The Trigger Editor proposes a diversity of controls and shortcuts to manage and combine Triggers and Trigger Operators. This page lists all the classic manipulations helpful in designing and debugging a Trigger Graph.

Workspace manipulations

	Drag the workspace with ALT+middle-click
	Zoom in/out with mouse wheel or ALT+right-click
	Frame the workspace to all Triggers/Trigger Operators of the current opened Trigger Container
	Frame Triggers/Trigger Operators selection of the current opened Trigger Container
	Resize the workspace to the real size

Triggers / Triggers Operators Manipulations

Select Triggers/Trigger Operators in the Trigger Graph

• Left-click *on the Trigger/Trigger Operator. Use *SHIFT key for multiple selection
• Drag-and-drop inside the workspace to use the rubber selection band

Add a Trigger/Trigger Operator into the Trigger Graph

• Drag-and-drop the desired Trigger/Trigger Operator from the Trigger Library into the workspace. A new Trigger/Trigger Operator will be created

• Press "TAB" key inside the workspace and use the hotbox. A new Trigger/Trigger Operator will be created

• Drag-and-drop a previously created Trigger/Trigger Operator from the Trigger Outliner inside the workspace.

Remove a Trigger/Trigger Operator from the Trigger Graph

• PressDelete Key after selecting the Trigger/Trigger Operator in the workspace
• Use "Remove" in the context menu

Set a Trigger/Trigger Operator as Root Trigger

• Connect a Trigger/Trigger Operator after the current Root Trigger to set the new connected Trigger/Trigger Operator as Root Trigger
• On Triggers/Trigger Operators, use "Set as Root" in the context menu

Save/Share Triggers, Trigger Operators and Trigger Containers

Triggers, Trigger Operators and Trigger Containers can be saved in a file (Maya ascii file) as a Custom Trigger and then reused in another simulation or shared between users. 

Notice that in order to work fine inside a complete different scene than the one where the master Trigger was saved, all meshes and objects mapped to saved Triggers are also saved (for example the zone trigger mesh of a Polygon Zone Trigger).

Save Triggers/Trigger Operators and Trigger Containers

• Use "Save" in the context menu

The new Custom Trigger is saved in a Custom Trigger Directory. This directory can be changed in the Crowd Settings or by choosing "Set Custom Directory" in the contextual menu of the Custom Triggers Library.

Open a Custom Trigger

• Drag-and-drop a Custom Trigger from the Custom Triggers Library into the workspace, if the Custom Trigger is a Container double-click to open it in a new tab.

The Custom Trigger is automatically loaded and ready to be linked and simulated.

Share Custom Triggers between users

A Custom Trigger can easily be shared with another user by simply providing him the file in which Custom Trigger has been saved (see Crowd Settings to locate the Custom Trigger directory). There are then several ways for this user to import Custom Trigger:

• Either by directly putting the file in its own Custom Directory. The Custom Trigger is then automatically available in the Custom Trigger Library.
• Or by creating a copy of the Custom Trigger by opening the file in Maya and re-saving it as a Custom Trigger through the Trigger Editor:
  • Start Maya and load the Golaem Crowd plugin;
  • Open the Custom Trigger file;
  • Open the Behavior Editor;
  • Open the Trigger Editor
  • In Trigger Editor Scene Triggers, drag-and-drop the Trigger in the Trigger Editor workspace;
  • In Trigger Editor Main workspace, *right-click *on the drag-and-dropped Trigger and "Save", as previously described.

Enable/Disable Triggers

A disabled Trigger is not evaluated during simulation, the next Trigger marked as enabled will be played.

Enable Triggers

Disable Triggers

Triggers/Trigger OPERATORS Sequence MANIPULATIONS

Link Triggers/Trigger Operators

Unlink Triggers/Trigger Operators