im a little bit confused as to how exactly actors are linked to effects. if i right click on an actor in the left panel and select "explain link", it tells me its linked to "events"
however, i cannot find "events" in the right hand panel. any ideas?
If you have your Data editor in list view as opposed to category view (you can change this via the button directly below the Test Map button in the Data Editor), you will be able to see a field called Events + in the Actor, which is how effects are linked to actors.
An event is triggered by an effect (i.e. if an Archon were to attack, its effect would be Psionic Shockwave (Damage)), and the event controls the results (in the Archon attack case, it would play the Archon's attack animation, etc).
Events are relatively self explanatory due to their names. :)
im a little bit confused as to how exactly actors are linked to effects. if i right click on an actor in the left panel and select "explain link", it tells me its linked to "events"
however, i cannot find "events" in the right hand panel. any ideas?
I BELIEVE you're going about it backwards, open up the effect you want the actor on. Look at the events+ field on the right side there.
thats the problem- when i open the effect i do not see any events+ field on the right hand side
i have all the "view" options enabled so it cant be that either
If you have your Data editor in list view as opposed to category view (you can change this via the button directly below the Test Map button in the Data Editor), you will be able to see a field called Events + in the Actor, which is how effects are linked to actors.
An event is triggered by an effect (i.e. if an Archon were to attack, its effect would be Psionic Shockwave (Damage)), and the event controls the results (in the Archon attack case, it would play the Archon's attack animation, etc).
Events are relatively self explanatory due to their names. :)
thanks, that cleared things up for me