Fix infinite trigger count not interacting correctly with "+Interval:" #277
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There's an undocumented feature whereby negative trigger counts are treated as infinite. However, since it doesn't use the bump_timestamp system of positive trigger counts, it'll behave more like an infinite repeat count (e.g. with "+Interval: 5" it will only check every 5 seconds instead of becoming active again after 5 seconds have passed). This just makes negative values set bump_timestamp and excludes them from resetting the timestamp if the event didn't trigger that frame (checking MEF_USING_TRIGGER_COUNT so that the other behavior is still possible if you set a negative repeat_count and don't specify a trigger_count).
(As an addendum, FRED makes it somewhat more difficult to use negative repeat and trigger counts because it doesn't allow typing non-digit characters; you can still paste in a "-", but FRED will display e.g. 4294967295 instead of -1, even though it will save -1 in the mission file. This PR just fixes FSO's interaction with infinite trigger counts, not FRED's interface issues with them.)