[Trigger] Entered chat string converts to random item.

[Chaoswarp]

Name Input system help

Hi, this is my first time posting but I have been learning and looking at this site for a while but I have a problem with a feature I want to implement.

The system would have the player enter a 6 character string. Each letter and number has a value.

Lets say a player enters : "Syous"

I want to take each letter, in this case S, Y, O, U, S and then set them to all have their own value.

S Y O U S
3, 4, 4, 0, 3

Then I want to add them all up. So it would be 14.
Then I want to add the 1 and 4 which equals 5.

From here, i would reference a chart and give that player's hero an item from that chart.

• Player Name Value 0
• Events
• Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing a as A substring
• Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing f as A substring
• Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing k as A substring
• Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing p as A substring
• Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing u as A substring
• Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing z as A substring
• Conditions
• Actions
• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
• If - Conditions
• (Length of(Entered chat string)) Less than or equal to 6
• Then - Actions
• Set PlayerNamesCalculate[1] = (PlayerNamesCalculate[1] + 0)
• Set PlayerNameString[1] = (Entered chat string)
• Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String(PlayerNamesCalculate[1]))
• Set PlayerNameEntered[1] = True
• Trigger - Run Name Validated <gen> (checking conditions)
• Else - Actions
• Set PlayerNamesCalculate[1] = 0
• Trigger - Run Enter Name Again <gen> (checking conditions)

I have 9 more triggers like this but when I do run it, if I name a character "aaaaaa" it will only set PlayerNamesCalculate[1] once instead of 6 times.

 

[Starquizer]

S Y O U S
3, 4, 4, 0, 3

What is this I don't understand the letters and their connections with the numbers, could you clarify what you want precisely ?

 

[Chaoswarp]

here is a link to what the system looks like in action.

Name Calculator

 

[Starquizer]

here is a link to what the system looks like in action.

Name Calculator

Ok I'll check it out and learn how it works then apply it to triggers, if possible.

 

[deathismyfriend]

its a lot more efficient if u have the players type in numbers but u can do something like this.

make 2 arrays one array is a string array tht u store all letters into. ( a-z) the other array has which number they correspond to.

ex: stringA[0] = A, integerA[0] = 0

now to check just use substring of entered chat 0,1 for first letter 1,2 for second letter and so on. then check each substring to get the letter it corresponds to. add them to an integer variable and there u go.

 

[Starquizer]

its a lot more efficient if u have the players type in numbers but u can do something like this.

make 2 arrays one array is a string array tht u store all letters into. ( a-z) the other array has which number they correspond to.

ex: stringA[0] = A, integerA[0] = 0

now to check just use substring of entered chat 0,1 for first letter 1,2 for second letter and so on. then check each substring to get the letter it corresponds to. add them to an integer variable and there u go.

That should do it, you saved a lot of time for me deathismyfriend. Thanks.

 

[deathismyfriend]

That should do it, you saved a lot of time for me deathismyfriend. Thanks.

lol np ive done something like this a while back for a minigame i made so it was very easy to explain.

 

[Chaoswarp]

Thanks for all the info, so does this mean I can combine all my triggers into one super trigger and do every single check in one large if/then/else statement?

like:

• Event
• Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing 'any letter or number' as a substring (Basically any of the letters or numbers/symbols I want)
• Conditions
• Actions
• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
• If - Conditions
• Or - Any (Conditions) are true
• Conditions
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 0, 1)) Equal to StringNameLetter[0]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 2)) Equal to StringNameLetter[0]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 2, 3)) Equal to StringNameLetter[0]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 3, 4)) Equal to StringNameLetter[0]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 4, 5)) Equal to StringNameLetter[0]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 5, 6)) Equal to StringNameLetter[0]
• Then - Actions
• Set PlayerNameCalculate[1] = (PlayerNamesCalculate[1] + 0
• Else
• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
• If - Conditions
• Or - Any (Conditions) are true
• Conditions
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 0, 1)) Equal to StringNameLetter[1]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 2)) Equal to StringNameLetter[1]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 2, 3)) Equal to StringNameLetter[1]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 3, 4)) Equal to StringNameLetter[1]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 4, 5)) Equal to StringNameLetter[1]
• (Substring((Entered chat string), 5, 6)) Equal to StringNameLetter[1]
• Then - Actions
• Set PlayerNameCalculate[1] = (PlayerNamesCalculate[1] + 1

Then keep repeating until I get all the letters and numbers done?

or would a for loop for all the letters in the array and another for loop for all the numbers and symbols I am using make it take alot less triggering?

 

[deathismyfriend]

dont double post. and just put everything into an array symbols and evrything then the second array will be what they refer to

 

[Chaoswarp]

Hey, didn't mean to double post. I however am a bit confused about how to detect what letter was entered. Is the way I described above the only way to do it? Or is there an easier way to write the trigger out?

 

[Chaoswarp]

so I am getting confused on how to get this to work. If someone could do a trigger explanation that would help me out a ton.

