Instant buildings upgrade

[aztec11us]

hello

i have 2 small issues:

1) two years ago, on my old PC, had a small trigger so that any player on map, computer or human, any race, would start directly with castle ( 3rd capital building upgrade )

i tried to re-create that trigger....but no chance
it was small, using just standard triggers and it worked great

can someone pls aid me with it ?

2) the file attached is a custom hero unit, named ,,Legion Warlock'' (derived off Eredar Diabolist )
he uses standard ability Drain Mana, standard ability Drain Life, Rain of Fire (modified) and standard ability Doom
by default, the ability ,,Rain of Fire'', when chosen, is placed in first position of the three buttons
i tried copying it, and changing its xy numbers, so it is displayed in the 3rd postion
thus, i would have:
Drain Life - 1st position
Drain Mana - 2nd position
Rain of Fire - 3rd position
Curse of Doom - 4th position

the standard abilities work great, they are all in their designated positions, regardless if they are chosen or not, and work great

BUT Rain of Fire is giving me headachaes!
When not chosen, it stays greyed out, nice, at 3rd position, as supposed to.
When chosen, it also stays in 3rd position, BUT when casted, it causes my hero to suicide !!!!!
why ?! EXCEPT xy numbers, havent ticked or changed anything!

 

[Pharaoh_]

1)

• Trigger
• Events
  • Time - Elapsed time is 0.00 seconds
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
      • Unit Group - Pick every units in (Units owned by (Picked player) matching ((Matching unit) is a town-hall-type unit) Equal to True) and do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
            • If - Conditions
              • (Unit-type of (Picked unit)) Equal to Town Hall
            • Then - Actions
              • Unit - Replace (Picked unit) with a Castle, using the new unit's life and mana
            • Else - Actions
              • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
                • If - Conditions
                  • (Unit-type of (Picked unit)) Equal to Tree of Life
                • Then - Actions
                  • Unit - Replace (Picked unit) with a Tree of Eternity, using the new unit's life and mana
                • Else - Actions

It should look like this.

 

[aztec11us]

niiice

only one tiny problem !
with the Night Elves, once the Tree of Eternity appears, the gold mine is de-haunted, and reverts back to a not entangled state !

how do i re-entangle it instant, so it is just like when the NE start with Tree of life ?

many thanks

 

[Pharaoh_]

De-entangled you mean
Well, issue your unit to entangle it.

• Set Point1 = (Position of (Last replaced unit))
• Set TempGroup = (Units within 500.00 of Point1 matching ((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to Gold Mine)
• Unit - Order (Last replaced unit) to Night Elf Tree of Life - Entangle (Random unit from TempGroup)
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point1)
• Custom script: call DestroyGroup (udg_TempGroup)

Reference for the custom script and their meaning:
• http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/triggers-scripts-269/things-leak-35124/

 

[aztec11us]

i tried what you said .... but it didnt worked

few questions, if i may ...

how did you defined Point1 and TempGroup ? what parametres ?

and ..... where do i place those last triggers ?
i tried putting them after the ,, Unit - Replace (Picked unit) with a Tree of Eternity, using the new unit's life and mana '' and nothing ...

tried putting them before too ....and still nothing !!!

so where does the last fragment of trigger go to be placed ?

thanks

 

[Pharaoh_]

In the Night Elf branch, under the replace action:

• If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
• If - Conditions
  • (Unit-type of (Picked unit)) Equal to Tree of Life
• Then - Actions
  • Unit - Replace (Picked unit) with a Tree of Eternity, using the new unit's life and mana
  • Set Point1 = (Position of (Last replaced unit))
  • Set TempGroup = (Units within 500.00 of Point1 matching ((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to Gold Mine)
  • Unit - Order (Last replaced unit) to Night Elf Tree of Life - Entangle (Random unit from TempGroup)
  • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point1)
  • Custom script: call DestroyGroup (udg_TempGroup)
• Else - Actions

You said it didn't work, but you are asking how the variables were set. Tell me, how did you set them? Point1 is a variable of type Point and TempGroup of type Unit Group.

 

[aztec11us]

THATS exactly how i thought they are ! and made them !!!!

did you checked Array too ? i didnt

i have attached a screen-shot of the trigger !

you see the postion and the next text

 

[Pharaoh_]

Good job then
No, I didn't use an array. So, it didn't work?

 

[aztec11us]

no

no

i attached a screen shot (just above your reply) and the map itself in this reply

it still wont work !!!!!

 

[Pharaoh_]

Ok, I tested it and it now works. What I changed are:
1)

• Set UnitGroup = (Units within 700.00 of Point1 matching ((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to Gold Mine))

As you can see, I increased the radius from 500.00 to 700.00.

2) Instead of Unit - Order (Last replaced unit) to Night Elf Tree of Life - Entangle (Random unit from UnitGroup), I used this:

• Set Unit = (Random unit from Group)
• Custom script: call IssueTargetOrder (GetLastReplacedUnitBJ(), "entangle", udg_Unit)

Notice, the gold mine must be visible to the player, otherwise it can't work.

 

[aztec11us]

,,Set Unit = (Random unit from Group)''

in here... Unit is a new variable, type Unit, right ?
group ... is the old variable group, right ?

i m getting an error ... expected ,,end if'' and it disables the trigger

 

[Pharaoh_]

Yes, the Unit is a Unit variable.
Tell me what Custom script did you use.

 

[aztec11us]

YOUR custom script !

this is how the triggers look like now
i copy/ pasted what you wrote at that custom script WITH THAT unitBJ !!!!!

( i ran some tests, with and without it .... )

screen shot lacks it, but in reality it also has it .... it returns same error though

 

[Pharaoh_]

Yeah, it's MY custom script, but most of the times, people mess it up and custom scripts are case sensitive. See? You made a mistake, it's GetLastReplacedUnitBJ(); you forgot the BJ.

 

[aztec11us]

i allready said i tested WITh BJ and WITHOUT

same thing happened !


EDIT: i restarted the editor ! now it no longer gives error, but the mine does not re entangle

 

[Pharaoh_]

Here:
View attachment (10)RagingStream - Night Elf Rule 1 (Fixed).w3x

 

[aztec11us]

woooah many many many thanks