🔘 Custom triggers
Custom triggers !
Custom trigger is a way to store a list of commands and then either run those commands with a simple command or by a schedule system.
How to create custom triggers ?
Custom trigger is a type of activator, so go to the plugin you want (available in ExecutableItems, ExecutableBlocks and ExecutableEvents) and create the activator and select as option: CUSTOM_TRIGGER.
Then add on "commands section" the commands you want, but be careful ! Let's explain what happens on each plugin
ExecutableItems: To make the items work with this plugin it needs as requirement the player to have the item in the inventory, nice ! a "player" so.. we can run playerCommands against the player such as
SEND_MESSAGE &eHello player with name %player%!
We can run a player command against the player
We can even parse placeholders against the player
ExecutableBlocks: To make the blocks work with this plugin it needs as requiremente the block to be placed, so there is no involved a player, that means:
We can run blockCommands, since there is a block involved
We could (depend if you enable the owner feature) run ownerCommands, who targets the owner of the block.
ExecutableEvents: To make the events work with this plugin there is no needed for requirement, that means by just existing it will work, this means
There is no player, no block, no owner, nothing involved, so we cant run neither playerCommands nor blockCommands nor entityCommands, etc.
Now ! There is a tip to target this, all custom commands supports adding more than one argument, this means we could store the value of the player who run the command and then run an score run-player-command to achieve this. Its explained here <IF FORGOT PLS PING VAYK>
Well, let's continue, since you have already created the activator and the commands, now you can differentiate the CUSTOM_TRIGGER into 2 types:
Callables: Custom triggers activators which are only callable by the command
/<plugin> custom-trigger <features>
Callables and Scheduleds: Custom triggers activators which are callable by commands but also they are scheduled, that means they work in specific certain times. For example:
An activator that runs each day at 22:00 hrs.
An activator that runs each sunday.
An activator that will run the next <date>.
If you want to trigger your custom trigger using a command it's very easy !
The trigger ID is equals to the activator ID, you can customize your activator ID by manually editing your config file.
Be sure your activator id is unique, if they are all named activator0 they will be triggered at the same time when one will be triggered.
How to run custom triggers manually ?
In this category you will learn how to run the custom triggers we have already created !
Keep in note that values with {} are obligatory for the command to work, and [] are optional.
For better understanding we also marked as blue = obligatory and orange = optional
Before knowing how to make them work, let's talk a bit of how they work.
We have created a custom trigger activator with a certain activatorID
The commands are basically a "searcher" if they find an ExecutableItem with the specified activatorID which is a custom trigger then it will run the activator.
What is the idea of doing this ? you would think, why I would refer to a custom trigger inside my ExecutableItem from my ExecutableItem, since I could have write just the commands on my activator instead of calling a custom trigger?
Well, the idea is to organize, its useful for complex setup, let's say you repeat 5 command always on 4 activators on your same ExecutableItem then it may (not necessary) be a good idea to pack those 5 commands into 1 activator and just run the custom trigger.
The same idea can be extrapolated to other contexts such as using it in ExecutableItems, ExecutableBlocks and ExecutableEvents.
Running custom triggers for ExecutableItems
Command: /ei run-custom-trigger trigger:{activatorID} [player:{playerName}] [slot:{slot}] [additionalArguments]
activatorID: The ID of the activator you created as custom trigger.
playerName: The playername of the user
If there is no player specified such as
/ei run-custom-trigger trigger:{activatorId}then it will try to execute the custom trigger for all the players that have an ExecutableItem with the specified activator ID of custom trigger.If there is a player specified then it will try to execute the custom trigger only for that player and will run if he has an ExecutableItem with the specified activator ID of custom trigger.
slot: The slot where this custom trigger should run
If there is no slot present then the search is on all inventory
If there is a slot specified then the search is only on that slot
You can use -1 to target the mainhand slot.
additionalArguments: List of words that you can add to your command that you can get later by using %arg0%, %arg1%, ... placeholders.
