Item Trigger

[Warlic]

How do I have a trigger set so that when an item is picked up by a certain hero, it sets that hero as a variable?

 

[Eleandor]

so do you mean a SPECIFIC item is picked up by any hero, or a specific hero picks up any item? (or maybe a specific item is picked up by a specific hero?)

 

[MeanMachine]

How do I have a trigger set so that when an item is picked up by a certain hero, it sets that hero as a variable?

If the item is unique (only 1 on the whole map) no problem :

Unique Item
    Events
        Unit - A unit Acquires an item
    Conditions
        (Item being manipulated) Equal to Celestial Orb of Souls 0050 <gen>
    Actions
        Set Owner = (Hero manipulating item)

Change Celestial Orb to whatever item you want and Oner to some variable of type Unit.
If there has to many items of this type, a single variable will not work. If you want finding which heroes actually have the item, use :

Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)(((Matching unit) has an item of type Celestial Orb of Souls) Equal to True)) and do (Actions)
    Loop - Actions

If you want to use this variable for finding which hero casted the spell of an item, than there's no need of it. Simply use :

Events
    Unit - A unit Uses an item

Then to refer to the unit that used the item use Event Responce - Hero Manipulating Item .[/code]