Distance Trigger

The Distance Trigger enables to start or stop a behavior by returning true when the distance between the root bone of an Entity and an object (camera, mesh…) or a group of objects, is successfully compared to a reference value.

Creation

  • Behavior Editor / Trigger Library: 
  • Golaem Menu: Crowd Triggers / Triggers / CrowdTri Distance Node
  • MEL command: glmCrowdTriDistanceCmd;

Configuration

A Distance Trigger defines the following specific attributes. For common attributes see Trigger Common Attributes.

Distance Attributes

In Objects Distance object: Link to the Maya objects / groups  to check the distance with.
  • if the object is a mesh, the distance will be computed with its Maya AABB.
  • if the object is a particle system, the distance will be computed with each particle having a lifespan > 0
Operator

A comparison operator (equal, greater than…)

Value

A reference value.