I am trying to use a property trigger to trigger a dialog at a certain longitude. The conditions box says to enter the value in degrees, somewhere else it says to enter it in radians. Has anyone else used this variable? I need a value for 73 degrees west longitude. Thanks!
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Longitude and Latitude triggers
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I'd suggest just to try it. 
I'd rather use a box (a thin but huge area) and a prox trigger. It's easier to use in the mission builder because you can visually see where the trigger is shot.
I'd rather use a box (a thin but huge area) and a prox trigger. It's easier to use in the mission builder because you can visually see where the trigger is shot.
Thanks Horst...I finally got it to work. Should have thought to look at some of the samples in the Missions SDK sooner. They use that trigger a lot.
The variable is "greater than or equal" , since west is a negative number, and I'm flying west to east.
I am also using some proximity triggers, but the longitude and latitude triggers are real fast and easy once I figured it out. One thing I do like about the Proximity trigger is that you get two triggers in one. An action on entering the box and an action on exiting the box.
Can some kind soul point me to adding a lighthouse beacon to a Missions scenery object? I've found several from FS2004, but I'm worried that if I hand edit the XML to add it, it might be thrown out the next time I use Missions Object Placer.
The variable is "greater than or equal" , since west is a negative number, and I'm flying west to east.
I am also using some proximity triggers, but the longitude and latitude triggers are real fast and easy once I figured it out. One thing I do like about the Proximity trigger is that you get two triggers in one. An action on entering the box and an action on exiting the box.
Can some kind soul point me to adding a lighthouse beacon to a Missions scenery object? I've found several from FS2004, but I'm worried that if I hand edit the XML to add it, it might be thrown out the next time I use Missions Object Placer.
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The most easy thing in my opinion is too use a reactangle area, because you can see where it is and can move/rotate it wherever you want.
But you can also use a property trigger, which might be a good idea if you're not sure where exactly the user will fly, maybe 50miles north or south. Then you can trigger an action if he crosses, say, 25° long, no matter how far north or south he is.
But you can also use a property trigger, which might be a good idea if you're not sure where exactly the user will fly, maybe 50miles north or south. Then you can trigger an action if he crosses, say, 25° long, no matter how far north or south he is.