[Trigger] Creep round starts after the last one dies

[MistAssass]

Hi !
As the title says i want to make the creeps come after i killed the creeps in the last round .
lets say that at 60 seconds of game 4 creeps go from corners to middle ... there they fight me ... after i kill them i have a 60 second time to heal myself ... after the 60 seconds pass another 4 creeps ( different from the first ones ) come ...
Really need help ... hope for a reply !
Ty !

 

[redmarine]

Hehe it is pretty simple.Perhaps set all the regions to an array
Spawn[1] = Region1
Spawn[2] = Region2
And etc...
And create an variable for unit types with arrays
UnitType[1] = Peon
UnitType[2] = Grunt
And etc...
Create an integer variable name it "value"without array to increase the array value of the UnitType array.
Make an trigger for all these variables so the below trigger can work. Important! If you do not include the value in the trigger you will have to wait 120 seconds till the units to arrive.
The code should look like this:

• I wanna create creepy creeps
  • Events
    • Time - Every 60.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[1]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[2]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[3]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[4]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Set Value = (Value + 1)

 

[MistAssass]

I think i didn't understand can u be a litle specific pls ...
Ty !

 

[Ghan_04]

Try making a trigger that has this event.

• Player - Player 12 (Brown)'s Food used becomes Less than or equal to 0.00

Change Player 12 to the player that owns the creeps. Then give all your creeps at least one food used and make sure that player doesn't have any other food-producing units on the map, or it will not work.
Then add some start timer event to that trigger.

If it would help, you can look at a TD I've been working on. I have this kind of system all set up.

 

[redmarine]

Arrays work like this:
I create a integer variable named "Value" and add like 2 arrays to it.
Now it has like 3 layers(0 counts)
Value[0]
Value[1]
Value[2]
As you see I've created 3 layers.
It works exacly like a cake. You can add additional layers like chocolate, cream etc.
Each layer can hold any data you want(depending on what kind of variable it is)
If you don't understand check this:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17789 for help with arrays.

 

[redmarine]

The first trigger should look like this:

• Variables
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set UnitType[1] = Peasant
    • Set UnitType[2] = Footman
    • Set UnitType[3] = Knight
    • Set UnitType[4] = Rifleman
    • Set Spawn[1] = Region 000 <gen>
    • Set Spawn[2] = Region 001 <gen>
    • Set Spawn[3] = Region 002 <gen>
    • Set Spawn[4] = Region 003 <gen>
    • Set Value = 1

Here is the second trigger reposting.

• I wanna create creepy creeps
  • Events
    • Time - Every 60.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[1]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[2]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[3]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of Spawn[4]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Set Value = (Value + 1)

 

[GhostWolf]

redmarine, that wouldn't work like what he wanted.

You need to create a trigger with Ghan_04's event (computer's food becomes zero), this will lunch a timer, when that timer expires (this is the event of the second trigger), you check what level you are on and create creeps.

 

[redmarine]

I see. Then you should try Ghan_04's map.

 

[MistAssass]

I finally understand what arrays are made of !
redmarine i'll try your way first ... sounds better but if it dosen't work i'll try Ghan_04's one !
Thanks both of you !!! from deep of my heart !

 

[MistAssass]

This could sound really stupid ... but how do i make a timer event ...
I tryed but i can't fix a value like 60 seconds just somethink like
- last started timer
- event response - expiring timer
So my questiun is how do i set timer event to 60 seconds ?
Ty !

 

[h3k241]

Create another trigger that is initially off and the event is Time elapsed.

• Untitled Trigger 013
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 60.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions

Create also a trigger that will turn on the Trigger above.

• Untitled Trigger 014
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Trigger - Turn on Untitled Trigger 013 <gen>

 

[GhostWolf]

Like... no ?

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Player - Player 12 (Brown)'s Food used becomes Equal to 0.00
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Countdown Timer - Start Timer as a One-shot timer that will expire in 60.00 seconds

• Untitled Trigger 002
  • Events
    • Time - Timer expires
  • Conditions
  • Actions

 

[redmarine]

• Variables
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set UnitType[1] = Peasant
    • Set UnitType[2] = Footman
    • Set UnitType[3] = Knight
    • Set UnitType[4] = Rifleman
    • Set Spawn[1] = Region 000 <gen>
    • Set Spawn[2] = Region 001 <gen>
    • Set Spawn[3] = Region 002 <gen>
    • Set Spawn[4] = Region 003 <gen>
    • Set Value = 1

• Omg! The creeps are dead!
  • Events
    • Player - Player 12 (Brown)'s Food used becomes Equal to 0.00
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Countdown Timer - Start Timer as a One-shot timer that will expire in 60.00 seconds

• I wanna create creepy creeps
  • Events
    • Time - Timer expires
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 12 (Brown) at (Center of Spawn[1]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 12 (Brown) at (Center of Spawn[2]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 12 (Brown) at (Center of Spawn[3]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 UnitType[Value] for Player 12 (Brown) at (Center of Spawn[4]) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Set Value = (Value + 1)

 

[Anachron]

Arrays are the best things Blizzard have ever made

 

[GhostWolf]

No need to thank blizzard, they sure didn't make it
C++ is the "parent" of Jass, and C++ didn't make it either...

