[Trigger] Keyboard Event Spawn

[Dragoon_Jett]

I am having a little trouble, I want to make it so when the player presses an Arrow Key a Hero spawns, ok I got that. But I also want them to be able to press a different Arrow Key to spawn a different Hero, ok got that too, but what I am having trouble with is that my way would take a lot longer than typing this and asking this question to see if there is in fact a quicker way.

Right now this is what I have

Trigger

NecroSpawn
Events
Player - Player 1 (Red) Presses the Up Arrow key
Conditions
Actions
Unit - Create 1 Necromancer (Balanced) for (Triggering player) at ((Triggering player) start location) facing (Center of (Playable map area))
Unit - Create 3 Raised Dead (All) for (Triggering player) at ((Triggering player) start location) facing (Center of (Playable map area))
Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

So Basically I want so when the player presses Left/Right Arrows a Different Hero will spawn, and obviously turn off all the other options so you can't exploit the trigger.
If you are reading this and know how to also make the Down Arrow Spawn a one of three heroes as well, that would be
great.

I do know I could duplicate this trigger twice for each Player, but that would be thirty triggers..

 

[TheBlooddancer]

• NecroSpawn
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Presses the Up Arrow key
  • Conditions
    • Actions
      • Unit - Create 1 Necromancer (Balanced) for (Triggering player) at ((Triggering player) start location) facing (Center of (Playable map area))
      • Unit - Create 3 Raised Dead (All) for (Triggering player) at ((Triggering player) start location) facing (Center of (Playable map area))
      • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

You leak terribly.

 

[Dragoon_Jett]

Even if I turn off the trigger?
Please Advise...

 

[TheBlooddancer]

Even if you turn it off.

Oshi, just a second, i gotta check if start position leaks. I think it does.

 

[RedFlash]

If you want it for more player then just do this

• NecroSpawn
• Events
• Player - Player 1 (Red) Presses the Up Arrow key
• Player - Player 2 (Blue) Presses the Up Arrow key
• Player - Player 3 (Teal) Presses the Up Arrow key
• Conditions
• Actions
• Unit - Create 1 Necromancer (Balanced) for (Triggering player) at ((Triggering player) start location) facing (Center of (Playable map area))
• Unit - Create 3 Raised Dead (All) for (Triggering player) at ((Triggering player) start location) facing (Center of (Playable map area))
• Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

 

[Justify]

Even if you turn it off.

Oshi, just a second, i gotta check if start position leaks. I think it does.

Would be interesting to know :O but I think t's leaking since it's not a bj function returning a bj_PlayerStartLocation constant ;P

 

[TheBlooddancer]

It is leaking.

Just save the locations into variables, and then clear them.

 

[Dragoon_Jett]

RedFlash: But the problem with that is, if red presses it then blue and teal cant.
TheBlooddancer: No really, if you could make some points etc, that would help a lot.

 

[TheBlooddancer]

Make a location (point) variable called TempPoint, and 'set TempPoint = Position of Red starting point' and then do as you did, and add this 'Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)'.

 

[Dragoon_Jett]

So just to clear this up, I make the point one for each player in the map, and then make a custom script like that again, one for each point?

 

[TheBlooddancer]

Exactly.

I would use arrays [] But that may be hard for a newcomer to the WE.
Just do as you wanted to, its not as efficient, but it works.

 

[Dragoon_Jett]

So, once I do that is there an easier way to trigger spawning units from the arrow keys?

 

[TheBlooddancer]

No, i wouldn't say so.

 

[Palaslayer]

if u want it to work for each player one time for one unit, make one trigger for each player

u could also do one trigger for all 4 possibilities using conditions (i gues one player shall get only one hero, right?)

do it like this, make events for every arrow key and check which one was used, give the hero to the player depending on that

 

[Dragoon_Jett]

Is there a Keyboard Event condition?

 

[Palaslayer]

blizzard suxx

hm, if not, blizzard forgot something again

maybe search under players? i will check that immediately



EDIT: Blizzard did forget something

so, easiest thing would be to make more than one trigger, in this case 4 damn triggers for each damn player, a lot of copying and pasting, not rly funny

second thing would be, if u have umswe, u can check the event which fired off, but u need the jass code of it....
u could ask somebody for that ^^

another idea i just had is that u can make another event which activates the trigger a maximum of one time for a player, so that he wouldnt be able to use the arrow keys again

anothe idea: THIS SYSTEM IS SHIT!!! nothing against u, but i used this in my first map, and it turned out..............bad

just an advice, use another hero pick system

 

[Dragoon_Jett]

Thanks, for the advice.
Would you say text command is shit as well?

 

[Palaslayer]

no, but i did this, too. ^^

i like taverns or herocircles or heropicking areas more

but if u dont want to waste space on ur map, do it with text command


another thing, if u newly create units they have 0 mana points as far as i know (made that experience, too), remember to fix that by setting the mana to max mana

 

[GhostWolf]

You need one trigger for each arrow. Putting events for all the players doesn't stop players from selecting them at the same time... why the hell would it?

 

[Palaslayer]

cause he turns the trigger off for all players if one selects a hero....