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Is there a way to iterate through the characters within a trigger. There is a similar function that iterates through all the items in a trigger and sets ownership, but I want to do it for characters.

I want Osiris to be able to reference the characters within the block. Not just call an event, as the trigger has info that needs to be exchanged with the character. Not just players, but NPCs as well.

I'm not sure there is a simple call for this, I may be mistaken. If not:

For an object script, you could use IterateCharactersNear() to iterate characters within radius of the trigger, and check with CharacterIsInTrigger() to ensure that they are actually within the trigger bounds.

Through story code, you could store/remove characters that enter/leave the trigger bounds, with CharacterEnteredTrigger() and CharacterLeftTrigger(), to a DB. You could then iterate through the DB.

Actually, for story code, TriggerLaunchIterator iterates through all characters within the given trigger's bounds.

Yeah at first I used it but then I realized it doesn't pass along the trigger. I ended up using it though pairing an event name with each trigger in the database. Then I use that to pass the trigger along with the event. So I have a reference to both character and trigger in the story in the same context. Tricky stuff.

Another possible approach is to use an event trigger. Event triggers are automatically registered for all characters. The shared mod has a rule that that catches all Entered/LeftTrigger events and maintains a DB_InRegion(_Char,_Trigger) database based on these events.

So if you use an event trigger, you can just use "IF DB_InRegion(_Char,TRIGGERGUID_MyTrigger_UUID) THEN ..." to iterate all characters currently in that trigger.