MATT Trigger Methods

Trigger Methods

You can select multiple trigger methods on one tile; to have different sets of actions run based on what method was used to trigger the tile, see auto-landings.

If a tile has multiple trigger methods, any that have their requirements met will occur; this can result in double triggers. This is mainly an issue when a tile has both enter and stop within tile, or exit and movement at the same time. Pick one or the other, or use auto-landings.

Enter

This triggers when a token enters the tile.

$\color{yellow}{\textsf{Important}}$: This does NOT include the triggering token when used with "Tokens Within Tile" as your first action's target unless you add a small delay before the first action. The token is entering, the tile triggers, and it hasn't fully finished entering yet without the delay.

$\color{yellow}{\textsf{Important}}$: This trigger doesn't work if the token's endpoint is adjacent to the edge of the scene canvas. The easiest fix is just leave scene padding on and don't put tiles near the edge of the scene.

Exit

This triggers when a token exits the tile.

Movement

This is triggered by a token starting their movement from within the tile.

Stop Within Tile

This is triggered when a token stops within a tile.

Elevation Change

This will trigger when a token within the tile changes elevation.

Rotation

This will trigger when a token within the tile is rotated.

Clicks

You can use single-click or double-click on a tile, but not together. Using both with auto-landings will result in the double-click not triggering and just triggering the click twice.

None of the various click triggers can be triggered by clicking a tile beneath a token; clicking the token takes priority.

Click

The tile is triggered from a user clicking within the tile.

Right-Click

The tile is triggered from a user right-clicking within the tile.

This includes when right-clicking when trying to pan the canvas around.

Don't set up a right-click trigger tile that deletes your entire combat encounter and just put it in the middle of the map like someone I know. -Crow

Double-Click

The tile is triggered from a user double-clicking within the tile.

Double Right-Click

The tile is triggered from a user double right-clicking within the tile.

Token Create

The tile is triggered whenever a token is created within the tile.

$\color{yellow}{\textsf{Important}}$: This trigger method doesn't respect the game paused settings, and can be triggered regardless of whether its allowed.

$\color{red}{\textsf{Warning}}$: I personally recommend against having this trigger on any tile that creates tokens. See infinite loops. If your loop results in an instantaneous Foundry crash and bloats your world with token data, you may be in trouble.

Hover In

Any mouse-over entering triggers the tile.

Hover Out

Any mouse-over exiting triggers the tile.

Combat Start

Combat starting on the scene triggers the tile.

Combat Round

This triggers the tile every time a new combat round starts.

Combat Turn Start

This triggers the tile every time a new turn starts during a combat encounter.

Combat Turn End

This triggers the tile every time a turn ends during a combat encounter.

Combat End

This triggers a tile after combat is ended.

Scene Change

Runs the tile actions when the scene is loaded by a player. If the scene is activated, it will trigger for each player loading in without any extra filtering.

$\color{red}{\textsf{Warning}}$: I personally recommend against having this trigger on any tile that runs an infinite loop. If your loop results in an instantaneous Foundry crash, you may be in trouble.

Manually Activate

This can be triggered in several ways. Technically it's just a trigger method with no hook event; it can still have other trigger methods as well. It's recommended to use this if you just need it to be triggered by one of the following:

• By right-clicking the tile and clicking the button that looks like a power button.
• Via another tile's Trigger Tile action.
• Via a door trigger.
• Via a journal trigger.
• Via a macro trigger.
• Via a scene region.

Door Trigger

This one is specifically used with the Tiles Under Door targeting option of door triggers. It is not required if the door triggers the tile either directly or via Tagger.

Lighting Change

This triggers once whenever the scene's global lighting value changes.

Lighting Animation

This triggers whenever the scene's lighting animation changes. This will trigger multiple times per lighting change without using logic. This can be used with logic to run multiple events for each time of day that was passed through.

Time Change

This triggers whenever the world's time clock changes. You will likely need a separate module to adjust this, unless you're on PF2E, which has the world clock integrated.

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