technical.txt

List of Triggers

Non-Element Triggers:
"START"         When the PC enters a new scene
"STARTCOMBAT"   When combat begins
"ENDCOMBAT"     When combat ends
"COMBATLOOP"    Called during each iteration of the combat loop; guaranteed to be called before combat ends
"COMBATROUND"   At the end of each combat round
"HALFMINUTE"    Sent out every 30 seconds during exploration; not sent at all during combat
"UPDATE"        When the status of any plot changes
"EXIT"          When the PC is about to leave a scene
"PCMOVE"        When the party position is updated
"FORCE_EXIT"    End a combat mission immediately*

With-Element Triggers:
"ACTIVATE"      When a combatant is activated
"ACTIVATETEAM"  When a team is activated in combat
"BUMP"          When a bumpable is bumped
"DEFEAT"        When a faction is defeated in a mission
"FAINT"         When an actor is non-operational at the end of combat

"ENTER"         When a scene entered or reloaded from disk
"ENTER"         When a scene.script_room rect is entered by a party member
"GET"       When an item is picked up
"NEXT"          When an element is ready to be used again; for instance, when consolidation is complete and the PC can
                start the next WorldMapWar turn.
"WIN"           When a subplot is won*
"SEMIVICTORIOUS"    When a subplot is sorta won, kinda. Use this trigger if it makes sense in context.*
"LOSE"		When a subplot is lost*
"END"		When a subplot is ended*


Method name:

t_[Non-Element Trigger], i.e. t_STARTCOMBAT(self,camp)

[Element ID]_[With-Element Trigger], i.e. DOOR_BUMP(self,camp)

*Manual trigger- may be set by the plot using it, but doesn't get set automatically.