Event - Item dies. Is it possible?

[MN Lahmar]

Hello guys, is it possbile to make this senario?

Event - An item dies
Condition - Item type = Crap
Action - Create Crap Lord at position of item

Thank you.

 

[Jampion]

EVENT_WIDGET_DEATH and TriggerRegisterDeathEvent might help, as items are widgets. I don't know if there is a GUI event for that and if it works. I never used it.

 

[BloodSoul]

As Jampion stated, you can use the following function/event native TriggerRegisterDeathEvent takes trigger whichTrigger, widget whichWidget returns event.
However, you have to specify which item is going to fire a trigger, and also there's no native getter in order to know who destroyed it.

A simple example:

When my map loads, a pre-placed item is going to be registered to another trigger (new event).

• RegisterXItem
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 0.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- I'm going to use a preplaced item for this example, so I'll use a variable to point to it. --------
    • Set item = Claws of Attack +15 0000 <gen>
    • -------- EXTRA: By doing so, a preplaced item variable (gg_item_rawid_number) for a Claws of Attack is generated --------
    • -------- --------
    • -------- Now I'll add it to the XItemDied trigger. --------
    • Custom script: call TriggerRegisterDeathEvent(gg_trg_XItemDied, udg_item)
    • -------- NOTE: Triggers also have their global variable, just as the claws of attack item. However, they use the gg_trg_ prefix. --------
    • -------- See XItemDied trigger --------

When such item dies, I create a thunder clap effect at its position.

• XItemDied
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- I'm using a point (UDG) variable in order to store the position where the widget died --------
    • -------- GetTriggerWidget = Item/Unit/Destructible that just died. --------
    • Custom script: set udg_point = Location(GetWidgetX(GetTriggerWidget()), GetWidgetY(GetTriggerWidget()))
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at point using Abilities\Spells\Human\ThunderClap\ThunderClapCaster.mdl
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_point)

You can also use other functions in order to register multiple items to that trigger, but remember that you can't remove them from an event/trigger with ease. The "event list" size grows as you add more items to a trigger. I'm not certain about performance issues caused by that specific event/scenario, so I can't say anything about it. I believe you should be fine anyway, as you wouldn't get past hundreds of registered items at once.