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TjDagger's Editor Gems, Respawn Group

This is a small mod containing a map and mission file illustrating how to spawn and Respawn pre-placed groups of entities in the editor.
To use, Activate the mod in the editor. Map and mission can be found in single/respawn_groups.

In this mission file you will find 3 triggers
reb
reb1
reb2

These 3 triggers control the spawning of 3 groups of Rebel soldiers named, "reb", "reb1" and "reb2".

There are two variations of the script.

The first, which includes triggers "reb" and "reb1" use the "call" command to feed the group name into a function called "respawn_group". (you can view function by pressing F9 while in F3 and selecting "functions")
Triggers "reb" and "reb1" also "Set" an event called "respawn_group". This event is then "Reset" in the called function "respawn_group". The purpose of this is prevent multiple instances of the function being called simultaneously, which would result in units potentially spawning in other locations.
You will notice "1 & !2" in the conditions. The "!2" represents "not 2". This forces multiple instances of the function called to fire in sequence.

The second variation ("reb2") is a simple version of the function contained within the trigger.

Pros and cons,

The "function" variation requires less scripting and is easy to applly in multiple triggers simply using the "call" command with the group name as the "context". If multiple are called, there may be a delay as they are fired in sequence. The delay will vary depending on how many units are being spawned.

The simple version is more labour intensive, scripting wise (this can be shortcut with a reasonable knowledge of notepad++), plus it creates a bigger mi file. However by using unique naming via this longhand method, placement conflicts are avoided when similar triggers are called simultaneously.

Updated with a second mi file called "respawn_group_buttons".