[Trigger] how to call a units mana regeneration?

oxxo · Feb 25, 2009

i want a specific units mana regeneration (including boni) to be displayed via game message.

similar to the "-ms" command in dota, wich displays the triggering player heros movement speed.

the problem is you are not simply able to call on the specific units mana regeneration rate (wich is obviously a real value).

so how can this be done? can it be done? im sure it can be done...
probably requires jass...

if it can only be done with jass, please could someone give me a custom script that performs said action? and explain it so i can use it with 0 jass knowledge?

wud be awsum

Justify · Feb 25, 2009

I think you have to calculate it by yourself... getting the base mana of the unit type (long list? argh) and adding all manaregen from each item, including % regen and intelligence. Also you have to include auras and other buffs. I don't think that it's worth the work :/

xXMephistoXx · Feb 26, 2009

You could do something like this, allthough it would be very faulty. If you were to cast a spell during that 1 second, it would display the wrong number, or if you are using an ability that drains mana it would be wrong... But it's the best I could think of:

ManaRegenSet
- Events
  - Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set MRegenBefore = (Mana of "YourUnit")
  - Wait 1.00 seconds
  - Set MRegenAfter = (Mana of "YourUnit")
  - Set MRegen = (MRegenAfter - MRegenBefore)

ManaRegenDisplayP1
- Events
  - Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Game - Display to Player Group - Player 1 (Red) the text: (Your unit regenerates + ((String(MRegen)) + mana per second.))

(Just do more of these, 1 for each player.

Variables:
(Name, Type.)
MRegen, Real.
MRegenBefore, Real.
MRegenAfter, Real.

Deon · Feb 26, 2009

Also this means that you should have some spent mana, because obviously if your mana is full it does nothing. And also it fails if you get the full mana in this 1 second. There should be some different way.

Justify's way should work if you know how to call unit's base mana, then you should count all mana+ skills, buffs and intelligence with +manareg per 1 int bonus, and you're set.

Element of Water · Feb 27, 2009

What you could do, is when they type the message, save the unit's current mana in a variable, wait one seconds, set variable manregen = current mana, set unit's mana back to the mana variable+manaregen, display message. Only problem is it takes a second to get results and the unit will have no mana for 1 second.

Edit:

I've refined my method of doing it - it now takes only 0.01 seconds and is completely accurate. It is also completely MPI and leakfree (I think, I'm not great at leak checking GUI). The only thing that could go wrong is if the unit has more mana regeneration than its maximum mana, when it will say the mana regeneration rate is equal to its maximum mana. It takes 3 triggers - initialization, the trigger which detects the chat message and starts the timer, and the trigger which gets the mana regeneration rate and displays it to the player who typed the message. Enjoy!

init
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set Units[1] = <Player 1's Unit>
  - Set Units[2] = <Player 2's Unit>
  - Set Units[3] = <Player 3's Unit>
  - Set Units[4] = <Player 4's Unit>
  - Set Units[5] = <Player 5's Unit>
  - Set Units[6] = <Player 6's Unit>
  - Set Units[7] = <Player 7's Unit>
  - Set Units[8] = <Player 8's Unit>
  - Set Units[9] = <Player 9's Unit>
  - Set Units[10] = <Player 10's Unit>
  - Set Units[11] = <Player 11's Unit>
  - Set Units[12] = <Player 12's Unit>

manregen1
- Events
  - Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 5 (Yellow) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 6 (Orange) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 7 (Green) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 8 (Pink) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 9 (Gray) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 10 (Light Blue) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 11 (Dark Green) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
  - Player - Player 12 (Brown) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set mana[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = (Mana of Units[(Player number of (Triggering player))])
  - Unit - Set mana of Units[(Player number of (Triggering player))] to 0.00
  - Countdown Timer - Start ManaTimers[(Player number of (Triggering player))] as a One-shot timer that will expire in 0.01 seconds

manaregen2
- Events
  - Time - ManaTimers[1] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[2] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[3] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[4] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[5] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[6] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[7] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[8] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[9] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[10] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[11] expires
  - Time - ManaTimers[12] expires
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set temp_playergroup = (Player group((Player((Integer A)))))
      - Custom script: set udg_temp_bool = GetExpiredTimer() == udg_ManaTimers[bj_forLoopAIndex]
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        temp_bool Equal to True
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Set manaregen = ((Mana of Units[(Integer A)]) x 100.00)
        
        Unit - Set mana of Units[(Integer A)] to mana[(Integer A)]
        
        Game - Display to temp_playergroup the text: (Your mana regeneration rate is + ((String(manaregen)) + .))
        
