View source for Call of duty bo3: ZM Exploders

== Intro ==

Exploders are a way to switch on/off a Light or FX placed in a map via script

== In Radiant ==

* '''For a light or FX the method is the same''', place the light or FX and set its values as you normally would
* Open up the Exploder Manager in Radiant by Right clicking the main tool bar and selecting "Exploder Manager"

[[File:exploder_1.jpg]]

* This will open this window

[[File:exploder_2.jpg]]

* Select the light you created and in the Exploder Manager click on "New Exploder from Selected"
* You will see a dialog to pick a name for the Exploder, this is '''IMPORTANT''' as its the name you will use in the scripting part; In this example we name it "light_test"

[[File:exploder_3.jpg]]

* Now the light and Exploder Manager looks like this

[[File:exploder_4.jpg|800px]]

 Note 1: that the Default State is False = ON which means that the Exploder will start OFF and switch ON when called via script. 

 Note 2: there are a number of other settings in the Exploder Manager such as delay, blend, etc. you may want to play with those to see how they work

 Note 3: You can have more than one Exploder using the same Exploder name, these will all be switched on/off from script

* You can test the exploder using the PLAY/STOP button after selecting it in the Exploder Manager

* Save your map

== In Script ==

* Open your Map GSC located in ''Call of Duty Black Ops III\usermaps\zm_test\scripts\zm\''
* The next part will depend on what you want to achieve with the Exploder

=== Advanced ===

If you are familiar with scripts and want to switch the light on after a certain scripted event that you know how to locate then just use this command:

 // Exploder ON
 exploder::exploder( "light_test" );

* If you need to turn it off then use this:

 // Exploder OFF
 exploder::kill_exploder( "light_test" );

=== Turn on Exploder after Power ON ===

If you want to turn on your exploder(s) after the Power is switched on:

* Open your Map GSC and locate 

 zm_usermap::main();

* After this add this new function

 level thread exploder_watch();

* on the end of your script add the new Function

<pre>
function exploder_watch()
{
    level endon ("game_ended");
    
    level waittill("power_on");
    
    // Exploder ON
    exploder::exploder( "light_test" );
}
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