[GUI] Custom Resource Harvest System 1.05

[Moderator]

12:11, 18th Nov 2012
Magtheridon96: Changes made. Approved.
This is well coded and deserves a very solid 4/5 :>

 

[defskull]

Maybe you should at least credit him (http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/requests-341/oil-harvesting-system-225604/) ?
Because of him, the idea to do it sparks in your mind (I know it's from Warcraft II).

 

[rulerofiron99]

Good point, will do.

 

[TaShadan]

nice might be usefull

 

[Ender]

It would be more useful if you made it able to support more then one resource type.

 

[doomhammer99]

It will be more Useful, If you put a Multiboard as a 3rd Resource Interface and Constants.

Rating System by doomhammer99

Note: 5 points are the highest rating and 1 point is the lowest rating.

Usefulness: 5 Documentation: 3 Triggering: 5 Overall Aspects: 4 Idea: 2 Overall Rating: 3.8

[TD]This Rating System is must[/TD]

 

[rulerofiron99]

Thanks for the rating and advice, I'll definitely add that.

 

[Almia]

You can just merge that return and harvest ability into one because you are using some of the functions twice.
Also,i think you should pick the groups instead of using an integer loop,unit groups are integers too.
And also what mag will say,cache some of the uncached function calls so that you wont repeat it all over again
Thats all

 

[rulerofiron99]

You can just merge that return and harvest ability into one because you are using some of the functions twice.
Also,i think you should pick the groups instead of using an integer loop,unit groups are integers too.
And also what mag will say,cache some of the uncached function calls so that you wont repeat it all over again
Thats all

Thanks will do!

I was using a integer loop because the code is from another map I'm making where all this took place inside a pick every unit, so I couldn't use that.

 

[doomhammer99]

Thanks for the rating and advice, I'll definitely add that.

Your Welcome

 

[Kam]

Right clicking a refinery causes it to explode.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Right clicking a refinery causes it to explode.

Hi, that was a bug with a previous version where the unit indexer would sometimes run before refineries were initialised, and sometimes after. I've added a delay and this no longer happens.

The refinery explodes when it has no more oil in it, and the bug was that the oil wasn't properly set.

The oil is kept in an array using unit custom value as the index. You can manually set it yourself

• Set OHS_OilRemaining[Custom Value of (MyRefineryUnit)] = 5000

I will soon add better documentation.

 

[TaShadan]

very nice!
is there a way to change the resource type? For example to stone, silver etc?

 

[rulerofiron99]

very nice!
is there a way to change the resource type? For example to stone, silver etc?

Yes.

In the current version, you can change the type to anything you wish, along with the icon and floating text colour.

I'm busy working on a version that will allow you to use multiple different resource types.

 

[Laercio]

Thanks for the credits...

 

[Losam]

My friend,your system is excellent.
He won my vote (5/5).

 

[TaShadan]

are you interested in creating another harvest system?
i need a system that works similar to harvesting minerals in broodwar

 

[rulerofiron99]

are you interested in creating another harvest system?
i need a system that works similar to harvesting minerals in broodwar

This can easily be achieved by using Aerial Shackles as the harvest ability.

 

[TaShadan]

how exactly? i mean the worker has to bring back the harvested minerals (whatever you call it) to the main

 

[rulerofiron99]

how exactly? i mean the worker has to bring back the harvested minerals (whatever you call it) to the main

I'm busy configuring my Limit Attackers System to work for it, just one more function and it'll be done.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Attached! It works quite well too, if I may say so. You might just want to decrease the peasants' collision size.

Configurables should be self-explanatory, currently each trip adds lumber. You can change this and the colour in the MPR Return trigger.

Copy both abilities as they are, and make sure to give the peasant the "Get a clue" ability.

 

[TaShadan]

this is great thx!

btw might this work with a 3rd custom resource too?

EDIT: is it possible to add the carry animation (gold or lumber) for the worker?

 

[rulerofiron99]

btw might this work with a 3rd custom resource too?

Of course. I'm going to implement this system into my Custom Resource Harvest System, which will soon also allow multiple resource types.

is it possible to add the carry animation (gold or lumber) for the worker?

Easily, I'll add that when I get a chance.

 

[Laercio]

Hey, excelent work. I noticed that when you try to create a ship and you don't have enough oil the ship is still created and the game displays an error message. Can you fix it?

 

[rulerofiron99]

Hey, excelent work. I noticed that when you try to create a ship and you don't have enough oil the ship is still created and the game displays an error message. Can you fix it?

Thanks for pointing that out; will do.

EDIT: Was this for the ships purchased at the oil platform?

The training prevention system currently only works for when you attempt to train units, so I'll have to add functionality for buying units.

 

[atab]

Can you make a screen of the variables please: I don't want to take a wrong one and ave to do all again.

 

[Laercio]

Let's see...

