How to make Acolytes automatically mine?

[Marshmalo]

Hi I need to know how to do quite a complicated trigger. Basically whenever a Haunted gold mine finishes construction I need it to auto spawn Acolytes and then these acolytes to automatically start mining at the haunted mine that was just created.

Step 1} When a Haunted gold mine finishes construction 5 Acolytes are spawned.

Step 2} These Acolytes automatically begin mining at constructed mine.

This is what I have so far but I am having trouble working out how to order all these acolytes to start mining.

• AutoMine Undead
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes construction
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (==) Haunted Gold Mine
  • Actions
    • Set MineLocation = (Position of (Constructed structure))
    • Unit - Create 6 Acolyte (Copy) for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at MineLocation facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_MineLocation)

 

[Mr_Bean]

Are you sure that Triggering unit refers to the mine and not to the builder?

• Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Right-Click (Triggering unit)

For this you need to have a loop creating the Acolytes with this action just below the create action, instead of just saying create 6 Acolytes.

 

[Marshmalo]

Sorry what do you mean by creating a "loop"? Won't order last created unit only order one of them?

Just checked my trigger it seems to refer to the constructed unit not the unit that constructed it.

 

[Mr_Bean]

• Trigger
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes construction
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Haunted Gold Mine
  • Actions
    • Set tempLoc = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 6, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Acolyte for (Triggering player) at tempLoc facing 270.00 degrees
        • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Right-Click (Triggering unit)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_tempLoc)

For maximum efficiency, you should also store the triggering player and triggering unit in variables to prevent them from being called each time the loop iterates.

 

[Marshmalo]

o0 seems to work great ingame! Here's my trigger, added variables like you suggested, does it look ok to you? No leaks?

• AutoMine Undead
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes construction
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (==) Haunted Gold Mine (copy)
  • Actions
    • Set GoldMine = (Triggering unit)
    • Set MineLoc = (Position of (Constructed structure))
    • Set TrigPlayer = (Owner of GoldMine)
      • Do Multiple ActionsFor each (Integer A) from 1 to 5, do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • Unit - Create 1 Acolyte (Copy) for TrigPlayer at MineLoc facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
          • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Right-Click GoldMine
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_CompactCryptTarget)

 

[Mr_Bean]

Looks good. You do realise it will only create 5 Acolytes? Also, what is udg_CompactCryptTarget? You set udg_MineLoc in the trigger 0.o

 

[Marshmalo]

Oh thank you again! lol I missed that, you have been a great help thanks Mr Bean
+rep

May I also congratulate you on your appearance at the London Olympics 2012 opening Ceremony, you did very well.

 

[Mr_Bean]

Haha, thank you!