Limit Unit Training

[Kam]

If I wanted to limit the number of Footmen a Barracks could produce at once to one how could I do that?

So as soon as you click the Footman icon it becomes disabled or disappears, and returns if the training Footman is cancelled or completed.

 

[Wietlol]

If the limit would always be 1 then you can do this:
A unit starts training a unit.
Disable training of (trained unit type)

A unit finishes / cancels training a unit.
Enable training of (trained unit type)

If the limit is more then you have to save the value for each player for each unit-type.

I assume that you want to have 2 barrackses and when barracks 1 starts training, the other one cannot train the same unit (if the limit is 1)

 

[Kam]

If the limit would always be 1 then you can do this:
A unit starts training a unit.
Disable training of (trained unit type)

A unit finishes / cancels training a unit.
Enable training of (trained unit type)

If the limit is more then you have to save the value for each player for each unit-type.

I assume that you want to have 2 barrackses and when barracks 1 starts training, the other one cannot train the same unit (if the limit is 1)

No I want it to be per structure, not an overall tech limitation.

 

[LordDz]

Use the ability "Charge Gold and Lumber", change it into so it looks like an unit.
When casted, add a cancel ability, remove the "charge gold and lumber" ability from the barrack, create a custom training system with floating text and timers.

When the trained unit finishes, remove the cancel ability and add the charge gold and lumber ability again.

 

[Kam]

Use the ability "Charge Gold and Lumber", change it into so it looks like an unit.
When casted, add a cancel ability, remove the "charge gold and lumber" ability from the barrack, create a custom training system with floating text and timers.

When the trained unit finishes, remove the cancel ability and add the charge gold and lumber ability again.

I'd like to find a way to do it without relying on an external timer system. Is there no way to remove a unit from a particular buildings training list?

 

[LordDz]

Try using this?

• Set MyUnit = (Picked unit)
• Custom script: call IssueImmediateOrderById(udg_MyUnit, 851976)

(Replace the orderID with perhaps cancel or such if needed).

Or force the player to press escape if training more than one unit.

 

[sniper_zero]

If no Barracks are preplaced then you could have an integer variable start counting them when they enter the map. Then another counting the footmen entering the map.

Then with this

• Unit - A unit Begins training a unit

check if FootmenCount = BarracksCount

If they're equal then order the building to cancel training.

If barracks are preplaced then at map initialization, count them using a unit group. Then destroy the group.

EDIT: Here's a test map.

EDIT: I misunderstood what you meant. You want one footman PER barracks right? As in once a specific barracks trains a footman, footman becomes unavailable?

If that's what you want then look at the second test map.

 

[Jaina Proudless]

I'd like to find a way to do it without relying on an external timer system. Is there no way to remove a unit from a particular buildings training list?

How about pausing the unit? Or replacing it with an identical copy but without the ability to train units?

 

[sniper_zero]

The best way is to just make a copy of the barracks that can't train a footman.

Next make a copy of the Chaos ability and set the new type of transformed unit to the Footman-less barrack.

Then...

• Barrack
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes training a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Barracks
    • (Unit-type of (Trained unit)) Equal to Footman
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add Chaos to (Triggering unit)

And then that specific Bararck won't be able to train Footmen anymore.

 

[Kam]

How about pausing the unit? Or replacing it with an identical copy but without the ability to train units?

This needs to function in a standard melee game, something like that will greatly confuse an AI.

 

[Kam]

The best way is to just make a copy of the barracks that can't train a footman.

Next make a copy of the Chaos ability and set the new type of transformed unit to the Footman-less barrack.

Then...

• Barrack
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes training a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Barracks
    • (Unit-type of (Trained unit)) Equal to Footman
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add Chaos to (Triggering unit)

And then that specific Bararck won't be able to train Footmen anymore.

It's not when the unit is complete it's as soon as it starts training that I need it removed from that single barracks.

 

[Jaina Proudless]

It's not when the unit is complete it's as soon as it starts training that I need it removed from that single barracks.

In that case I think it should look like this:

• Trigger
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Barracks
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(Footman))
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Add Chaos to (Triggering unit)
      • Else - Actions
        • Do nothing

 

[sniper_zero]

Unfortunately, that method doesn't work. It's possible it's because a unit can't transform in the middle of training a unit.

Here's the next best thing.

Training Trigger

• Barrack Order
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins training a unit
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(footman))
  • Actions
    • Set FootmanCount = (FootmanCount + 1)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • FootmanCount Greater than or equal to 1
      • Then - Actions
        • Custom script: call IssueImmediateOrderById(GetTriggerUnit(), 851976)
      • Else - Actions

and

Chaos Upgrade

• Barrack
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes training a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Barracks
    • (Unit-type of (Trained unit)) Equal to Footman
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add Chaos to (Triggering unit)

With this, it will increase an integer every time you train a unit. And increases it again every time you add to the training queue.

Then it checks if the integer is greater than one. If it is, it cancels the other queues. Such that only one Footman gets trained. After that the barracks is given the Chaos upgrade and the Footman is completely removed. You still need to set the integer to zero again so it can be recycled though.

 

[Jaina Proudless]

If the unit can't transform while training why not just add an action to cancel the training before adding the chaos?

 

[sniper_zero]

I did in the post above yours XD

 

[Kam]

I did in the post above yours XD

Your test map seems to work perfectly. I'm not sure it was intended that each time you train a footman it resets the existing training but that is highly desirable for what I am using this for. It is also nice that it interrupts researches as well.

The idea is that when the unit, in this case a Footman, is done training the building is destroyed and some of the cost is refunded. I needed a way to have it use a timer that forced the player to really think about sacrificing the building and prevent denying an enemy player their kill.

I just could not figure out how to prevent multiple training.