I'm working on a map and I have five oil platforms, each one with a different amount of oil (at least that's the idea) How do I do that with your system?

The trigger seems to determine that every unit of the type "oil platform" will have the same amount of oil, but I want to have different amount of oil for each one, just as if they where gold mines.

(If this will help, I have a custom unit I use as an oil patch and it has a custom gold mine ability, and I am planing to build the oil platform on it. and I want the oil platform to have the same amount of oil the oil patch has, and I want the oil patch to disappear when I'm done harvesting. Is that possible?)

Edit: I'm asking this because I wanted to make different quantities of oil as a strategic point in my map.

 

[rulerofiron99]

I'm working on a map and I have five oil platforms, each one with a different amount of oil (at least that's the idea) How do I do that with your system?

The trigger seems to determine that every unit of the type "oil platform" will have the same amount of oil, but I want to have different amount of oil for each one, just as if they where gold mines.

(If this will help, I have a custom unit I use as an oil patch and it has a custom gold mine ability, and I am planing to build the oil platform on it. and I want the oil platform to have the same amount of oil the oil patch has, and I want the oil patch to disappear when I'm done harvesting. Is that possible?)

Edit: I'm asking this because I wanted to make different quantities of oil as a strategic point in my map.

Like so:

• Actions:
  • Set tempId = (Custom value of (your oil platform))
  • Set OHS_OilRemaining[tempId] = how much oil you want

 

[Laercio]

Like so:

• Actions:
  • Set tempId = (Custom value of (your oil platform))
  • Set OHS_OilRemaining[tempId] = how much oil you want

Thanks, I'll try it...

 

[Laercio]

Help me on this one...

I'm using an oil patch and it has a gold mine ability. I'm building my oil platform on it just like you build a haunted gold mine on a gold mine.

Using your last suggestion I could make my platforms to have the same oil amount as the oil patch on witch the platform was constructed. The problem is that the oil remaining in the oil patch (obviously) is not used. So if the platform is destroyed/depleted and you build a new one, the new platform will start again and this way you have infinite oil.

Can you help me make the resources on the oil patch to drop along with the oil remaining on the platform? If you could do this that might work as a display of the oil remaining on each platform and would help me a lot. Thank you...

By the way, I don't recall if I said it before, but your system is amazing, 5/5...

Edit: I think I managed to do that by myself. The oil amount on my map is now displayed above the platform as "gold remaining", and when you are done harvesting the platform, the oil patch desappears, so you can't build the platform there again. Anyway, thank you.

 

[Laercio]

Oil for upgrades

Hey, I was making my maps and I wanted to ask you how do I do to use the oil not only for the buildings and units, but for upgrades (researches) also. This is the only feature in the oil usage that does not has a function for it. It would be nice if you added this feature...(and would help me a lot...)

 

[nedio95]

I took this directly from my map. I use the point value of units and buildings to array their resource cost.

For building

• BuildBasRes
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins construction
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set TempPlayer = (Triggering player)
    • Set TempUnit = (Constructing structure)
    • Set TempInt = (Point-value of TempUnit)
    • Set TempInt2 = (Player number of TempPlayer)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
          • Conditions
            • CostMetal[TempInt] Greater than StoredMetal[TempInt2]
            • CostWood[TempInt] Greater than StoredWood[TempInt2]
            • CostCloth[TempInt] Greater than StoredCloth[TempInt2]
            • CostAmmo[TempInt] Greater than StoredAmmo[TempInt2]
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Remove TempUnit from the game
      • Else - Actions
        • Set StoredWood[TempInt2] = (StoredWood[TempInt2] - CostWood[TempInt])
        • Set StoredMetal[TempInt2] = (StoredMetal[TempInt2] - CostMetal[TempInt])
        • Set StoredCloth[TempInt2] = (StoredCloth[TempInt2] - CostCloth[TempInt])
        • Set StoredAmmo[TempInt2] = (StoredAmmo[TempInt2] - CostAmmo[TempInt])

For Upgrade

• UpBasRes
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins an upgrade
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set TempPlayer = (Triggering player)
    • Set TempUnit = (Triggering unit)
    • Set TempInt = (Point-value of (Triggering unit))
    • Set TempInt2 = (Player number of TempPlayer)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
          • Conditions
            • CostMetal[TempInt] Greater than StoredMetal[TempInt2]
            • CostWood[TempInt] Greater than StoredWood[TempInt2]
            • CostCloth[TempInt] Greater than StoredCloth[TempInt2]
            • CostAmmo[TempInt] Greater than StoredAmmo[TempInt2]
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Order TempUnit to Stop
      • Else - Actions
        • Set StoredWood[TempInt2] = (StoredWood[TempInt2] - CostWood[TempInt])
        • Set StoredMetal[TempInt2] = (StoredMetal[TempInt2] - CostMetal[TempInt])
        • Set StoredCloth[TempInt2] = (StoredCloth[TempInt2] - CostCloth[TempInt])
        • Set StoredAmmo[TempInt2] = (StoredAmmo[TempInt2] - CostAmmo[TempInt])

For researches you'd have to do some more complicated (boring) storing the costs and the researches because they dont have a value which can be detected and used.

