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Staredit Network > Forums > SC1 UMS Mapmaking Assistance > Topic: Transmissions > Display Message + Wait?
So yeah, I'm thinking Transmissions are better than Display message, but I don't know if Transmissions create wait blocks or not. So does anyone know?
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Note that this action has no effect on computer players, and it will prevent any other action (in the same trigger) from resuming until it has finished.
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Transmissions are a Wait, a Display Message, and a Show Unit Portrait all rolled into one. All of which can be used on their own.
Transmissions are a Wait, a Display Message, and a Show Unit Portrait all rolled into one. All of which can be used on their own.
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No.... there's a Talking Portrait action. What you can't get any other way is the little circle that blinks around the unit.
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Transmissions are a Wait, a Display Message, and a Show Unit Portrait all rolled into one. All of which can be used on their own.
PS. The wait time of the transmission action functions exactly the same as a normal wait action.
You can even make hyper triggers with transmissions.
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Oh, and they're the only action that makes a highlight circle on a given unit.
Yes they're a wait.
Yes they're a wait.
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Note that this action has no effect on computer players, and it will prevent any other action (in the same trigger) from resuming until it has finished.
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If your Hyper Triggers or other wait triggers are below the trigger with the transmission, they should turn off while the transmission runs, or you could use Cross Player Hyper Triggers, which will turn off for the duration of the wait no matter where they are, a tutorial on how to use them is here:
http://Falkoner.CoW.GooglePages.com/Hyper_Triggers.html
http://Falkoner.CoW.GooglePages.com/Hyper_Triggers.html
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If your Hyper Triggers or other wait triggers are below the trigger with the transmission, they should turn off while the transmission runs, or you could use Cross Player Hyper Triggers, which will turn off for the duration of the wait no matter where they are, a tutorial on how to use them is here:
http://Falkoner.CoW.GooglePages.com/Hyper_Triggers.html
http://Falkoner.CoW.GooglePages.com/Hyper_Triggers.html
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So yeah, I'm thinking Transmissions are better than Display message, but I don't know if Transmissions create wait blocks or not. So does anyone know?
Simple answer: YES!
(Transmission uses the wait action, among others)
Yes, but them causing wait blocks may cause a problem, which is why I said:
So I told him how to get by without wait blocks.
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or other wait triggers are below the trigger with the transmission
So I told him how to get by without wait blocks.
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