Do X for all players

[LazyVulpes]

Hi, I'm new to map making in wc3, however, not a stranger to programming in general. I was just wondering, is there a way to do something for all players without doing a separate action for each of them?

I keep running into the issue of having to make the same action for each individual player..

 

[Uncle]

You're looking for this:

• Actions
  • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • Player - Set (Picked player) Current gold to 750

You should check out the links in my signature. There's a lot of information in there that I wish I knew from the very beginning, especially Memory Leaks (Things That Leak).

Note that Pick every player in (All players) doesn't leak but here's an example of a Player Group that would leak because it's not handled properly:

• Actions
  • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players matching (((Matching player) is an ally of Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True)) and do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • Player - Set (Picked player) Current gold to 750

And here is the same trigger but with the Player Group first being set as a Variable, and then second being destroyed after it's done being used. This cleans up the memory leak.

• Actions
  • Set VariableSet PlayerGroupVariable = (All players matching (((Matching player) is an ally of Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True))
  • Player Group - Pick every player in PlayerGroupVariable and do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • Player - Set (Picked player) Current gold to 750
  • Custom script: call DestroyForce (udg_PlayerGroupVariable)

Check out Things That Leak for a more detailed explanation.

I figured i'd throw this info at you now as I wish someone did for me when I first started.

Also, be prepared for weird Reforged bugs... "Set VariableSet" is driving me insane.

 

[LazyVulpes]

Thanks a lot for your detailed response, I'll look into the whole memory leak issue.