[FUBAR-BDHR]

Anyone have a list of what you can and can't do?  I was playing with it last night trying to get some directive to work but it seems like some sexps are just ignored.  For example you can use is-destroyed-delay but you can't use destroyed-or-departed-delay or percent-ships-destroyed.

What about variables in directives?  I read that someone was thinking about adding it.  If it's there how do you use it?

[karajorma]

In what way do you mean doesn't work? I've definitely used destroyed-or-departed-delay in a working directive this week and I'm fairly sure I've used percent-ships-destroyed too.

The only SEXP I know of which acted strangely in directives were the is-event/goal-true/false SEXPs and that has been fixed since 3.6.9 anyway.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

I was playing with an event that was originally is-destroyed-delay with a list of 6 ships.  If I change it to destroyed-or-departed-delay same list of 6 ships the directive does not even appear.  All ships are there at the beginning of the mission.  Same thing with percent-ships-destoryed. 

[karajorma]

Well I just tried that with the BtRL build (closest build I have to 3.6.9 Official) and six Vipers and it worked perfectly well. Both directives appeared on cue and completed when they were supposed to.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

OK now this is getting weird.  I tired destroyed-or-departed-delay again and it didn't work.  Thinking it might be a timing thing I changed the delay from 0 to 2 and it worked.  I changed it back to 0 to see if that was the cause and it still worked.  Last 2 days everything I was trying wouldn't work.  Now everything I am trying is working.  Not quite the way I wanted but working.

Are there only certain sexps that will show the number of ships left in the directive?

[TrashMan]

I recall having problem with that SEXP...ONCE!
Works fine for me atm.