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Hello. I am trying to use trigger zones to change the skybox image in my game. This is the code I am using (and I saved it in scriptbank).


;Artificial Intelligence Script

;Header

desc = Plr In Zone

;Triggers

:state=0,plrwithinzone=1:state=1,sky=skybank\natural\Rnf

;End of Script





Then I assign it to a trigger zone (Main). Filename is zskyrnf.fpi and I put the script in the scriptbank folder. I think I am using an older FPS creator but heck thats the one I have right now... Problem is, as soon as the game starts, the skybox is already changed to Rnf. It does not wait for me to enter into the trigger zone or anything. How do I keep the script from being executed until I enter the corresponding trigger zone?

Plrwithinzone=0:state=0

The engine does not allow you to change the skybox while "in-game". You define a skybox in your "setuplevel.fpi". If you define one in a script, this is what happens. The engine starts by assembling the game universe. It reads the sky you specify in the "setuplevel.fpi". Then it will read the scripts. If there is a call for a skybox in a script, it will replace the one defined in the "setuplevel.fpi" with the one in the script. That is why the skybox has changed to the one you specified in the script.

There was some discussions a while ago about how the older version of the engine apparently allowed for the skybox to be changed in-game. I have yet to see which version. I use v1.17 and can tell you that it does not work like that from v1.17 and up. What you can do is change your skyboxes per level by specifying a skybox in the "loadingpage.fpi" for each level. I have outlined the procedure here.

@BlackFox
Thanks for the explanation for this problem. I too was just
wondering about this a couple days ago.