Setting it so units only live at night.

Leet_Zeno

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• Aug 10, 2008

• #1

I'm trying to work on a skill that summons creatures, and i'm trying to make a trigger where it will only be alive at night, as well as the spell being castable only at night.


And I am also trying to make it so that my hero is invulnerable when casting. Any trigger advice?

 

CMarket

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• Aug 10, 2008

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Well, you can create a Real Variable and set it up in a trigger like this:

• Events
  • Time - Every 0.1 seconds
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Set TIME = (In-game time of day)

Now for the casting trigger we will use a spell that requires 3 seconds to cast called Summon Shade and this trigger:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to Summon Shade
• Actions
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • A Greater than or equal to 18.00
      • A Less than 6.00
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Add Invulnerable (Neutral) to (Casting unit)
      • Wait 3.00 seconds
      • Unit - Remove Invulnerable (Neutral) from (Casting unit)
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit - Order (Casting unit) to Stop

Now since all of those shades can be summoned after 18 pm we need a trigger that will kill any shades still alive at 6 am so we use this:

• Events
  • Game - The in-game time of day becomes Equal to 6.00
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Set ShadeUG = (Units in (Playable map area) matching ((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to Shade))
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit in ShadeUG and do (Unit - Kill (Picked unit))

Oh, ShadeUG is a unit group variable.

 

Leet_Zeno

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• Aug 10, 2008

• #3

ty and sorry for posting in wrong board.


I can't seem to find the "a greater than or equal to 18.00" and the "a less than 6.00"

 

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RunBa

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• Aug 11, 2008

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Lag!!

• Time - every 0.1 second? NOOOO!!!

TO LAGY. why not

• Time - Every 1 second of the game time

Kafandzhijo...

 

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• Aug 11, 2008

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setting a variable every .1 seconds doesn't cause lags

 

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• Aug 11, 2008

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nop. what case them?

 

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• Aug 11, 2008

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You can set their regeneration rate to minus <big number> which is active only at day.

 

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• Aug 11, 2008

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why using a variable to store a value you can ask at any time?

the following trigger will works the same and will avoid the useless first one :

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to Summon Shade
• Actions
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • Or (you've forgoten this)
        • (In-game time of day) Greater than or equal to 18.00
        • (In-game time of day) Less than 6.00
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Add Invulnerable (Neutral) to (Casting unit)
      • Wait 3.00 seconds
      • Unit - Remove Invulnerable (Neutral) from (Casting unit)
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit - Order (Casting unit) to Stop

@RunBa : basically, everything cause lags, games just lags when they've got too many things to do
a "every 0.1s" trigger cause as lags as ten "every 1.0s" triggers
you make the game lags with a single "every 0.1s" trigger only if this one ask the game to do tons of actions.

 

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• Aug 12, 2008

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I'm liking mechanical mans idea, its definitely the simplest way to do it and theres no chance in hell to cause lag.

 

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• Aug 12, 2008

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then agin, he doesnt want it to be castable. It is still castable even with their HP regen set to -999999

One way would be

• Events
  • Game - The in-game time of day becomes Equal to 6.00
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Remove *your summoning ability here* from *your unit here*

And Add Ability when it becomes night time

 

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• Aug 12, 2008

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exfyre is right, this trigger is easy and working

 

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• Aug 12, 2008

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the simple way is like is telling up set the unit life regeneration at -2342 at day and when day come unit will die this is the most easy think

 

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• Aug 13, 2008

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We need both, because he wants it to be:
1. only castable at night so:

• Events
• Game - The in-game time of day becomes Equal to 6.00
• Conditions
• Actions
• Remove *your summoning ability here* from *your unit here*

(And the same to get the ability back at night)

2.-999 HP regen at day, to make them die at day even when summoned right before 6 in the morning.