MD questions

[Aven Valkyr]

you guys have been so helpful and I really appreciate it but I now have more questions lol. I would like to note though that I am learning and things are coming together Once I get a handle on a few of the core items it's just a matter of copy/paste and change some values and the mod will be done.

So here is my next question. In a cue I've created I've got 2 sub-cue's. I'm trying to trigger the 2nd cue from the 1st one being completed. However even though at the end of my first cue I have "complete_cue" and my second cue in the check "cue_complete" they both still want to load at the same time when I get to the trigger mechanism. Here's a shortened example of my code:

<cue name="spawnships">
..<action>
....<create spawn marker>
..</action>
..<cues>
....<cue name="ships">
......<condition>
........<player ship is in position>
......</condition>
......<action>
........<spawn some ships>
......</action>
....</cue>
....<cue>
......<complete_cue cue="spawnships">
....</cue>
..</cues>
<cue name="spawnmoreships">
..<condition>
....<cue_complete cue="spawnships">
..</condition>
..<action>
....<spawn ships which the player can capture>
..</action>
</cue>

This setup doesn't seem to be working. Both cues, which are on the same level of eachother, seem to activate at the same time. I don't understand why since I have the complete_cue tag set. I've looked at variables and there doesn't seem to be a "true" option. So I'm thinking it is what it is. And it's not working. So is there a workaround to this?

[Aven Valkyr]

UPDATE: OMFG I finally did it lol. Got the trigger file to work thanks to your guys' help Then I was having some mad problems with the file I was trying to load. Half my problems were with syntax errors. I didn't realize everything was case sensitive. So on triggering the file, I have a marker that spawns and a message saying I've been rewarded with some ships. I am to fly to the position.

On flying to the position 2 escort ships spawn. I get a message to wait a few moments and my reward will be warped in. The reward warps in, and they say "well see ya later" and the escorts warp out and are destroyed afterwords. Awwweeesssooommme Now I'm going to copy/paste the hell out of this and set up all the various rewards for completing the missions. Some are ships, some are items, some are even factories. Once I have that all done, I will be on to making the missions themselves.

Interacting with my agent that I've created is going to be another huge problem but one that I won't have to face for a while. It's definitely going to be a headache since talking to the agent will bring up a window with some options that need to be selected. The options will only be available after the player has achieved a certain fightrank/notoriety. But with the success of this one file, I have successfully completed a huge portion of the mod. It will take no time at all now to set up the rewards system.

Thanks for you help guys and I'm sure I will have more questions soon