'Add Event' action

[Metov]

I've heard of people making abilities that require timers in one trigger using Add Event, and it could come in handy for a few maps im making...

So... can someone please explain what Add Event actually does, and how to use it correctly?

 

[PurplePoot]

It just adds another selected event to the selected trigger.

('Events')

 

[Nudl9]

Cool never noticed this action before, but is there a way to also remove an event then?
Else it seems pretty fucked up if you want a loop, but that theres still another event, maybe good for regions though

 

[Metov]

is it possible to use Add Event and local variables to do something in one trigger that otherwise requires globals and 2 triggers? because thats what i had heard somewhere..

is something like 'timer expires' and 'unit starts casting an ability' in one trigger feasible/possible at all?

 

[Bubba Ex]

why shouldn't it be?

 

[PurplePoot]

Any combination of events is possible, but arbitrary ones are silly unless you are experienced, badly need optimization, are using them for very specific circumstances, and know exactly what you're doing.

is it possible to use Add Event and local variables to do something in one trigger that otherwise requires globals and 2 triggers? because thats what i had heard somewhere..

That makes no sense (Please rephrase). How could you be only using one trigger if you were adding events to another?

Cool never noticed this action before, but is there a way to also remove an event then?
Else it seems pretty fucked up if you want a loop, but that theres still another event, maybe good for regions though

Reset the trigger. (Remake it from scratch on the fly - it can be done in Jass (how do you think triggers are made anyways?))

 

[Metov]

That makes no sense (Please rephrase). How could you be only using one trigger if you were adding events to another?

After reading about some JASS, i mean a similar thing to how HandleVars work. I only really wanted to do that to avoid using too many ability-specific globals.

if that made any sense...

 

[PurplePoot]

Well, you could always do the JESP method of making constant functions.