Thanks.

 

[Starquizer]

The link you posted uses a name of 6 character maximum, I suppose that the system you want should support more than 6 letters. Correct ?

 

[Chaoswarp]

currently I want to just make it max of 6. But right now the calculation does not work. I am not sure what I should do to get it to work.

 

[Starquizer]

currently I want to just make it max of 6. But right now the calculation does not work. I am not sure what I should do to get it to work.

Ok, I'll give you the idea.

Lets say for example you typed the name "CHAOS1"

First we get the string length, in this case 6, then we enter a loop that will exit when its integer reach 6 (the string length)

Now, inside the loop we are comparing letter by letter, like C H A O S 1, and check if this letter belong to the set of letters that we defined using the table in the name generator.

So the loop will check the letter "C" by the conditions that we define then the system will return the corresponding number which in this case is 2, we save that number on a variable then check the next letter and find the corresponding number then add it to the previous integer that we saved on the variable, the sum after that will be consisting of 2 digits I guess, so in order to sum those 2 digits we need to convert that integer into a string then save each character on a separate variable using the SubString function then convert the 2 strings into and integer and add them to each other to get the final number.

Lets say the number is 24, we will convert 24 into string then substring 24 into 2 and 4 then convert them into integer again and add them to be 2 + 4 = 6

P.S. This will be done faster and better if done in JASS.

 

[Chaoswarp]

thanks for explaining it a bit more. I am not good at JASS yet. I have used it but for animation things. I will try it out again. I will post if I have any luck.

 

[deathismyfriend]

He could check against the s econd array and just have a variable tht is a temp tht adds it as he is going also do u use jass vjass or GUI. If u use jass or vjass I might be able to give u a hand on it. If u can't get it to work. I prefer vjass so if u use tht thts great. It wouldn't take me long to write tht up for u.

 

[Starquizer]

He could check against the s econd array and just have a variable tht is a temp tht adds it as he is going also do u use jass vjass or GUI. If u use jass or vjass I might be able to give u a hand on it. If u can't get it to work. I prefer vjass so if u use tht thts great. It wouldn't take me long to write tht up for u.

The thing is that I want him to make it by himself, writing a script by yourself won't help him to learn and should be left as the last solution, unless you want to write it yourself out of fun . I would write it myself especially that its been a while since I opened the editor and my skills (or what left of it) needs refreshing but my time is short due to my conscription.

 

[deathismyfriend]

Ya I was hoping he would understand how to do it but it doesn't seem like he's getting it. I normally put notes in so ppl can learn tht way they do learn something even if they don't do it themselves

 

[Chaoswarp]

Well, I got it to work yesterday sorta. The only problem I have is that the scripts are ran multiple times because the player is entering 6 letters and my event is set to player enters a message containing 'letter/number' as a substring.

 

[Starquizer]

Well, I got it to work yesterday sorta. The only problem I have is that the scripts are ran multiple times because the player is entering 6 letters and my event is set to player enters a message containing 'letter/number' as a substring.

Are you making the player enter the name (in-game) letter by letter or type the name as a whole word ?

 

[deathismyfriend]

typing name as whole word would be better way to go. also can u post ur triggers so we can see them ?

 

[Chaoswarp]

I am having the player type the name in as a whole word but the event is whenever the player enters any letter as a substring.

here is my scripts:
this is the enter name part, the actual event is every letter is entered as a substring but I didnt want to show it cause it is a waste of space

this one is the calculation part:

Hopefully those uploads worked.

 

[deathismyfriend]

ur looping through the wrong way i can fix it but ill have to do it later. u need to put one loop in the other and check to see if the substring matches the value u set. were r the values tht u set ? also dont use for each integer A. make ur own variable integer a is very buggy and slower

 

[Chaoswarp]

The values I set are in their own trigger that occurs at map initialization.

 

[deathismyfriend]

umm u also dont have any events ?

 

[Chaoswarp]

I have events but there are like 42 of them. They are all "Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing 'letter/number' as A substring"

I however tried "Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing <Empty String> as An exact Match" and that seemed to work.

 

[deathismyfriend]

dont use exact match

 

[Chaoswarp]

Omg! I totally did not see that. Thanks deathismyfriend =)

 

[deathismyfriend]

np lol

 

[Maker]

Did you get it to work?

I was bored and triggered it while watching TV.

