There are several special triggers available that are active when certain conditions exist in the level. The names of these are:
| MovieMode | on if ESC key was pressed in movie mode |
| InFirstPerson | on if the current view is first person |
| PlayerDeath | on if the player has started his dying animation |
| DeathESC | on if ESC key was pressed after player's dying animation has played |
| DeathSpace | on if Space Bar is pressed after player's dying animation has played |
When the player dies in a level you have several options of what can happen next. When the player's death animation is started a trigger called PlayerDeath is set to on. This can be used to trigger special effects or special camera sequences when the player dies. As well, you can control what happens after the death animation has finished.
In the PlayerSetup.ini file in the [Misc]
section there is an entry called restartafterdeath. If this is true
then pressing the ESC key after the death animation is finished will cause the
level to restart. If it is false then a trigger called DeathESC is set
to on and can be used to activate other entities that will cause the level to
end or change to another level. If you press the Space bar after the death
animation a trigger called DeathSpace is set to on. This also can be
used to trigger other entities. This trigger is independent of the state of
restartafterdeath.
Just remember, if restartafterdeath is false then a
ChangeLevel entity must be activated at some
point or the level will never end and you will be stuck at the point of death.
If you choose to ignore the DeathESC trigger then the PlayerDeath trigger must
activate a ChangeLevel entity or you remain stuck at death.