 

[Ghan_04]

I believe the first programming language to introduce the array was FORTRAN.
Just a tidbit there for you.

 

[Anachron]

I DID NOT mean that they made it, I just meant that they added it to their engines,....

 

[MistAssass]

Hmm ... !
Something pass throught my mind ... if i would make a TD ,map and ordered my creeps to go middle ,it would be a problem because from the 10 creeps i made just the last one makes the route ... how do i make this work for all my creeps ?
Ty !

 

[GhostWolf]

• Actions
  • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • For each (Integer B) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 12 (Brown) at Point[(Integer A)] facing Default building facing degrees
          • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Pwn_Everyone To (Center of (Playable map area))

The first loop is for the players (set it from 1 to max number of players or something like that) and the second is for the spawning.

 

[MistAssass]

Now i have a good question for you...
How do i make a map victorious if the 10 rounds are defeated ... ?
Thats a good one ! hope for a reply !
Ty !

 

[redmarine]

You could create an integer variable and make it so every round you accomplish the value of the integer increases with 1. If the value is 10 at the end of the 10th round then you'll just add a victory action for all players.

 

[Herman]

Hm

I suppose you could do what redmarine's talking about, or just the victorious action thing at the end of the 10th round, I don't know, it would depend on how you triggered your rounds

It sounds to me like you would want to try redmarines methods, so use the round thing (I think his is very good too, because you can trigger in any number of rounds + unit-types)

But you should both look into For loops (For each integer A 1 to 10)
And, the timers are a bit tricky, but you wanna learn those too

 

[redmarine]

The thing is that you can use the integer to so much.
If you put
Round = Round + 1
Create 10 UnitType[Round] at regions
This could repeat itself everytime you are done with a round.
The fun thing is that you can use like 2-3 triggers to create the whole spawning stuff.

 

[Herman]

Whats even better

Is when you learn JASS, you can do your entire map in 1 "trigger"

 

[redmarine]

Is when you learn JASS, you can do your entire map in 1 "trigger"

I noticed but I wasn't really sure it was possible to add multiple events.

 

[Herman]

Heh

It's not technically a trigger, just script

Let us get back to the subject?

 

[redmarine]

Is there still a subject?

 

[Herman]

Uhhh

I'm not sure...

Was the question mentioned at the beginning of the thread answered?

 

[MistAssass]

Yeah !
Ty the question was answerd but i have a nother one ...
on my TD map, a round has 20 mobs how do i order all of them to complet the route, because there are summoned all 20 of them and just last created one complet it ... thats my question

 

[Hairybeavet]

another way that you dont have to deal with food and also i like it alittle better because i am not sure but inbetween rounds... the food level is zero and not sure if that will bug or not bu this is another way to check for the units all gone

unit check

• Test
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Dies
  • Conditions
    • ((Owner of (Triggering unit)) controller) Equal to Computer
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Number of units in (Units in (Playable map area) owned by Neutral Hostile)) Equal to 0
      • Then - Actions
        • Countdown Timer - Start TIMER as a Repeating timer that will expire in 30.00 seconds
      • Else - Actions
• [/hidden]

 

[Herman]

That way would leak a unit group, and the timer should be one-shot, I'm not even sure that'll work, because the although the unit is dead, until it is removed (decays) it still gets picked up by the enumerator (the thing that sets all the units into the unit group)

The way to fix it up, is to have a global variable (or just a regular variable) that is a unit group, and whenever a unit enters the entire map, it gets added to the global group (as well as setting it to all of the current units at initialization), also make an if/then/condition so it only puts the units that are kill-able into the group

Next, in your unit dies trigger, simply add in Remove Triggering Unit from (thenameofyourunitgroupvariable) above the if/then to start the timer

 

[MistAssass]

i think that u didn't understand my question ...
in a region i create 20 mobs and i want to order ALL of them to move to a specific point ... because i don't know how to do it i know how to make only the last created unit complete the route ...

 

[Herman]

Heh, sorry bout that, was lookin at some older posts there, all you need to do, is first set a group variable to all the units in the region

Next, go to For each unit in <yourgroupvariablehere> do multiple actions

In the loop, do Order "Picked Unit" to wherever you want them to go, this will order all of them at once, although that will leak both a group and 20 locations, leaks are a bit of a ways off from you as of right now, but you will need to learn them later

It might not come out too pretty, as 20 units trying to move at once doesn;t really work out too well (the ones in vack recognize there is something blocking their way, and try to find a different path, but there is none, so they stay still, or they just keep trying