broken trigger help (gui)

[bebop]

Can someone help me fix this? It's meant to play the naga birth animation for a structure that normally doesn't have one. It works fine up until the constructing structure is canceled or destroyed, the special effect won't disappear and just sits there. What should I change? I am a beginner in triggering.

• Fakebirth
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins construction
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to War Levy
  • Actions
    • Set Levyconstruct = (Triggering unit)
    • Animation - Change Levyconstruct's vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 100.00% transparency
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of Levyconstruct) using NagaBirth.MDX
    • Set birtheffect = (Last created special effect)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Levyconstruct Equal to (Dying unit)) or (Levyconstruct Equal to (Cancelled structure))
      • Then - Actions
        • Special Effect - Destroy birtheffect
        • Skip remaining actions
      • Else - Actions
        • Wait 58.00 seconds
        • Special Effect - Destroy birtheffect
        • Animation - Change Levyconstruct's vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency

 

[Maker]

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
    • Set Construct_Hash = (Last created hashtable)

• Begin Constructing
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins construction
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Farm
  • Actions
    • Set Temp_Loc_1 = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Animation - Change (Triggering unit)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 100.00% transparency
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at Temp_Loc_1 using Abilities\Spells\Human\CloudOfFog\CloudOfFog.mdl
    • Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Triggering unit) as (Key unit) of (Key (Triggering unit)) in Construct_Hash
    • Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Last created special effect) as (Key sfx) of (Key (Triggering unit)) in (Last created hashtable)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Loc_1)

• Cancel Constructing
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Dies
    • Unit - A unit Cancels construction
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Farm
  • Actions
    • Set Temp_Effect = (Load (Key sfx) of (Key (Triggering unit)) in Construct_Hash)
    • Special Effect - Destroy Temp_Effect
    • Hashtable - Clear all child hashtables of child (Key (Triggering unit)) in Construct_Hash

• FinishlConstructing
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes construction
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Farm
  • Actions
    • Animation - Change (Triggering unit)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 100.00% transparency
    • Set Temp_Effect = (Load (Key sfx) of (Key (Triggering unit)) in Construct_Hash)
    • Special Effect - Destroy Temp_Effect
    • Hashtable - Clear all child hashtables of child (Key (Triggering unit)) in Construct_Hash

 

[bebop]

Tested, perfect solution, thank you. I am pretty much ignorant of the functions of hashtables but this is enlightening. The effect does linger for a couple of seconds upon cancellation or destruction, but I am happy with results.

 

[Maker]

I'm glad it works

The effect does linger for a couple of seconds upon cancellation or destruction, but I am happy with results.

Too bad there's nothing one can do about that, since the animation has to finish before the effect disappears.