Hero Selection

[BloodDrunk]

I need help about something. I putted 3 triggers here. Each trigger selects and transports the Hero. Now what i need: Let's say Player Red selects Ghost Lord, and it's now hero for Player Red. Now how can I make for Triggers: Lightning Destroyer and Death Bringer not to work for Player Red if he tries to select them, and he already has a hero?
I want those 2 triggers to be disabled for Player Red because he has already selected his hero. Answer fast plz, I have much more to do , my map is kinda hard to do...
I hope you guys will understand what I want

• Ghost Lord
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 5 (Yellow) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 6 (Orange) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 7 (Green) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 8 (Pink) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Triggering unit) Equal to Ghost Lord 0069 <gen>
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • HeroBoolean[1] Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set ReturnFromMission = (Center of Return from Mission <gen>)
        • Unit - Create 1 (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) for (Triggering player) at ReturnFromMission facing 360.00 degrees
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Ankh of Reincarnation at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Healing at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Mana at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Ghost Lord 0069 <gen> using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        • Unit - Remove Ghost Lord 0069 <gen> from the game
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_ReturnFromMission)
      • Else - Actions
        • Set HeroBoolean[1] = True

• Lightning Destroyer
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 5 (Yellow) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 6 (Orange) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 7 (Green) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 8 (Pink) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Triggering unit) Equal to Lightning Destroyer 0070 <gen>
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • HeroBoolean[2] Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set ReturnFromMission = (Center of Return from Mission <gen>)
        • Unit - Create 1 (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) for (Triggering player) at ReturnFromMission facing 360.00 degrees
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Ankh of Reincarnation at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Healing at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Mana at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Lightning Destroyer 0070 <gen> using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        • Unit - Remove Lightning Destroyer 0070 <gen> from the game
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_ReturnFromMission)
      • Else - Actions
        • Set HeroBoolean[2] = True

• Death Bringer
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 5 (Yellow) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 6 (Orange) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 7 (Green) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 8 (Pink) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Triggering unit) Equal to Death Bringer 0071 <gen>
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • HeroBoolean[3] Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set ReturnFromMission = (Center of Return from Mission <gen>)
        • Unit - Create 1 (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) for (Triggering player) at ReturnFromMission facing 360.00 degrees
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Ankh of Reincarnation at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Healing at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Mana at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Death Bringer 0071 <gen> using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        • Unit - Remove Death Bringer 0071 <gen> from the game
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_ReturnFromMission)
      • Else - Actions
        • Set HeroBoolean[3] = True

 

[Yixx]

Make a boolean array and check it. When any of those units is selected, first check whether, for instance PlayerAlreadyHasHero[Player number of (Triggering Player)] is false. If it is, continue and set it to true, otherwise stop and dont create the hero

 

[BloodDrunk]

like this?

• Ghost Lord
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 5 (Yellow) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 6 (Orange) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 7 (Green) Selects a unit
    • Player - Player 8 (Pink) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Triggering unit) Equal to Ghost Lord 0069 <gen>
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • HeroBoolean[1] Equal to True
        • PlayerHasHeroBoolean[(Player number of (Triggering player))] Equal to False
      • Then - Actions
        • Set ReturnFromMission = (Center of Return from Mission <gen>)
        • Unit - Create 1 (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) for (Triggering player) at ReturnFromMission facing 360.00 degrees
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Ankh of Reincarnation at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Healing at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Item - Create |cFFFFFF00Potion of Mana at (Center of (Playable map area))
        • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Ghost Lord 0069 <gen> using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        • Unit - Remove Ghost Lord 0069 <gen> from the game
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_ReturnFromMission)
      • Else - Actions
        • Set HeroBoolean[1] = True
        • Set PlayerHasHeroBoolean[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = True

 

[rulerofiron99]

• Set PlayerHasHeroBoolean[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = True

This has to be under

• Then - Actions

Also, you can put the actions of all of these triggers into one - notice how they all have exactly the same events?
Make an If/Then/Else that checks if triggering unit is Ghost Lord, and then put the contents of the Ghost Lord trigger into there, then you can make a similar If/Then/Else for each hero.

 

[BloodDrunk]

oh, but I have 57 heroes in map. It Would look messy...

And i think i will fuck up something while doing that and forgot how to return it to previous look haha

 

[rulerofiron99]

57 is quite a lot, have you looked at some of the hero selection systems in the Spells section?

