What do cell tags do?

Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

well i'm pretty sure this is in the right place sorry if it isn't. but onto the question!

What does a celltag do? it attaches like a tag to a specific cell according to fa2 but i still don't know how to use them can some1 give me an example on when and how to use the please

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John Galt · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:09 am Post subject:

Open a mission map and observe? You attach a trigger to a celltag just like to a normal tag, and then the trigger fires when something enters the celltag.

Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

k so u mean like for example i attach a animation trigger to a cell the trigger will fire when something like a tank goes over the cell

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CCHyper · Defense Minister **Joined**: 07 Apr 2005

Yes

Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

SWEET!

i always wanted to know how to do that. but 1 more question....
does it work for ALL the possible triggers

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Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

It works for all possible actions, but not all events rely on something happening in something that the tag is attached to. For example, event "Time Elapsed" as the only event on a cell tag makes not sense and there is no point placing such a tag. "Entered By..." however would make sense.

Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

oh okay i get it and before i forget the cells have to be all around the area not on it correct?

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wardeathfun · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:01 am Post subject:

basicly the area you want the trigger to activate if a unit goes over it. mind you you can use triggers to activate triggers that activates action in elaspe time. the possibilities are limitless.

Team Black · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:25 am Post subject:

"entered by" is the only event I know works with cell tags..

are there any others?

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John Galt · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:56 am Post subject:

Vertical Line Crossed, Horizontal Line Crossed, Zone Entered, Entered or Overflown By...

(I am citing DZ's guide, but I will inspect which of them actually work and which don't in a few days.)

Ickus · General **Joined**: 25 Nov 2002 **Location**: @__@

Perfect example is if you know about the giant ant missions.. when those scientists activate a dead zone or gas area that kills the ant when it enters this cell.

I recall it also being used to initiate base building for the AI for certain missions. also win triggers, like evac missions where a certain unit enters this cell and triggers the win..or lose event.

If you have RA1 and use some custom map tool that supports triggers etc. you can see how they used them.

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Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

either my fa2 is dumb or i taught myself that in order for a cell tag to work they have to be at a specific house like i tried making it for player A didnt work..... but then i made the house libya and huzzah it worked. so that normal? Question

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Allied General · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

Well I've only ever seen it used in singleplayer missions.

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Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

but ive seen them in multiplayer also like flyingz's campaign 1 map but then again it only works with korea and america

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Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

The "Entered by" event (and most if not all other events as far as I know) doesn't accept <Player> and so is useless in multiplayer maps.

Team Black · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject:

it's not useless in multiplayer maps.. you'll see that in my next map Wink

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Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

Okay, you can use "entered by anybody" so its not totally useless, but anything that requires a reaction that varies depending on the player that did it isn't possible unless you can guarantee the players all choose different countries.

Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

grrr i hate the limitations on yuris revenge

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Ickus · General **Joined**: 25 Nov 2002 **Location**: @__@

cant you pick. Multiplayer1-8.etc?

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Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

? u mean for the cell tags or in general?

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Team Black · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject:

In TS you can't choose specific sides, but I think YR you can

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Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

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cant you pick. Multiplayer1-8.etc?

In YR you can pick them, but they don't work for most (if not all) events and they can't be trigger owners either. It greatly limits what can be done in multi-player maps.

Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

lol imagine that when a tank rolls into a area a nuke comes out of nowhere. no nah im not gonna do that

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Allied General · Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject:

Blade wrote:

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cant you pick. Multiplayer1-8.etc?

In YR you can pick them, but they don't work for most (if not all) events and they can't be trigger owners either. It greatly limits what can be done in multi-player maps.

The only real significant feature that emerges <1> is the fact you can change house owner objects or destroy entire <1> player when a object is destroyed i.e. Assault mapping

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Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

well i believe u can make some countries own triggers in a map or do u mean whole game wise?

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Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

Countries can own triggers in both single and multiplayer maps, but on MP, what happens when a) no player is that country and b)two players are the same country? Not what you want to happen, thats for sure.

Biohazard · Commander **Joined**: 17 Jan 2008 **Location**: MD,USA

yea true like i have done it. i have added triggers that give u buildings when u start but when there is no player in the position it just stays neutral. hey since where are talking about this is there a way to make it so certain triggers wont fire if there is no player in the area?

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skyboy · Soldier **Joined**: 16 Jun 2007 **Location**: Guess...

i don't think so, but you can destroy everything that belongs to civ, you might be able to destroy buildings in that area that are civ with a few triggers. i'm not sure how to do that (if it's possible) nor can i test it since ra2 decided not to show me the menus (reinstall does nothing to fix this, nor wiping the files and registry entries)