# Wave Time Since Ordered

Grammar — How long since the specified wave waveRef has been ordered
Flags — Native | Function

Returns how long since the specified wave has been ordered.

# Arguments

• wave — Wave

Returns — int

native int AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered(wave w);

# Related

Category: AI Advanced / Waves / Functions

• Create Wave Info — waveinfo — AIWaveInfoCreate
• Create Wave Info From Wave — waveinfo — AIWaveInfo
• Create Wave — wave — AIWaveCreate
• Wave Unit Count — int — AIWaveUnitCount
• Wave State — int — AIWaveState
• Wave Target Unit — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetUnit
• Wave Target UnitGroup — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetUnitGroup
• Wave Target Unit Point — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetUnitPoint
• Wave Target Point — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetPoint
• Wave Target Player — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetPlayer
• Wave Target Melee — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetMelee
• Wave Target Melee Harass — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetMeleeHarass
• Wave Target Merge — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetMerge
• Wave Target Patrol — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetPatrol
• Wave Target Escort — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetEscort
• Wave Target Escort No Leash — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetEscortNL
• Wave Target Gather Offense — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetGatherO
• Wave Target Gather Defense — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetGatherD
• Wave Target Harass Retreat — wavetarget — AIWaveHarassRetreat
• Wave Target Region — wavetarget — AIWaveTargetRegion
• Wave Get Target — wavetarget — AIWaveGetTarget
• Is Wave In Combat — bool — AIWaveIsInCombat
• Wave Time In Combat — int — AIWaveGetTimeInCombat
• Wave Time Since Combat — int — AIWaveGetTimeSinceCombat
• Wave Time Since Ordered — int — AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered
• Wave Eval — int — AIWaveEval
• Wave Eval Ratio — int — AIWaveEvalRatio
• Eval Ratio — int — AIEvalRatio
• Wave Get — wave — AIWaveGet
• Wave Type — int — AIWaveType
• Get Best Attack Target Point — point — AIGetBestTarget
• Wave To String — string — AIWaveToString
• Wave To Text — text — AIWaveToText

# Examples

mods/core.sc2mod — base.sc2data/TriggerLibs/MeleeWaveAI.galaxy:90

    else if (AIWaveState(w) != c_waveStateDefend) {
        if (eval > neededEval+10) {
            if (AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered(w) >= 20) {
DebugAIPlayerWave(player, "self defend2 set wave = defend vs. threats");
                AIWaveSetType(w, c_waveStateDefend, AIWaveTargetMeleeDefend(player));

mods/core.sc2mod — base.sc2data/TriggerLibs/MeleeWaveAI.galaxy:113

    else if (AIWaveState(w) != c_waveStateDefend) {
        if (eval > neededEval+10) {
            if (AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered(w) >= 5) {
DebugAIPlayerWave(player, "ally defend2 set wave = defend vs. threats");
                AIWaveSetType(w, c_waveStateDefend, AIWaveTargetMeleeDefend(player));

mods/core.sc2mod — base.sc2data/TriggerLibs/MeleeWaveAI.galaxy:142

    else {
        // if we've been idle for 30 seconds, just merge back into the attack wave
        if (AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered(w) >= 30) {
            DebugAIPlayerWave(player, "defend4 merge defend back into attack");
            AIWaveMerge(player, c_waveDefend, c_waveAttack);

mods/core.sc2mod — base.sc2data/TriggerLibs/MeleeWaveAI.galaxy:256

    }
    else if (state != c_waveStateAttack) {
        if (AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered(w) >= RandomInt(8, 12)) {
DebugAIPlayerWave(player, "set divert = attack harass target");
            AIWaveSetType(w, c_waveStateAttack, AIWaveTargetMeleeHarass(player));

mods/warcoop/warmeleeai.sc2mod — base.sc2data/TriggerLibs/MeleeWaveAI.galaxy:220

    else if (AIWaveState(w) != c_waveStateDefend) {
        if (eval > neededEval+10) {
            if (AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered(w) >= 20) {
                DebugAIPlayerWave(player, "defend2 set wave = defend vs. threats");
                AIWaveSetType(w, c_waveStateDefend, AIWaveTargetMeleeDefend(player));

mods/warcoop/warmeleeai.sc2mod — base.sc2data/TriggerLibs/MeleeWaveAI.galaxy:345

    }
    else if (state != c_waveStateAttack) {
        if (AIWaveGetTimeSinceOrdered(w) >= RandomInt(8, 12)) {
DebugAIPlayerWave(player, "set divert = attack harass target");
            AIWaveSetType(w, c_waveStateAttack, AIWaveTargetMeleeHarass(player));