OQAlarm {120}}
#action {You give an %1 of a %2 to the orc pursuer.} {#ALARM OQAlarm {120}}
#action {Tadamir the guildsman exclaims to you. 'Here is your reward, as promised.'$} {#ALARM CQAlarm {60}}
#var {CQTime} {60;#ALARM CQAlarm {*60} {#IF (@CQTime) {#ADD CQTime -1} {#SUSPEND CQAlarm}
#Var {OQTime} {120;#ALARM OQAlarm {*120} {#IF (@OQTime) {#ADD OQTime -1} {#SUSPEND OQAlarm}

The problem I'm running into is that the timer won't reset its self. It just stays at 0 even after a new item is handed in/given.
Any help would be great.

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

What countdown are you trying to show in the status bar? How is your status bar defined?

The way I'm reading this script, it looks like you have two timers, one for completing a quest action that has a 2 minute timer, and another for turning in the quest which has a 1 minute timer. When each of these timers reaches zero, it either ticks down is respective QTime or stops the alarm if the QTime is at zero. Curiously, the OQAlarm ticks down once every 2 minutes. Are you watching these two QTime variables? They're defined in the first place, and the #AL will count them down, but I don't see anywhere that they're supposed to be reset. When should CQTime and OQTime reset?

You're missing some close braces, which will cause all sorts of problems. As written here, your #VAR commands are defining functions, not simple variables.

Also, a suggestion to reduce the number of triggers: you can condense the first three triggers into one:
#action {You give {a|an|the} %1 of a %2 to the orc pursuer.} {#ALARM OQAlarm {120}}

Also, are you trying to capture what you're giving? If the %1 and %2 are unused, you can use a general wildcard to fire the trigger:
#action {You give * of * to the orc pursuer.} {#ALARM OQAlarm {120}}

Either way, this will reset the alarm to 2 minutes if it's already in countdown. There is no #RESUME command, so if the QTime reaches zero, the alarm is stopped and never restarts - this may also be your problem.

With a little more information about what you're trying to do, we can tweak this script to work smoothly.

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:30 pm

The two timers are for two completely different quests within the game I play.

Basics:
Quest one has a 60 minute cool down period. Quest two has a 2 hour cool down period.

With the orc %1 is a body part and %2 is the NPC's name.