[Trigger] Checking Mana Amount Every Second

[James7]

Is there a way to check the amount of mana a unit group has every second w/o using a periodic event? As to avoid unwanted lag spikes.

I know there's the event that checks a single preplaced units mana when it drops below a certain number,but it doesn't help on a large scale when I want to check an entire groups mana.

 

[Eccho]

Maybe this is what you want?

• Check Mana
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set TotalGroupMana = 0.00
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in YourUnitGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set TotalGroupMana = (TotalGroupMana + (Mana of (Picked unit)))
    • ***I suppose you are going to make something after checking mana***
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • TotalGroupMana (greater than/equal/less than....) to (example 100)
      • Then - Actions
        • do something
      • Else - Actions
        • do something

/Regards

Edit: You should declare the "YourUnitGroup" somewhere else, determinating which units it shall contain
Just remember, if you want to replace this group with another unit group, but as the same variable name, you have to paste

• Custom script: call DestroyGroup( udg_YourUnitGroup )

before you create the new group in that variable.

 

[James7]

Hmmm...Maybe there was a misunderstanding...w/o means without. So when I said "w/o using a periodic event?" I mean without using a periodic event....

 

[Hairybeavet]

well think you could tell us how your units are loosing mana and what you want to happen... like lets say mountain king casts slam and costs him a 100 mana... well then instead needing a periodic event... you could just simply put it as Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability... but if you are using a negative value like mana regen -1 then simply use the Unit - Your Unit mana becomes Less than or equal to 100.00... but with the second option... you would either need to have the unit already on the map or you would need another trigger to select that unit and set it as a variable. and that other trigger would need to be a periodic event... so give us alittle more information and lets see what we can do for you.

 

[James7]

Yes it'll be for a negative value on mana regeneration.

It's for a Airplane system. When a units mana(fuel) becomes lower than 1 it will tell the plane to fly to the nearest airfield.

However I can't have it checking & running through it every 5 secs because there's a lag spike.

 

[Eccho]

You could instead use immolation as a fuel spell

It drains mana over time so

I think its something like

• Event
• Unit is issued to target no point
• Conditions
• Unit-type of ordering unit equals to airplane
• issued order equal to unimmolation
• Actions
• do something here

The spell immolation will automatically deactivate when your plane's mana is going down to 0. Therefor we use the order "unimmolation"
If the user is not clicking deactivate by himself, everything will do automatically
Everytime a unit flies from the airplane, make a trigger saying that it should order to activate immolation. And if the player tries to stop this by deactivating the skill, the plane just flies back

Could this work out for you?
/Regards

 

[Hairybeavet]

but see when your units man goes to 0 the unit is not issued that order... it just simply turns off... but i am not sure how to check for that... but it is a good idea. maybe have to have 2 triggers... one to check for units casting immolation and set it to a variable and have a second trigger to check for units "variable" mana is below or equal to X then do this.