The NGLE Manual
The
ItemGroup Script Command
By Cook
If you have many moveable
objects you want to perform the same operation on, you can
group the items into an ItemGroup. You then only need to
create a single ItemGroup FLIPEFFECT trigger to have that
operation performed on all of those objects at the same
time.
Some of the operations you can perform on an ItemGroup are
shown below.
In tut1.prj we can group the
four FLAME_EMITTER2s in this room into an ItemGroup since
they are moveable objects.
There are four triggers
placed under Lara to activate the FLAME_EMITTER2s.
In the [Level] section of the
script in NGCenter type ItemGroup= and then a number
followed by a comma, ",". You must use a different number
for each ItemGroup= command in the same [Level] section.
Now type the index numbers
for the objects you want to include in the ItemGroup. Each
index number must be separated by a comma, ",".
The index number is the number in brackets that appears in
the yellow box near the object in NGLE when you select the
object by left clicking. You can have up to 83 objects in a
single ItemGroup.
In NGLE the index numbers for
the FLAME_EMITTER2s are 211,209,144 and 216. The complete
ItemGroup is shown below.
Build the script and check
for errors.
In NGLE the four triggers to activate each FLAME_EMITTER2
can be deleted and replaced with one FLIPEFFECT trigger.
Paolone uses an ItemGroup in
his Miscellaneous sample project to move a group of spikes
up and down together.
