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Activators

JaThePlayer edited this page Jan 8, 2023 · 2 revisions

WIP

This page is a wip, so it's probably not that useful yet

Intro

Activators are a set of triggers added by Frost Helper (Lonn only), which are a replacement for Trigger Triggers.

They are very optimised for performance - most likely, the triggers you're activating will be more laggy than Activators themselves, unlike Trigger Triggers which run some expensive hooks in the background. (Though those will improve quite a bit in the near future)

TODO: explain behaviour differences between tt's and activators

The Basics

Activators are split into two categories:

On- Activators

These activators will always be the start of any Activator setup. They'll listen to various events, like flag changes, the player entering them, the room starting, etc. You can either connect them directly to the triggers you want, via adding nodes to the Activator which overlap the target triggers, or you can connect them to Helper Activators for more complex behaviour. Connecting activators to On- Activators is undefined behaviour, and most likely will not work.

Helper Activators

These activators DO NOT react to the player entering them, or do anything in the background on their own, and need to be activated by On- Activators (or Trigger Triggers) first.

Good Practices

I'd recommend placing Activator setups out of bounds if possible, to not clutter the room, and prevent the possibility of the player accidentally triggering the triggers themselves.

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