Examples:
/ei run-custom-trigger trigger:activator0
/ei run-custom-trigger trigger:activator0 player:SsomarPluginsPlayer
/ei run-custom-trigger trigger:activator0 player:SsomarPluginsPlayer slot:-1
/ei run-custom-trigger trigger:activator0 player:SsomarPluginsPlayer slot:-1 how are you
%arg0% = how
%arg1% = are
Running custom triggers for ExecutableBlocks
Command: /eb run-custom-trigger trigger:my_activator_trigger:{activatorID} [block:{location}] [additionalArguments]
activatorID: The ID of the activator you created as custom trigger.
location: Location of the ExecutableBlock
If no location is provided then it will try to run for all ExecutableBlocks placed, and it will run for the ones who has the custom trigger activator with the ID selected.
If a location is provided it will do the same idea but only at that location.
additionalArguments: List of words that you can add to your command that you can get later by using %arg0%, %arg1%, ... placeholders.
Examples:
/eb run-custom-trigger trigger:MyEpicTrigger
/eb run-custom-trigger trigger:MyEpicTrigger SsomarPlugins
%arg0% = SsomarPlugins
/eb run-custom-trigger trigger:MyEpicTrigger block:world,50,65,125
Running custom triggers for ExecutableEvents
Info: This trigger is quite different, because on EI we have as condition the player and slot, on EB the location, but on ExecutableEvents we don't have conditions, that means, if you call for this trigger, if it exists it will always run.
Command: /ee run-custom-trigger trigger:{activatorID} [additionalArguments]
activatorID: The ID of the activator you created as custom trigger.
additionalArguments: List of words that you can add to your command that you can get later by using %arg0%, %arg1%, ... placeholders.
Examples:
/ee run-custom-trigger trigger:MyEpicTrigger
/ee run-custom-trigger trigger:MyEpicTrigger SsomarPlugins
%arg0% = SsomarPlugins
Pro tip: How can we run player commands here ? since the event is not linked to a player ?. Well, you can use this feature https://docs.ssomar.com/#player-commands + %arg0% tip. For example
Let's say there is an event me as admin I will run, then I would do
/ee run-custom-trigger trigger:TriggerOfEvent
to make this trigger have player commands we could add the name of yourself there, for example
/ee run-custom-trigger trigger:TriggerOfEvent Vayk_
Now on the commands inside our event we could use
/score run-player-command player:%arg0% {command}
For example
Command ran: /ee run-custom-trigger trigger:activator0 Vayk_
Output: All players jump
Code:
Its important to know that the name of %arg0% which in this case is Vayk_ is just dummy, it doesn't make anything more than a dummy value to be able to use score run-player-commands to then be able to use player commands.
Keep in mind that if you usage a normal SCore Player command it will target %arg0% that's why I used ALL_PLAYERS before adding the command.
How to run custom triggers scheduled ?
We have already explained the basics of how to create a custom trigger, but it may be not very clear how schedule works or how to run them, that's why, since we already know the content, let's check a couple of examples
[ExecutableEvents] Schedule activator with message for your next Event, for example for the new year
This activator will run automatically at 1 January 2026 at 00:00:00 and it will run the consoleCommands, so we will start the year with good messages and 10 gifts ^^
[ExecutableItem] Scheduled activator, such as rewards for having the ExecutableItem in their inentory
"In their inventory" statement is on the title because remember an ExecutableItem only work if its inside a player inventory !
With that said let's create an activator inside our item that runs the commands at 10h, 14h and 18h each day, and we give him for having the item some money in game with the command money.
Be careful ! The detailedSlots of this activator is -1, so it will trigger on the hours scheduled but if the player doesn't have it on mainhand it will fail due to conditions, so the player won't receive money. You can adjust the features depending on what you want.
[ExecutableBlock] Custom trigger as reward
Here you will see a basic example of an ExecutableBlock with a CUSTOM_TRIGGER activator, which when it runs it will drop some rewards at the block location.
The idea would be, for example after an event, killing a boss, something epic run the commands:
[command to display a message to the server about the event]
/eb run-custom-trigger trigger:my_drop_ei_triggerthen what would happen is o make all the EB placed drop 100 ExecutableItems
But how could we do this ? where ? Well ! let's use what we learn, let's create an ExecutableEvent custom trigger:
So basically now we just need to do
/ee run-custom-trigger trigger:activator0and thats it, it would send the broadcast message and all EB will run the custom trigger activator (if they have it, I am asumming they have it) which will send a message to the owner about a reward and it will drop the reward, very cool !What each player would look, would be like this:
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