A quick question regarding player groups

[X-Death]

If I set this variable at Map Ini...

• Set Player_Group = (Player group((Owner of (Triggering unit))))

Can I use it for all future triggers like so?

• Game - Display to Player_Group for 0.70 seconds the text: Test

Or do I need to set the variable for each trigger it is used in since (Owner of ((Triggering Unit)) gets registered for whatever trigger the variable is in and not other triggers unless being set there too?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Or do I need to set the variable for each trigger it is used in since (Owner of ((Triggering Unit)) gets registered for whatever trigger the variable is in and not other triggers unless being set there too?

If you look at the produced JASS code all is obvious. It is evaluated when the variable is set. The result is the variable will be constant unless you set it to something else. Since there is no triggering unit at map initialization it would be a player group consisting of only Player 0.

It is possible to make dynamically evaluated statements via use of the trigger execute functionality which pauses the current thread until the trigger completes. However this is slow but does allow for dynamic linking since you can assign triggers as a variable and pass arguments to/from them with some globals. What you are asking looks more like you want to write a function to do all that stuff which you just call where required (static linking).

 

[X-Death]

Yeah, makes sense. So in short, I need to assign the Player Group variable when using (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at the beginning of each trigger it's used in.

Thank you

 

[Dr Super Good]

Yes and you must remember to destroy the player group (force) after you are done with it.