How to check who controls a gold mine?

[stan0033]

Hey, i m thinking of making a map that is baseed on world map template, and every coyuntry has 1 mine. and when a player begins extracting gold from a mine, to tell everyone that player X is controlling country X.

ideas?

 

[DoomBlade]

Spoiler: GoldMineIni

• Gold Mine ini
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add Gold Mine 0000 <gen> to GoldmineEngland_UG

Spoiler: ControlMine

• Control GoldMine
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(harvest))
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of issued order)) Equal to Gold Mine
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • ((Target unit of issued order) is in GoldmineEngland_UG.) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (Parse ((Name of (Owner of (Triggering unit))) + ( owns + England!)))
      • Else - Actions
    • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

A quick draft like this, just tested in game. Works fine

 

[Death Adder]

I didn't check, but in case the above suggestion can be abused (imagine if just having a worker and clicking harvest on a random gold mine on the map made it "yours"), you might have to first check which units are ordered to harvest, then check when they're ordered to return the resources, and that's when you would know that the player "owns" that gold mine since for the unit to have been ordered to both harvest and then return resources they must've come out of the goldmine.

 

[DoomBlade]

I didn't check, but in case the above suggestion can be abused (imagine if just having a worker and clicking harvest on a random gold mine on the map made it "yours"), you might have to first check which units are ordered to harvest, then check when they're ordered to return the resources, and that's when you would know that the player "owns" that gold mine since for the unit to have been ordered to both harvest and then return resources they must've come out of the goldmine.

You are propably right, thats why I wrote it was a quick draft, just to give direction.

 

[Wrda]

• Claim
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(resumeharvesting))
  • Actions
    • Game - Display to (All players) the text: ((Name of (Triggering player)) + GOLDMINE IS YOURS)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 600.00 of (Position of (Triggering unit)).) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of (Picked unit)) Equal to Gold Mine
          • Then - Actions
            • -------- do stuff here --------
          • Else - Actions

Actually the resumeharversting order is an order with no target.

 

[Death Adder]

• Claim
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(resumeharvesting))
  • Actions
    • Game - Display to (All players) the text: ((Name of (Triggering player)) + GOLDMINE IS YOURS)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 600.00 of (Position of (Triggering unit)).) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of (Picked unit)) Equal to Gold Mine
          • Then - Actions
            • -------- do stuff here --------
          • Else - Actions

Actually the resumeharversting order is an order with no target.

What OP need to do is first check for harvest order like @DoomBlade showed, except add the units to some unit group or array or hashtable, and then check resumeharvesting order.

It might be arguable the worker even has to return to the townhall and use harvest on the same goldmine again to avoid players from abusing this mechanic

 

[stan0033]

Yes, i don't want this spammed. Once, when the player gains control over the mine. Then if someone else begins using it, to display for him.

 

[DoomBlade]

Yes, i don't want this spammed.

No need to start insulting people. They just and we just want to give you the best possible option here.

Good luck on your map!

 

[stan0033]

Insulting?! where did you see insulting?!

 

[Death Adder]

No need to start insulting people. They just and we just want to give you the best possible option here.

Good luck on your map!

He meant ingame, that the goldmine constantly changes ownership and such

Insulting?! where did you see insulting?!

he just misunderstood, no worries

 

[Wrda]

What OP need to do is first check for harvest order like @DoomBlade showed, except add the units to some unit group or array or hashtable, and then check resumeharvesting order.

It might be arguable the worker even has to return to the townhall and use harvest on the same goldmine again to avoid players from abusing this mechanic

Goldmine ownership time is 2 seconds without any changes in gameplay constants. The thing is using harvest order to claim a goldmine is bad, because you can spam it and it would change ownership constantly. that's why you must use resumeharvesting to claim, and then check for harvest order for other players to know that it was already claimed. Depending on the map, changing the mentioned ownership time in gameplay constants might be useful.