[Solved] Help Me On How To Distinguish Players Pick up Item Numbers

[samboluong]

I have Trigger like this
but I don't know how to distinguish the picks of each player :
for example Player Red picked it up 6 times
but until Player Blue picks it up 1 time = 7 times (even though player 2 picks it up for the first time, it counts as 7 times)

 

[Nichilus]

If this is supposed to work just for player 1, then you can either add this condition:

• (Triggering player) Equal to Player 1 (Red)

or replace the event you currently use for this:

• Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Acquires an item

 

[samboluong]

sorry , maybe my english is a bit bad to explain .
but it doesn't work , i will leave the picture
I'm the player (Red) who picks up the item for the 3rd time, but when the player (Blue) picks up the item it doesn't count as the 1st time, it counts as the 4th time.

 

[Uncle]

That's because you're using one global variable. This variable is going to be shared between all of your triggers and it can only have one value at a time.

So the first option that comes to mind is to create a variable for each player:

• Set DBZGold_P1 = DBZGold_P1 + 1
• Set DBZGold_P2 = DBZGold_P2 + 1
• Set DBZGold_P3 = DBZGold_P3 + 1

This is NOT a good idea though. With this design you will have to make a trigger for EACH player or use a bunch of If Then Else actions to determine who picked up the item.

What you're looking for is a global variable with an Array enabled. Arrays allow you to assign many different values to a single variable at the same time. These values are separated based on their [index] in the Array. It's sort of like numbering items on a grocery list.

So for example, instead of giving P1, P2, and P3 their own unique DBZ variable you would use a single Array variable with 3 different [indexes]:

• Set DBZGold[1] = DBZGold_[1] + 1
• Set DBZGold[2] = DBZGold_[2] + 1
• Set DBZGold[3] = DBZGold_[3] + 1

The Integer in the [index] can represent anything you want. In this case I'm using it to represent the Player Number of each Player.
1 = Red, 2 = Blue, 3 = Teal.

Here's how your trigger should look after switching to an Array variable:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
• Conditions
  • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Gold Coins
• Actions
  • Set PN = (Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))
  • Set DBZGold[PN] = DBZGold[PN] + 1
  • Trigger - Turn on Untitled Trigger 002
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • DBZGold[PN] Equal to 7
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red)
    • Else - Actions

PN is a new Integer variable that I created. It helps make the trigger more efficient, clean, and easy to work with.

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I recommend doing this instead of taking a picture, it saves us a lot of time.

 

[samboluong]

thanks , Is there any way for me to give money to people who no pick up that item ( only hero ) ?

 

[Uncle]

thanks , Is there any way for me to give money to people who can't pick up that item ( only hero ) ?

Give your Units a new version of the Inventory (Hero) ability and edit this new ability to have an Item Capacity of 0.

You need to hold Shift when opening the data field to give it a value < 1.

Shift allows you to bypass most data limitations and enables new concepts for existing abilities. For example, giving the Devotion Aura ability a negative value for it's bonus armor and making it targets enemies instead of allies will create a negative armor aura. You can do a lot of cool stuff with this.

 

[Nichilus]

I think a cleaner way would be to just add money via trigger? It is after all just adding money to player + showing that player a floating text with gold color

 

[Uncle]

I think a cleaner way would be to just add money via trigger? It is after all just adding money to player + showing that player a floating text with gold color

Nope, with triggers it becomes far more complex and it will have all sorts of weird issues. This is as simple and clean as it gets (I tested the trigger method).

 

[samboluong]

I still don't understand Inventory (Hero) < 1 , usually 1 hero has all 6 empty cells , inventory to = 0 does it change anything
Another sentence:
for example player 1 gets gold coins , is there any correct way for other players player 3 , player 4 to get + money but minus player 1 ?( because picked up gold coins)

 

[Uncle]

I still don't understand Inventory (Hero) < 1 , usually 1 hero has all 6 empty cells , inventory to = 0 does it change anything

It's the Item Capacity, which means how many Inventory Slots the unit has.

If you set it to 3 for example, the unit with the ability will only be able to carry 3 items.

By setting it to 0 it makes it so the unit has 0 inventory slots BUT they can still pick up Powerups (gold coins).

Anyway, I think I misunderstood what you originally said. I thought you wanted non-Hero units to be able to pick up Gold Coins without actually having any Inventory Slots (so they can't pick up Boots of Speed for example).

for example player 1 gets gold coins , is there any correct way for other players player 3 , player 4 to get + money but minus player 1 ?( because picked up gold coins)

Do you mean that Player 1 doesn't get ANY gold? And P3 and P4 get all of the gold? Do they split the gold like 250 / 2 = 125 per player?

 

[samboluong]

yes , each player in the game will get half of that gold (ally or enemy)

 

[Uncle]

yes , each player in the game will get half of that gold (ally or enemy)

Half implies that each player gets 125. Do you mean that it's divided between all of the players?

So if 5 Players, then it's 250 / 5 = 50 gold per player.

10 Players: 250 / 10 = 25 gold per player.

I guess I'll show you how to do both:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Gold Coins
    • (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Player 1 (Red)
  • Actions
    • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Picked player) Not equal to Player 1 (Red)
          • Then - Actions
            • Player - Add 125 to (Picked player).Current gold
          • Else - Actions
    • Player - Add -250 to Player 1 (Red).Current gold

• Untitled Trigger 002
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Gold Coins
    • (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Player 1 (Red)
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet GoldCoin_Amount = (250 / (Number of players in (All players)))
    • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Picked player) Not equal to Player 1 (Red)
          • Then - Actions
            • Player - Add GoldCoin_Amount to (Picked player).Current gold
          • Else - Actions
    • Player - Add -250 to Player 1 (Red).Current gold

You'll probably want to change (All players) to a Player Group only containing those who should receive the gold.

 

[samboluong]

great tutorial