 

[Laercio]

Thank you for the help. I'll use it...

 

[TaShadan]

The ships block each other returning the oil. Is it possible to remove collision from the ships while harvesting? Similar to gold harvesting.
Btw if i want the ships to return gold and add to the normal gold is that possible?

 

[Laercio]

The ships block each other returning the oil. Is it possible to remove collision from the ships while harvesting? Similar to gold harvesting.
Btw if i want the ships to return gold and add to the normal gold is that possible?

I've noticed the ships blocking each other too, and, I had no time to do it yet, but I think you can change the collision value in the object editor, so the units harvesting oil will be "smaller" and they won't block each other. After all, they don't need to have a big collision value. The problem is not with the system, but with the ability "harvest oil", that does not have the same effect as the "Harvest Gold Ability".

About returning gold, you can simply make a custom gold mine with any model you want over the water and give the ships the ability "Harvest", like a normal peasant, without using the Oil Harvest System, simply using the existing system of gold collection.

(Please, if I wasn't clear, fell free to tell me that, ok?)

Try it...

 

[TaShadan]

I know that i could add return gold, but than normal gold from goldmines can be returned at a harbour too. I dont want that.

 

[Laercio]

I know that i could add return gold, but than normal gold from goldmines can be returned at a harbour too. I dont want that.

Let's see...

I'll think about something...

Edit: Yeah! You're right, its quite a chalenge to do it only in object editor. We'll need some triggers...

Edit (again): I Think I've done it, let's see if you have tried it.

• -------- Add resources --------
• Player - Add 10 to Player 1 (Red) Current gold
• Set OHS_OilResource[tempId] = (OHS_OilResource[tempId] + OHS_OilHarvestAmount)

These functions are on the trigger OHS Return

If you want to have only gold income you can replace the second action using the first one (I've added it so it would work the way you want)

You can also just add the first action, but it will give you gold AND oil.

The oil tanker will add gold and the Peasants will not go to the Shipyard (Because you won't use the "return gold and lumber" ability)

I hope I've helped (if not, tell me)

Editing once again: Forgot to mention it will work for the player you choose (And I've done it right now, so maybe it's not the best way to do it, but will work for single player, maybe with more time we can use a diferent way of doing it)

 

[Pinzu]

I think the spell Life Drain could perhaps been a better option or is that just me?

 

[Lothar1994]

hi there.

I am making a campaign that naval combat is key...but I i was wondering if you had a simpler oil collection system i could use.

i tried this one and i was getting to frustrated, I not that good with the triggers

 

[UmbraUnda]

Hey did anyone ever get this harvest system to support multiple resource types?

 

[morbent]

I'm wondering the same thing. I've tried countless times to use this system with multiple resources but I don't get triggers so there's that.

Great system though, 5/5 from a GUI noob here, don't know if my opinion matters though xD

 

[Elprede]

@morbent Custom Resources by ZiBitheWand3r3r supports multiple resources.

Custom Resources is an upgrade to this system.

 

[morbent]

Thanks, I'll look into it right away.

 

[UmbraUnda]

I can vouche for ZiBi's system - it works perfectly for my AoE II - like map in development for 7 total resources, 4 custom with the trigger.
Customizing it was also very easy with directions - also ZiBi is very kind in helping you out with your bugs.

 

[LordPerenolde II]

Is people still working on this? How can i set the computer do the same with their own platforms?

 

[nedio95]

Is people still working on this? How can i set the computer do the same with their own platforms?

Last update in 2012. Also, ruler is not 100% active around, last in Jan. So, answer is not really.
You'd have more luck posting in WeHZ or Triggers & Scripts.

I am not entirely sure if this system supports use by Computer players, or rather the other way around:
Default Warcraft 3 AI would not support many custom systems unless you add/extend/create the appropriate behaviour either inside the AI or externally via triggers.

PS: Why did this appear as message addressed to me?

 

[LordPerenolde II]

PS: Why did this appear as message addressed to me?

I don't know but i surely do appreciate your reply. I've come really close to develop an oil system on my own, but i'm having some strange logistic bugs happening right now at the end that are sending me in the total craziness. This is why i wanna try this out(looks confusing AF for me though) but i'd need to know more, as i asked above.

 

[LordPerenolde II]

So, i managed to get the guy's attention, but he keeps quiet and tbh if there is one thing i don't appreciate at all in the whole world is indifference. Even a "i don't wanna do it" could have been ok, but nope.

 

[Paillan]

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