How to put different difficulties in map?

[Razwerd]

Hello. I want to put 3 different difficulties in my map that Player 1(Red) chooses at map initialization. These difficulties will be Easy - Normal - Hard and I want to select them from a window like in many maps. How can I do this?
+rep for those who help!

 

[ap0calypse]

You can do this with a dialog menu.
Here is a tutorial for that: Basics of a Dialog.

So basically you need 3 dialog buttons.
If button 1 is pressed, then set difficulty to easy (change HP or add more lives or something).
If button 2 is pressed, then set difficulty to normal (usually you shouldn't change anything actually).
If button 3 is pressed, then set difficulty to hard (increase HP, reduce lives).

Edit: Oh, don't use "Map Initialization" by the way. Use "Time elapsed is 0.00 seconds" (dialogs cannot be shown at map init).

 

[Razwerd]

Thanks a lot, +rep for you!

 

[Razwerd]

I have another question if you want to answer. I need to change the max life of the creeps when easy or hard are selected but I can't find where to change it. (Tried changing life and the creeps spawned with some life missing which isn't so cool )

 

[defskull]

Usually they use this to change globally, I don't know if it affects HP or not;

• Player - Set Neutral Hostile handicap to 50.00%

Player - Set Handicap

Assume that Neutral Hostile is the enemy in your map, if it's Player 2, Player 2 that is.

 

[Razwerd]

Handicap affects all of the player's units and I don't want to affect all of them.

 

[ap0calypse]

Hmh, you could use item abilities to increase/decrease maximum HP of individual units.
It's quite a system for that, but I've made similar systems a few times before so I can use that (and edit it a little).

What's the maximum HP of a unit and the percentage you want it to increase/decrease (matters a lot ).

 

[defskull]

Well, which unit you want it to be affected ?
You should mention that earlier, dude, seriously...

 

[Razwerd]

It's kinda complicated. There are 3 main types of creeps that I want to decrease/increase max life (easy/hard) by 50 - They have 200, 250 and 300 hp.
Then there are the bosses that I want to decrease/increase max life (easy/hard) by 500 - They have 3000, 4000, 5000 hp.
Then there is a special type of unit(adds for the main boss) that I want to decrease/increase max life (easy/hard) by 200- They have 1000 hp.
However, I want the final boss (Devil) to remain as he is (10000 hp)
That's the thing I want. Hope it's easy to be implemented

 

[ap0calypse]

It's kinda complicated. There are 3 main types of creeps that I want to decrease/increase max life (easy/hard) by 50.
Then there are the bosses that I want to decrease/increase max life (easy/hard) by 500.
Then there is a special type of unit(adds for the main boss) that I want to decrease/increase max life (easy/hard) by 200.
However, I want the final boss (Devil) to remain as he is.
That's the thing I want. Hope it's easy to be implemented

Oh, if it's a fixed value (instead of a percentage), then it becomes a bit easier.
Just go to the "abilities" tab in the object editor, copy "Item Life Bonus" in 'Special -> Items' a few times. then set the life to +XHP (change names accordingly).
Give the unit this ability when they spawn (if difficuly is hard).

If you want to decrease HP, you can either use SHIFT + click on the life-value of the item ability to set a negative amount of HP (will decrease the HP when added), or you could add a positive abilty as default and remove it when easy is chosen (if you remove a +HP ability, the HP will decrease ).

 

[Razwerd]

Hmm I did what you told me but it didn't do anything it was all like normal mode.
I use this trigger and run it when Easy button is clicked(Player 7 is the enemy):

• Easy Trigger
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
    • (Owner of (Entering unit)) Equal to Player 7 (Green)
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Demon Warlock
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Doom Lord
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Doom Revenant
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Overlord
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Skeleton Champion
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Not equal to Devil
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add Creep Life Bonus (-50) to (Entering unit)

 

[ap0calypse]

Hmm I did what you told me but it didn't do anything it was all like normal mode.
I use this trigger and run it when Easy button is clicked(Player 7 is the enemy):

• Easy Trigger
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
    • (Owner of (Entering unit)) Equal to Player 7 (Green)
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Demon Warlock
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Doom Lord
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Doom Revenant
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Overlord
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Skeleton Champion
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Not equal to Devil
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add Creep Life Bonus (-50) to (Entering unit)

And you're certain the Creep Life Bonus is also set to -50?
I just checked whether it was possible to decrease max HP this way, and it is.
If you change the value the 'normal' way, it will automatically set itself to 0 (instead of a negative number), so you have to Shift-click it.

 

[Razwerd]

Yeah the values are alright, the problem is that even in hard difficulty creeps don't get the bonus hp so it isn't negative value problem. Maybe something wrong with the triggers?

• Easy Button
  • Events
    • Dialog - A dialog button is clicked for MyDialog
  • Conditions
    • (Clicked dialog button) Equal to DialogButton[1]
  • Actions
    • Trigger - Run Easy Trigger <gen> (checking conditions)
    • Trigger - Run Easy Trigger 2 <gen> (checking conditions)
    • Trigger - Run Easy Trigger 3 <gen> (checking conditions)
    • Player Group - Pick every player in User_Players and do (Hero - Make (Picked player) Heroes gain 60.00% experience from future kills)
    • Game - Display to (All players) for 10.00 seconds the text: |cffff0000Easy|r mo...

 

[ap0calypse]

Oh, yeah... the triggers are wrong

You run Easy Trigger, which means that it skips the event. Thus there is no "entering unit", thus it won't do anything productive.

What you want to do is this:

• Choose Game Mode
  • Events
    • Dialog - A dialog button is clicked for MyDialog
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Clicked dialog button) Equal to DialogButton[1]
      • Then - Actions
        • Set gameDifficulty = 1
        • Player Group - Pick every player in User_Players and do (Hero - Make (Picked player) Heroes gain 60.00% experience from future kills)
        • Game - Display to (All players) for 10.00 seconds the text: |cffff0000Easy|r mo...
      • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Clicked dialog button) Equal to DialogButton[2]
          • Then - Actions
            • Set gameDifficulty = 2
            • Player Group - Pick every player in User_Players and do (Hero - Make (Picked player) Heroes gain 80.00% experience from future kills)
            • Game - Display to (All players) for 10.00 seconds the text: |cffff0000Normal|r mo...
          • Else - Actions
            • Set gameDifficulty = 3
            • Player Group - Pick every player in User_Players and do (Hero - Make (Picked player) Heroes gain 100.00% experience from future kills)
            • Game - Display to (All players) for 10.00 seconds the text: |cffff0000Hard|r mo...

The trigger above is for all 3 game modes.
It uses an integer variable to set the game mode.

Now when a unit spawns:

• Unit Spawned
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
    • (Owner of (Entering unit)) Equal to Player 7 (Green)
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Demon Warlock
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Doom Lord
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Doom Revenant
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Overlord
    • (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Not equal to Skeleton Champion
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Not equal to Devil
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • gameDifficulty Equal to 1
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Add Creep Life Bonus (-50) to (Entering unit)
      • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • gameDifficulty Equal to 3
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Add Creep Life Bonus (+200) to (Entering unit)
          • Else - Actions

Something like that.
I don't know the exact values you wish to add, you can change that if you like

 

[Razwerd]

Thanks a lot, I think that should do it. I'll edit when I do it to say if everything's alright.

EDIT: Everything works fine, thanks again for your big help!