[AI] Help: Rebuilding

[varulf]

How do you make your AI replace preplaced buildings that are destroyed?

And further, if they lost an upgraded building like a fortress, how would you make the AI replace the building and upgrade it to the appropriate level?

Thanks.

 

[Mechanical Man]

All buildings the AI has at the beginning must be listed on build tab.

Immagine that the AI has no buildings at the beginning. But if a specific building already exists, it will be treated as already built and AI can proceed with next object. If the building is destroyed, it will look back on the list to find it and continue from there (by building it so the condition for next things will be true). Keep in mind, though, that AI will not always build the building at the same location

P.S. What map are you making. It is hard to see a map with AI these days.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You need to make a trigger that once the building dies, it issues some orders that are to be fufilled. Theses orders are to build the building at X/Y and then upgrade it. The first order is to rebuild the building at the dieing location. After that order is complete, it then goes on to upgrade it. Try playing around with JASS enhanced AI scripts and JASS enhanced triggers to do this effect.

 

[varulf]

Thanks, that worked!

It's actually for a campaign. I've used triggers to make AI for most of the maps, but one were too complicated to do with regular triggers so I had to learn to make AI script (thank god for the tutorial forum).

Just have one other question, about "SetReplacements". Is there a way to make the AI replace lost units/buildings forever instead of a set amount?

 

[Mechanical Man]

Eh, campaigns. I think that people should be paid for that in these dark days :emote_rolleyes:

Is "SetReplacements" an action? Anyway the AI should always replace destroyed buildings if they appear in build tab as long it has resources.

 

[varulf]

I've got a couple of more questions I need answered. Like, is there a way to turn off the AI after it's activated?

Because after you defeat the AI's base, there are some other things happening and the AI then is just in the way, moving units without permission and the like.

 

[DenZel94]

Then Turn Off all triggers that uses the AI when the AI is defeated.

 

[varulf]

Um, what are you talking about? I'm using JASS AI, the only trigger used is the one with the action "start campaign AI script".

 

[Mechanical Man]

Didn't you use AI editor to make the script?

Anyway, maybe a good solution could be to create 1 dummy AI and run it.

 

[varulf]

No, I used JassCraft and text files.

I tried starting an empty AI, but it didn't work. It never replaced the old AI.

 

[DenZel94]

Maybe you can set the AI script to none, Maybe that works..

 

[varulf]

No that doesn't work, it will just run another AI script (or in this case, it will run nothing) on top of the other script.

There is a trigger called PauseCompAI. I figured I could use that after a WaitForSignal and then just pause the AI by sending an AI command. But I can't get it to work, the AI just pauses directly instead of waiting for the command.

 

[DenZel94]

What about killing all the units of the AI after? This may work but then again if keeping them is part of the game, then I would suggest that create an AI with nothing on it or everything disabled or something..