If you're set on this method, though, you should rather use arrays. I'll explain if you're interested. (it will also be much faster to add all the heroes to the selection than making a trigger for each)

 

[BloodDrunk]

sure, I'm interested. I have variable arrays for checking heroes xD, what else i need? just tell

 

[rulerofiron99]

I'm going to whip up a quick system for you.

The basics:
unit array where
unit[1] = ghost lord
unit[2] = paladin
etc
unit group that contains all unchosen heroes (so that a player cant choose a hero another player chose)
a boolean array that you have already to check if a player has chosen yet

Then for the selection trigger, i loop through all the heroes to see if it's the one selected.

 

[BloodDrunk]

btw, can I give you my map so you do there that thing, aand then i can look at it?

 

[rulerofiron99]

No, no more laziness!

I'm almost done, all you'll have to do is copy a trigger category into your map and change some variables.

 

[BloodDrunk]

ok, ty again

 

[rulerofiron99]

No problem, I had fun

Here's the trigger:

• SHS Select
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
    • shs_PlayerChosen[(Player number of (Triggering player))] Equal to False
    • ((Triggering unit) is in shs_AvailableHeroes) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Triggering unit) Equal to shs_PlayerCurrentSelection[(Player number of (Triggering player))]
      • Then - Actions
        • For each (Integer B) from 1 to shs_HeroId, do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
              • If - Conditions
                • (Triggering unit) Equal to shs_HeroUnit[(Integer B)]
              • Then - Actions
                • Unit - Change ownership of (Triggering unit) to (Triggering player) and Change color
                • Unit - Move (Triggering unit) instantly to (Center of Region 000 <gen>)
                • Unit Group - Remove (Triggering unit) from shs_AvailableHeroes
                • Hero - Create Ankh of Reincarnation and give it to (Triggering unit)
                • Hero - Create Potion of Greater Healing and give it to (Triggering unit)
                • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Triggering unit) using Abilities\Spells\Human\ReviveHuman\ReviveHuman.mdl
                • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
                • Camera - Pan camera for (Triggering player) to (Position of (Triggering unit)) over 0.00 seconds
                • Set shs_PlayerChosen[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = True
              • Else - Actions
      • Else - Actions
        • Set shs_PlayerCurrentSelection[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = (Triggering unit)

(you have to make events for the rest of the players, and remove the memory leak)

And here is the configuration trigger:

• SHS Init
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set shs_HeroId = (shs_HeroId + 1)
    • Set shs_HeroUnit[shs_HeroId] = Paladin 0000 <gen>
    • Set shs_HeroId = (shs_HeroId + 1)
    • Set shs_HeroUnit[shs_HeroId] = Archmage 0001 <gen>
    • Set shs_HeroId = (shs_HeroId + 1)
    • Set shs_HeroUnit[shs_HeroId] = Mountain King 0002 <gen>
    • Set shs_HeroId = (shs_HeroId + 1)
    • Set shs_HeroUnit[shs_HeroId] = Blood Mage 0003 <gen>
    • -------- ----- --------
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to shs_HeroId, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit Group - Add shs_HeroUnit[(Integer A)] to shs_AvailableHeroes

All you have to do is replace Paladin, Archmage, etc with your heroes. To add more, copy and paste the two lines:

• Set shs_HeroId = (shs_HeroId + 1)
• Set shs_HeroUnit[shs_HeroId] = Blood Mage 0003 <gen>

And set it to the next hero.

 

[BloodDrunk]

omg, mine is sooo complicated :OOOO, how did u remembered that? xD, or u just know triggers hah

 

[rulerofiron99]

That's what happens when you waste half your life on warcraft ;p

Anyway, make sure to test it after you add the first few heroes!

 

[BloodDrunk]

and this will works for all players (1-8) correctly?

 

[BloodDrunk]

and I can now delete my unnessesary variables

 

[rulerofiron99]

I assume so.

 

[BloodDrunk]

I can't select hero now... what's wrong?

oh, wait, I accidently removed the trigger omg xD

 

[rulerofiron99]

I can't select hero now... what's wrong?

Post the map please.

 

[BloodDrunk]

i'll post if it doesnt woirks now

It works like a charm, but i cant give you rep, idk why...

 

[BloodDrunk]

just to ask something, Is there any faster way to delete unused variables? cuz i want to get rid of variables i dont need nd dont know if they are used...

 

[rulerofiron99]

It works like a charm, but i cant give you rep, idk why...

Because you need to first give rep to 5 people before you can give it to me again.

I wouldn't worry about the variables in this trigger; they're insignificant.

 

[BloodDrunk]

ok then, ty alot for this, saved for up to half hour time D, did it in like 10 minutes