[Trigger] How to make only 1 building ina region upgradeat a time.

[zeldarules28]

Ok I'm making a map where each base has 8 build slots and each slot can upgrade into a building (like Halo Wars if anybody has played that) I want to make it so that if you start to upgrade some build pads into buildings, the first one you start must complete the upgrade before the next building slot starts to upgrade. Also each base has a region around it that all the build slots are inside. + rep to anybody who gets the triggger to work.
Also plz write something to bump the thread!

 

[tagg1080]

Have you tried anything yet? If so post it?

People aren't going to do your project for you, but if you post things they will help, you would get more help if you showed and effort and just asked for a little push, instead of a putting up a clean slate...

Even if you have tried and failed, what did you try? Other people can help you to be more independent by helping you understand how to do it, so if you tell us your thoughts, then help can be given...

Otherwise, this is just a request to have something done, which is ehh, YOU are making the map, it is not a group effort from everyone online that feels like contributing something when they were bored...


Not trying to be mean, just trying to help you get better responses + more out of the community in the long run.

 

[zeldarules28]

I am trying to figure it out but so far I can't seem to figure it out. I thought it might be somethinbg like:
- when unit begins upgrade

- if triggering unit = build pad
-and # of upgrading units in region > 0

-then set upgrade progress to 0%


I can't figure out how to put in the condition "if # of upgrading buildings in region > 0 " I'm going to keep trying but I'm not super awesome at triggers. =]

 

[tagg1080]

You could use a variable like a "token"

If upgrade = 0, then you can do it.
If upgrade = 1, then something is upgrading.

When it starts upgrading, checks to see if the "token" is free, aka it is on 0. If it is, then it sets it to 1, and does whatever it needs to. If it then finishes, it "frees" the "token", and sets it to 0.

You can then have each "base" have its own "token", maybe even devise a system to recycle the tokens to each base if they are buildable, or whatever.

Hope that helps.

 

[Dr Super Good]

part 1
When Unit begins an upgrade.
if currentlyupgradingbase (is true) then
pause part 2
cancle the upgrade
unpause part 2
else
set currentlyupgradingbase to true
endif

part 2
unit finishes an upgrade or cancles an upgrade.
set currentlyupgradingbase to false

If your map has multiple bases, use some kind of hashtable system so that from the buildings you can get which base they belong to (an integer) which then gets a unique index for currentlyupgradingbase which logically would be an array.

 

[zeldarules28]

Ok Dr Super Good I don't quite understand but I havent updated to ver 1.24 so I don't have hashtabes in the editor. I'll try both suggestions out tomorow. Thanks!

 

[tagg1080]

They were basically the same idea, he just went into more detail,

 

[zeldarules28]

Ok I think It should work but I'm still trying to get it so that the upgrade starts but then waits for the other one to finish before the upgrade actually stats to progress. That way you can que buildings, like first build a supply depo, then a factroy, and then they build in that order.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try pausing the upgrading building, or set its process to 0% every second while 1 building is upgrading.

 

[zeldarules28]

Ok thanks I'm going to try that/