        Custom script: call DestroyForce(udg_temp_playergroup)
        
        Custom script: exitwhen true
        
        Else - Actions

If you can't get it to work, PM me and I'll send you my test map.

onix_noob · Feb 27, 2009

Element of Water said:
What you could do, is when they type the message, save the unit's current mana in a variable, wait one seconds, set variable manregen = current mana, set unit's mana back to the mana variable+manaregen, display message. Only problem is it takes a second to get results and the unit will have no mana for 1 second.

Edit:

I've refined my method of doing it - it now takes only 0.01 seconds and is completely accurate. It is also completely MPI and leakfree (I think, I'm not great at leak checking GUI). The only thing that could go wrong is if the unit has more mana regeneration than its maximum mana, when it will say the mana regeneration rate is equal to its maximum mana. It takes 3 triggers - initialization, the trigger which detects the chat message and starts the timer, and the trigger which gets the mana regeneration rate and displays it to the player who typed the message. Enjoy!

init

Events

Map initialization

Conditions

Actions

Set Units[1] = <Player 1's Unit>

Set Units[2] = <Player 2's Unit>

Set Units[3] = <Player 3's Unit>

Set Units[4] = <Player 4's Unit>

Set Units[5] = <Player 5's Unit>

Set Units[6] = <Player 6's Unit>

Set Units[7] = <Player 7's Unit>

Set Units[8] = <Player 8's Unit>

Set Units[9] = <Player 9's Unit>

Set Units[10] = <Player 10's Unit>

Set Units[11] = <Player 11's Unit>

Set Units[12] = <Player 12's Unit>

manregen1

Events

Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 5 (Yellow) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 6 (Orange) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 7 (Green) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 8 (Pink) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 9 (Gray) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 10 (Light Blue) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 11 (Dark Green) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Player - Player 12 (Brown) types a chat message containing -mr as An exact match

Conditions

Actions

Set mana[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = (Mana of Units[(Player number of (Triggering player))])

Unit - Set mana of Units[(Player number of (Triggering player))] to 0.00

Countdown Timer - Start ManaTimers[(Player number of (Triggering player))] as a One-shot timer that will expire in 0.01 seconds

manaregen2

Events

Time - ManaTimers[1] expires

Time - ManaTimers[2] expires

Time - ManaTimers[3] expires

Time - ManaTimers[4] expires

Time - ManaTimers[5] expires

Time - ManaTimers[6] expires

Time - ManaTimers[7] expires

Time - ManaTimers[8] expires

Time - ManaTimers[9] expires

Time - ManaTimers[10] expires

Time - ManaTimers[11] expires

Time - ManaTimers[12] expires

Conditions

Actions

For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Set temp_playergroup = (Player group((Player((Integer A)))))

Custom script: set udg_temp_bool = GetExpiredTimer() == udg_ManaTimers[bj_forLoopAIndex]

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

temp_bool Equal to True

Then - Actions

Set manaregen = ((Mana of Units[(Integer A)]) x 100.00)

Unit - Set mana of Units[(Integer A)] to mana[(Integer A)]

Game - Display to temp_playergroup the text: (Your mana regeneration rate is + ((String(manaregen)) + .))

Custom script: call DestroyForce(udg_temp_playergroup)

Custom script: exitwhen true

Else - Actions

If you can't get it to work, PM me and I'll send you my test map.

that was already sugested. Please read the posts above and the upper variant is better than yours

Element of Water · Feb 27, 2009

I did read all of the posts. And in what way was the upper variant better then mine? There were so many ways that could go wrong it was untrue. My way is essentially a refinement of his way.

xXMephistoXx · Feb 27, 2009

Element of Water is correct. His way is much mora accurate than mine.

Element of Water · Feb 27, 2009

Glad there's someone not against me

. Thanks for backing me up Mephisto.

oxxo · Feb 27, 2009

thank you so much element of water =0

looks like a very solid and efficient method,
gonna try it and give you feedback.

+rep

also thanks to everyone who gave input!

xXMephistoXx · Feb 27, 2009

*Length of message*

Element of Water · Feb 27, 2009

I've just thought of something about my method - you don't really need all of the MUI capabilities since it only takes 0.01 seconds... oh well, it's an added bonus if you find a problem with it and have to increase the timer duration.

xXMephistoXx · Feb 27, 2009

MUI is never overrated :thumbs_up:

Element of Water · Feb 27, 2009

But maybe it is when it's used in a place where there's only a 0.01 second gap in which it could be needed... I mean, what are the chances of people asking for their mana regen within 0.01 seconds of each other. Even if they timed it perfectly it wouldn't happen due to slight lag... but yeah, it's there just in case.

xXMephistoXx · Feb 27, 2009

There's not much of a chance, but it's still there. And as you said; "It's an added bonus if you find a problem with it and have to increase the timer duration."
Better safe than sorry, I say =)

Element of Water · Feb 27, 2009

Very true.

*Now waiting for reply from thread starter, does my way work for you or do you need my test map?*

[Trigger] how to call a units mana regeneration?

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