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eventStructureReady()

Owned by Aubergine
Last updated: Feb 16, 2012Version comment

Overview

This event is triggered when a structure is ready to perform its special ability.

Currently, this only applies to the Laser Satellite Command Post, indicating that your next laser strike is available.

Each time the building is ready to perform its ability, this event will be fired once.

Syntax

function eventStructureReady(structure) {
  // do stuff
}

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
structureStructure objectThe building that is ready to perform its special ability.

Example

Fire laser satellite when ready
function findTarget() {
  // do something here to find a target
  return targetObject;
}
 
function eventStructureReady(structure) {
  switch (structure.stattype) {
    case LASSAT: {
      // fire laser satellite
      activateStructure(structure,findTarget());
      break;
    }
    default: {
      // uhm, panic?
    }
  }
} 

See also

  • structureIdle() – you can use this to manually check whether a structure is idle