trigger problem

[hans]

The setting: tunnels with the space platform tiles made with high platform and platform.
The problem: I'm trying to make 1 zergling appear every 2 seconds at a certain spot and then patrol to another spot. I currently have 2 such locations on the map, one of which works fine. But the 'lings coming from the other location only appear every 6 seconds or so, in spite of the fact that I've set the trigger to repeat every 2 seconds.

The trigger I use
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condition: Elapsed scenario time is at least 0 game seconds
actions: Create 1 zerg zergling at 'right middle entry' for player 2
Issue order to all zerg zergling owned by player 2 at 'right middle entry'. Patrol to 'me goes here'.
Wait for 2000 milliseconds
Preserve trigger.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Can anyone help me with this?

[Morth]

how many other triggers with preserved wait times do you have?

[hans]

one more so far. As I wrote I have 2 locations from which they emerge, each with its own location to which they patrol. In a previous attempt I had 5 locations for them to patrol from and 5 others to which they would patrol and in that attempt only 2 patrol routes worked the way I wanted them to. Could it be that multiple patrol routes with the trigger I've specified confuses the program?

[Morth]

It probably is related to using "wait" in more than one trigger and preserving it.

[grover1311]

try making the elapsed time exactly 0 seconds, or just replace it with always.

[SilverCrusader]

Ok, I see the problem.
You see, preserve triggers don't execute at the speed you want them to. This is what some people nicknamed "Trigger Lag." Just try putting Wait 0 milliseconds after the preserve triggers, than it should execute fast enough.

[hans]

Thanks for the advice folks. I'll give them a try.

[Basan]

Hans, could there be a chance that you set up the locations wrong (especially if you made all those patrolling triggers after copying the initial one several times)? :confused:

And welcome on board as well. Feel free to set your (browsing) 'vessel' into the other parts of 'our' forum in an exploration voyage to find more stuff you'd like. ;)

[hans]

Setting the time to 0 milliseconds did the trick. The fact that all patrol routes work in the first such mission I made makes me believe that you're right about copying, Basan. If so I'm gonna try to make each patrol trigger from scratch and see what happens.

[SilverCrusader]

Copying saves alot of time, but you have to be good at it, and don't mess up doing all the location changing.

[hans]

I may have the answer. I believe that giving a single opponent multiple patrol routes confuses the program. In the first mission with multiple patrol routes I've made I have one route per enemy and they work fine. I'm gonna try this with another mission in my series.

[hans]

That's how to do it. Now that warboards is accessible again I can confirm that one can't have multiple patrol routes for a single computer player going off at the same time. One route per opponent, that's the key.

[Basan]

But if you want to make it still look like the same player you can always get an advanced editor at the Resource Guide thread and colour'em equal. I suggest SCMDraft 2, though. And if you want further details on it, we'll be around to help... As usual. ;)