2 Questions in 1 Thread isn't this economic?

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

Hi folks

I had 2 questions concerning World Editor...I know..stop it..I know...my knowledge is very low at World Editor..yeah..indeed..I agree...your right..ENOUGH!

I'll stop bipping around...here are my 2 Q:

1-I would like to know how I make a hero start with an ability...I explain myself...I want that my hero starts with endurance aura level 1 without that the player has to click on the red cross and put the ability...I think its possible..I already seen it in a few maps..

2-I'm making a race map and wanted to put a timer at start so that people know how much time they put to complete the race...is that possible?

Please,please if you have the answer say it step by step because I ain't familiar with World Editor yet

Cheers!!

HailFireer · May 3, 2009

1st: Simmple. First make sure that hero has endurance aura. I hope you know how to do that. Then take that hero and set him on the map. Doubleklicking on him will open a window. In it you can change hero lvl, basic hp and mana, add items droped on death, and in hero case, set abilities. Just select endurance aura. If here is lvl 1 you cant select more spells, nor increase lvl. This can only be done if hero is already on map. If you plan on buying that hero, that ability must be a unit aility. Unit abilities have only 1 lvl and need not to be selected, so he will have it always.

2nd: It is posible to set up a timer. It is done in many games (Island Defense, etc...), but I dont know how to do this.

Archangel_Tidusx · May 3, 2009

the timer is pretty easy. YOu might want to go to the variable editor (under the trigger editor) and add a couple variables. 1st, you want one for the timer window. just name it TimerWindow. then one for the timer, named Timer. Simple, right?
now for the triggering.
You have to create your timer window before you can start it, but it all can be done in a single trigger

Pick your own event

Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for Timer with title Time Remaining
Set TimerWindow = (Last created timer window)
Countdown Timer - Show TimerWindow
Countdown Timer - Start Timer as a One-shot timer that will expire in 30.00 seconds

Replace the seconds with whatever time you want. you can also make this a "real" variable if you wanted.
Also a one shot timer is simply a timer that expires once.

Your event to register the timer running out of time would be

Time - Timer expires

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

hmm I think I understood the first questions but for the second what are the variables type that I have to put for "Timer" and "Timerwindow" and do I have to put Array thing? And I need a timer that starts with 00.00.00 then 00.00.01,00.00.002,00.00.0003 not a countdown timer; its possible?

Archangel_Tidusx · May 3, 2009

your timer is counting weird. I think there's a way to change how the numbers display.
You can't make it go from .1 to .02 to .003 unless you multiplied by ten and added a 1 to the place you were in?
You don't need to change the values and no array

Timer = Timer variable
TimerWindow = Timer Window variable

aznricepuff · May 3, 2009

Make a trigger fire off on periodic event. Every time the trigger runs, increment a global by the period of the timer and update a multiboard that displays the global. This way you can keep track of how many seconds have gone by.

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

I need to have a timer that when games starts it counts your seconds...to make it clear its like when you go out of a map..there the leaderboard right? with all the statistics of players...then at bottom left or right can't remember there a time that indicates how the game last...well i need that timer during game so people can see it when they are playing and they don't have to wait till the end of the game..ok?

Archangel_Tidusx · May 3, 2009

So you want the time to go up?
If that's the case, I'd recommend aznricepuff's approach

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

Yeah I would like that the time goes up

And how you do that lol? I understood nothing

Archangel_Tidusx · May 3, 2009

Well basically you'll have a trigger that runs the entire game. Make three Integer variables. one named hours, one named minutes, and one named seconds

Here's your trigger.

Events
- Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
- Set Seconds = (Seconds + 1)
- If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  - If - Conditions
    - Seconds Greater than 60
  - Then - Actions
    - Set Minutes = (Minutes + 1)
    - Set Seconds = (Seconds - 60)
    - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      - If - Conditions
        
        Minutes Greater than 60
      - Then - Actions
        
        Set Hours = (Hours + 1)
        
        Set Minutes = (Minutes - 60)
      - Else - Actions
        
        Do nothing
  - Else - Actions
    - Do nothing

Then you have to display the time in a multiboard using the integer values.

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

well I made the trigger

took me about 20 min to find all that lol

euh sounds gay but how to display the time in multiboard using integer values?

and this works only for TFT

I need it for RoC tough

Archangel_Tidusx · May 3, 2009

Eternal.Vision said:
well I made the trigger took me about 20 min to find all that lol euh sounds gay but how to display the time in multiboard using integer values? and this works only for TFT I need it for RoC tough

sorry to say, but i doubt i'll be able to help you with the roc stuff. I hven't used that since.....zzzzzz
..wha...huh?
lol Maybe you could make it where a player types -time, it shows them the time as a game message. You would use a game message and concentrate the strings, plugging in the integer values where they are needed.

You have been playing (Hour integer) hours, (minute integer) minutes, and (seconds integer) seconds.

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

yeah sounds good your idea for RoC by typing -time but how you do that?

Archangel_Tidusx · May 3, 2009

Player - Chat message. Player types -time as an exact match

Youll need this event for every player. the event respone would be ((triggering player))

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

ok ty! what are the conditions and action?are there any variables that i have to make?

kmde613 · May 3, 2009

@EternalVision
Just saying as you might need this info regarding your first question.

