Mission briefing actions

A mission briefing is the screen before a single-player mission: portraits, text and speech, one briefing per player. It is stored in the map's MBRF section, in the same record as a trigger, with the condition Mission Briefing and its own set of actions, numbered separately from a trigger's. Four portrait slots, 0 to 3, hold the portraits. The editor's Triggers ▸ Mission Briefing edits them, and its layout is the one Blizzard's own multiplayer maps carry.

Wait (briefing)#

Holds the briefing for the time.

Briefing action 1 · Wait(Milliseconds);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
Milliseconds	a time in milliseconds	bytes 12–15

Play WAV (briefing)#

Plays a sound.

Briefing action 2 · Play WAV(WAV, Duration);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
WAV	the name of a sound file in the map, stored as a string-table entry	bytes 8–11
Duration	a time in milliseconds	bytes 12–15

Text Message#

Shows the text for the time.

Briefing action 3 · Text Message(Text, Duration);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
Text	text, stored as a string-table entry	bytes 4–7
Duration	a time in milliseconds	bytes 12–15

Mission Objectives#

Sets the text of the objectives shown with the briefing.

Briefing action 4 · Mission Objectives(Text);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
Text	text, stored as a string-table entry	bytes 4–7

Show Portrait#

Shows the unit type's portrait in a slot.

Briefing action 5 · Show Portrait(Unit, Slot);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
Unit	a unit type, or one of the unit classes	bytes 24–25
Slot	a portrait slot, 0 to 3	bytes 16–19

Hide Portrait#

Hides the portrait in a slot.

Briefing action 6 · Hide Portrait(Slot);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
Slot	a portrait slot, 0 to 3	bytes 16–19

Display Speaking Portrait#

Makes the portrait in a slot talk for the time.

Briefing action 7 · Display Speaking Portrait(Slot, Duration);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
Slot	a portrait slot, 0 to 3	bytes 16–19
Duration	a time in milliseconds	bytes 12–15

Transmission (briefing)#

Text and a sound with the portrait in a slot talking, as a trigger's Transmission does. No Blizzard map uses it; its layout follows the community's reference and SCMDraft.

Briefing action 8 · Transmission(Text, Slot, Modifier, Amount, Duration, WAV);

Argument	Takes	Stored in the briefing action
Text	text, stored as a string-table entry	bytes 4–7
Slot	a portrait slot, 0 to 3	bytes 16–19
Modifier	Set To, Add or Subtract	byte 27
Amount	a whole number, 0 to 4,294,967,295	bytes 20–23
Duration	a time in milliseconds	bytes 12–15
WAV	the name of a sound file in the map, stored as a string-table entry	bytes 8–11

Skip Tutorial Enabled#

Offers the button that skips the tutorial.

Briefing action 9 · Skip Tutorial Enabled();

It takes no arguments.