Triggers

• Prize Init
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
    • Set pht = (Last created hashtable)
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • // You can use a loop here to add events for all players
    • Trigger - Add to Prize Convert <gen> the event (Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing <Empty String> as A substring)
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Set PrizeItems[0] = Claws of Attack +15
    • Set PrizeItems[1] = Crown of Kings +5
    • Set PrizeItems[2] = Kelen's Dagger of Escape
    • Set PrizeItems[3] = Mask of Death
    • Set PrizeItems[4] = Orb of Frost
    • Set PrizeItems[5] = Ring of Protection +5
    • Set PrizeItems[6] = Horn of Cenarius
    • Set PrizeItems[7] = Keg of Thunderwater
    • Set PrizeItems[8] = Key of Three Moons
    • Set PrizeItems[9] = Frostguard
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 0 as (Integer(a)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 0 as (Integer(f)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 0 as (Integer(k)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 0 as (Integer(p)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 0 as (Integer(u)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 0 as (Integer(z)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 1 as (Integer(b)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 1 as (Integer(g)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 1 as (Integer(l)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 1 as (Integer(q)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 1 as (Integer(v)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 2 as (Integer(c)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 2 as (Integer(h)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 2 as (Integer(m)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 2 as (Integer(r)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 2 as (Integer(w)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 3 as (Integer(d)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 3 as (Integer(i)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 3 as (Integer(n)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 3 as (Integer(s)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 3 as (Integer(x)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 4 as (Integer(e)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 4 as (Integer(j)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 4 as (Integer(o)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 4 as (Integer(t)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 4 as (Integer(y)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 5 as (Integer(0)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 5 as (Integer(5)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 5 as (Integer(1)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 5 as (Integer(.)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 6 as (Integer(1)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 6 as (Integer(6)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 6 as (Integer(2)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 6 as (Integer(&)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 7 as (Integer(2)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 7 as (Integer(7)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 7 as (Integer(3)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 8 as (Integer(3)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 8 as (Integer(8)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 8 as (Integer(4)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 8 as (Integer(-)) of 0 in pht
    • -------- -------------------------------------------------- --------
    • Hashtable - Save 9 as (Integer(4)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 9 as (Integer(9)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 9 as (Integer(5)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 9 as (Integer(!)) of 0 in pht
    • Hashtable - Save 9 as (Integer(?)) of 0 in pht

• Prize Convert
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to (Length of (Entered chat string)), do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set int = (int + (Load (Integer((Substring((Entered chat string), (Integer A), (Integer A))))) of 0 from pht))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • int Greater than 9
      • Then - Actions
        • Set int = ((Integer((Substring((String(int)), 2, 2)))) + (Integer((Substring((String(int)), 1, 1)))))
      • Else - Actions
    • Hero - Create PrizeItems[int] and give it to Blood Mage 0001 <gen>

You can flush the child hashtable for key 0 and the destroy the parent hashtable and turn off the second trigger when all units have gotten their items.

Some of the init lines are disabled, those are the ones for roman numerals.

 

[Chaoswarp]

Hey Maker,

Thanks for the triggers but I am not familiar with hashtables.

 

[Maker]

You don't really have to be familiar with hashtables to use this system, it works automatically and you don't have to touch the hashtable lines

 

[Chaoswarp]

hey Maker,

I tried it and I entered a few test names and the calculation is off. Typing in capcom, should give the player the 2nd prize, instead the player gets the last prize.

 

[ap0calypse]

I believe you should use the String ID, as "Convert string to integer" will always be 0 when dealing with letters.

Basically, instead of:

• Hashtable - Save 0 as (Integer(a)) of 0 in pht

It should be:

• Hashtable - Save 0 as (Key a) of 0 in pht

("Key a" is the action "Hashtable - Get String ID").
When I did that, I got the crown of kings (which is the second reward).

 

[Chaoswarp]

Thanks ap0calypse,

Quick question: Should I keep the numbers as convert string to integer or change all of them to String ID?

 

[ap0calypse]

Change them as well: you cannot mix 2 kinds of conversions (String ID and string -> integer) into 1 system: be consistent.
The trigger "Prize Convert" should also work with that String ID by the way.

 

[Chaoswarp]

Hey,

I made them all String ID but for some reason it always makes the item in PrizeItems[0]. Not sure what is wrong, I copied the Prize Convert trigger and it still only makes the first item in the list.

 

[ap0calypse]

It works just fine for me.

Oh, one little note: I do believe capital letters make a difference, so I also converted it to lower-case (forgot about that).
This is what the edited trigger looks like for me:

• Prize Convert
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set int = 0
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to (Length of (Entered chat string)), do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set int = (int + (Load (Key (Substring((String((Entered chat string)) as Lower case), (Integer A), (Integer A)))) of 0 from pht))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • int Greater than 9
      • Then - Actions
        • Set int = ((Integer((Substring((String(int)), 2, 2)))) + (Integer((Substring((String(int)), 1, 1)))))
      • Else - Actions
    • Hero - Create PrizeItems[int] and give it to Blood Mage 0001 <gen>

 

[Chaoswarp]

You rock ap0colypse!

I forgot to change the set int to a key ID instead of convert string to int.

Thanks again to Maker, deathismyfriend, and Starquizer. Do I just add rep to each of you guys.

 

[deathismyfriend]

Thanks again to Maker, deathismyfriend, and Starquizer. Do I just add rep to each of you guys.

adding rep is ur choice. i normally add rep to anyone tht tries to help as thanks.
some dont add at all and some just add to the person tht solved there problem. so its up to u