Force UI Key

[Haumin007]

In the trigger editor there is an action "Game - Force UI Key" which will force the a player to press a keyboard key. I want to know if there are anyway that we can use it to force a player to press CTRL + any number so that i can force the player to assign the currently selected unit to a number...

If I cant do it via this trigger, is there any other way that I can do it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Adiktuz]

AFAIK, you cannot...

 

[GywGod133]

I want to know if there are anyway that we can use it to force a player to press CTRL + any number so that i can force the player to assign the currently selected unit to a number...

impossible to do that in GUI Action..
i dunno if in vJASS do work :/

 

[edo494]

nope, you can only pass one integer into it

There is no way to manipulate control groups sadly

 

[Tal'Rarity]

That can't be true, I have seen some maps where you can press 1-9 to select stuff to run triggers.

 

[LordDz]

That can't be true, I have seen some maps where you can press 1-9 to select stuff to run triggers.

Can you bind control groups through triggers? Because then you could simply control group units to 1-9 and then have a trigger detecting when said units are detected.

 

[edo494]

you can not manipulate control groups via triggers by no means

 

[Tal'Rarity]

So what now? =)

I am so lucky to have remembered and found this epic map.

Edit: You can't control it fully however you can still somewhat manipulate control groups with triggers so your wrong edo.

It is a pain, but through a complex mess you could force players to have to hold the key down to bind everything then do a check to select 1-0.

 

[edo494]

the map cant be load using JNGP, so its most likely made with WEU or UMSWE(object: WERandomGroupSet), so it may be possible via the "Hacks" that those editors bring, but not in JNGP or vanilla editor

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Nope its protected, try in with the actual game instead of editor. No hacks included, all of that can be done with the normal WE.

 

[edo494]

well, I didnt try the map other than mpqeditor and I didnt find the triggers, so eh(non found anyways )

well I should re-phrase my statement: There is no way to directly access control groups by triggers

and I would say(didnt test it tho) that you are right, it is possible with a bit of magic triggering

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Direct access is a no, but workarounds are always there. There is no triggers in a protected map, try the .j script next time.

 

[edo494]

Direct access is a no, but workarounds are always there. There is no triggers in a protected map, try the .j script next time.

Btw I know I am right. Magic triggering though, lol.

the problem is the .j file doesnt appear when opened with MPQMaster

 

[PurgeandFire]

I think the force UI key functions in that map just force the numbers 1 to 10 (judging by the map script). He must've found another way to assign control groups, if he did.

 

[Ezekiel12]

I think the force UI key functions in that map just force the numbers 1 to 10

Yes. Theres no magic to it. Player is required to hold down ctrl then the script selects units and forces key presses to assign control groups.

The initial answer is still true, as so far no way to force keys like ctrl, alt, space, enter, ... or even key combinations is known.

 

[Ceday]

I played and that map telling players to hold their CTRL key for 3 seconds?

 

[Haumin007]

Thanks everyone for your help, look like that is no way for me to use force ui key to assign unit to number.

This lead me to another question, are there any event that can detect if a player has press a keyboard button for example number 1?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Thanks everyone for your help, look like that is no way for me to use force ui key to assign unit to number.

This lead me to another question, are there any event that can detect if a player has press a keyboard button for example number 1?

No, only arrow keys. You can detect some keys with abilities, but that takes up ability space of course, and you can't detect how long a person holds it or anything.