Actions Tab

Overview

Actions allow Upgrades, Pop-Ups or Actions to be triggered, or entities to be activated or deactivated, when an Event occurs. You can also change AI State, spawn an entity, trigger an Effect, change a Custom Variable or trigger an AI Event.

Actions are available for Players, Objects, NPCs, NPC Generators, Timers, Triggers and Formations. To edit or add Actions go to the Actions tab for the entity - this is accessed by selecting an entity in the Level Editor .

Click Add Action to add a new action.

Options

	Event	The event that will trigger the action (see Events List)
	Upgrade (Self)	An Upgrade to apply to this entity
	Trigger Pop-Up	A Pop-Up to display
	Action	An Action to perform (see Actions List)
	Change AI State	Select new AI State
	Activate	An entity to activate (click to add)
	Deactivate	An entity to deactivate (click to add)
	Spawn Entity	Click to select an entity to spawn from the list
	Spawn Map Item	Click to select an item in the level to spawn a copy of
	Custom Variable	Click to select a Custom Variable to change, the select Set or (if numerical) Add, Subtract, Multiply or Divide and a value
	Property	Select a property to change from the list (eg Player->Health or Game->Next Level) and a new value
	Method	Select an item in the level and a method from the list (eg select a Trigger and the Enable, Disable, Reset or Toggle method). Not all item types have methods.
	Trigger Effect	Select an event to play the entity's effect for that event (eg select Damage to play the entity's Damage effect for this event)
	Trigger AI Event	Click to select an AI Event to trigger

Actions List

None

Destroy Self

Return to Spawn Point

Kill Entity

Kill Player

Game Over

Level Complete

Detach Child

Attach Child

Attach/Replace Child

Events List

General Events	Damage State	Speed	Direction	Shield
Destroyed	Damaged 0%	Thrust applied	Moving -X direction	Shield
Damage occurring	Damaged 0%	Accelerate applied	Moving +X direction
Collision	Damaged 25%	Brake applied	Moving -Y direction	Controls
	Damaged 50%	Stop	Moving +Y direction	Up/Down/Hold for each
Variable	Damaged 75%		Moving -Z direction
Greater/Less/Equals	Dead	Spawn	Moving +Z direction	Teleport
	Alive	Spawning		Teleport (out)
Active Area		Spawned		Teleport (in)
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