1st: Simmple. First make sure that hero has endurance aura. I hope you know how to do that. Then take that hero and set him on the map. Doubleklicking on him will open a window. In it you can change hero lvl, basic hp and mana, add items droped on death, and in hero case, set abilities. Just select endurance aura. If here is lvl 1 you cant select more spells, nor increase lvl. This can only be done if hero is already on map. If you plan on buying that hero, that ability must be a unit aility. Unit abilities have only 1 lvl and need not to be selected, so he will have it always.

I'm sure that you can't do this if you're planning to make a hero created through Training a Unit, Creating them, or simple units that are still needed to be created in game.
Just a simple fact. You know your hero has 2 ability sections right? Hero Spells and Unit Spells? Well, just to let you know (If you didn't), Unit Spells will appear on the unit already. So if I had a Ranger Hero with True Shot Aura on my Unit Spells, At the start of the game, True Shot Aura is already a spell regardless if I learned it or not. And, you also save 1 Skill Point (If the skill you plan on having at the start of the game only has one level).

Thats all.

Eternal.Vision · May 3, 2009

Player - Chat message. Player types -time as an exact match

Youll need this event for every player. the event respone would be ((triggering player))

what are the conditions and actions?

P;s ty man for the information it helped!

HailFireer · May 3, 2009

kmde613 said:
@EternalVision
Just saying as you might need this info regarding your first question.

I'm sure that you can't do this if you're planning to make a hero created through Training a Unit, Creating them, or simple units that are still needed to be created in game.
Just a simple fact. You know your hero has 2 ability sections right? Hero Spells and Unit Spells? Well, just to let you know (If you didn't), Unit Spells will appear on the unit already. So if I had a Ranger Hero with True Shot Aura on my Unit Spells, At the start of the game, True Shot Aura is already a spell regardless if I learned it or not. And, you also save 1 Skill Point (If the skill you plan on having at the start of the game only has one level).

Thats all.

Thats what I sed. Only diferent words, and maybe more complicated ^^.
I'm glad my post helped.
And other question helped me also, So i rep you guys all ^^

wolfman · May 4, 2009

For the first question you might wanna do it through triggers. Just use the action Hero - Learn Skill. If you dont do it with trigs then the hero has to be on the map already.
And i made a time trigger but it is only in seconds, not to tenths or hundreths of a second.

Time Set
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set Time[0] = ((((String(Hours)) + h, ) + ((String(Minutes)) + m, )) + ((String(Seconds)) + s.))
  - Set Seconds = (Seconds + 1)
    - Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      - If - Conditions
        
        Seconds Greater than or equal to (>=) 60
      - Then - Actions
        
        Set Seconds = 0
        
        Set Minutes = (Minutes + 1)
        
        Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        Minutes Greater than or equal to (>=) 60
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Set Minutes = 0
        
        Set Hours = (Hours + 1)
        
        Else - Actions
      - Else - Actions

Time Check setup
- Events
  - Time - Elapsed game time is 5.00 seconds
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Trigger - Add to Time Check <gen> the event (Player - (Picked player) types a chat message containing -time as An exact match)

Time Check
- Events
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Game - Display to (Player group((Triggering player))) the text: |cffffd700Game Time Elapsed:|r
  - Game - Display to (Player group((Triggering player))) the text: (|cff00ff00 + (Time[0] + |r))

Archangel_Tidusx · May 4, 2009

there would be no conditions, but the action would be

Game - message "you have been playing (what i said earlier)
Its a concentration of strings with conversions to integers for the integer variables

Eternal.Vision · May 4, 2009

Well...I know I might sound boring but its getting a bit confused and I lost myself...can some1 plz summaries the timer trigger because for my first questions I did it and it works

but for the other I don't understand

wolfman · May 4, 2009

Just do what i said. Seconds Minutes and Hours are integer variables.

Archangel_Tidusx · May 4, 2009

Eternal.Vision said:
Well...I know I might sound boring but its getting a bit confused and I lost myself...can some1 plz summaries the timer trigger because for my first questions I did it and it works but for the other I don't understand

Later on tonight i will paste a trigger. No worries. =]

Drakens · May 4, 2009

Archangel_Tidusx said:
Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set Seconds = (Seconds + 1)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

Seconds Greater than 60

Then - Actions

Set Minutes = (Minutes + 1)

Set Seconds = (Seconds - 60)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

Minutes Greater than 60

Then - Actions

Set Hours = (Hours + 1)

Set Minutes = (Minutes - 60)

Else - Actions

Do nothing

Else - Actions

Do nothing

Use that trigger Archangel_Tidusx made to have a timer. You need 3 interger variables, Hours, Minutes and Seconds (you can create them in the X button at the top iirc).

Then make another trigger to show the time when someone types -time. It is pretty easy (I can't use WorldEditor right now so it won't be exactly like this):

Events
- Player - Player 1 types a chat message: -type
  - -- do this with all the players.
Conditions
Actions
- Game - Show (triggering player) the message: You have been playing for + [Hours] + : + [Minutes] + : + [Seconds]
  - -- this one has a lot of substrings. Use convert interger to string to show these variables in the message.

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