Letter System 4.0

[Moderator]

Maker, 18.07.2011:
Approved. I guess the idea is somewhat original and people have liked it so it could be useful. It's very simple though, you could add crypted messages so not every player can read it for example.

 

[Midnighters]

How exactly is this useful? I mean it looks good... But what can you use it for?

 

[MasterDragons]

Well....uhhh...It can be used for a lot of things......like....Role Playing games. Yah thats it. But it could also just be a replacement for private chat, but its cooler cuz you have to give them the letter yourself..... : D

 

[MortAr]

Custom Values can really messup alot of things in big maps which might use other systems with custom values.

Also I really don't see any use of this when you can just type your message into the game and it will probably be rejected.

 

[Diehard@Azeroth]

If your planning on using custom values, maybe import grim001's AutoIndex script. all you do is import it, no need to do anything else. Except you would need JASS NewGen Pack, which would is hard for newbies to use.. i think :S

 

[Axarion]

Yeah or using a hashtable, its a bit slower but it will make no difference in this case.

 

[elfian]

I still think Warcraft III isn't a suitable game for such a system. :/

 

[Zealon]

I like it, and it works fine. 4/5

 

[Tr!KzZ]

It's very useful for many RPGs out there.. and I don't think it's used to chat with other people because there are more effective ways to do so..

you can easily expand your quests by simple transport jobs. Like I wrote a Love Letter for my Sweethear, could you bring it to her? And you'll get the letter, can read it after clicking on it, and you have an item that you have to carry to his Sweetheart.. so it's useful for Quests, and also other stuff

 

[elfian]

Lol, make it so when you open the letter to read it and you find inside 100 bucks that the guy was sending to his sweatheart

 

[yeohxin]

Nice Idea.Like it

 

[88WaRCraFT3]

Could be very very useful! I love it sweetheart 5/5

 

[MasterDragons]

@MortAr-, DieHard@Azeroth, and Axarion -- I do beleive I did say I wasnt going to do anything about it but I will give hashtables a try I geuss.

@Tr!KzZ -- That I do Believe is a good idea, Im going to try to make it more compatible for something like that.

To Everybody Else -- Thank you for the Comments : D

 

[Narogog]

i like this

I have been thinking about something lie this, its a great idea, it would be useful in a game where chat is only sent to people who have there guy a certain distance from you, and then you could have a mail box in it.... well plus +rep great job.

 

[Blackrockorc]

I have been thinking about something lie this, its a great idea, it would be useful in a game where chat is only sent to people who have there guy a certain distance from you, and then you could have a mail box in it.... well plus +rep great job.

lol that would be epic. l imagine a war game, where whatever you say only reaches your allies if they're close. people would have to use the letter's to deliver messages to distant comrades. lol Just think if the messenger dies, the message is intercepted by enemy forces. +rep to my epic imagination

 

[Tr!KzZ]

yeah some cool mail box system..

like:

-send player1 xxxxx

and after that player1 receives an item with the message the other player wrote to it
(could be useful for maps with custom chat systems, like the ones that show the message/text above their heads.. with those item-letters you could sent some PMs or out-of-view texts to this player.. and only for this player)

 

[Midnighters]

yeah some cool mail box system..

like:

-send player1 xxxxx

and after that player1 receives an item with the message the other player wrote to it
(could be useful for maps with custom chat systems, like the ones that show the message/text above their heads.. with those item-letters you could sent some PMs or out-of-view texts to this player.. and only for this player)

I have actually thought about, and started something like this.

 

[MasterDragons]

All right apparently I don't know the meaning of MPI (Not being Sarcastic). So could somone explain it to me?

I know that Mui is Multi-Unit-Instanceable meaning multiple units can use it at once but what is Mpi?
And what did the moderator mean by im not incrementing it?
I thought it meant increase in value but that doesnt make sense in the comment he made, cuz I did increase it in value.
Nvm mind I must have missed that wich is weird because, I tested it multiple times. Updating...

ok Fixed.
Wait, Does Mpi mean that its Mult-Player-Instancable? If so then the moderator is wrong because...it is...I Think. Help?

Ok 3rd edits the charm? I found a tutorial on Hastables and to be honest Im lost, I now understand it a little bit but...Its still pretty confusing.

 

[Titania]

Multi Player Instanceable , whats the point of this system if only one person can use it?

 

[MasterDragons]

Why does everybody think this isnt MPI.

THIS SPELL WORKS FOR EVERY PLAYER!!! (Granted, you need to add a little bit of code for each player, but i pointed that out Already, AND there is nothing i can do about it.

 

[willydawiller]

needs to be without custom values before i can use this, seems to me like
a big waste to use your only custom values to something this small

 

[dardas]

every 1 says custom values interrupt with another codes..
so just make a comment to not upload it if he uses another custom values system or it could cause some errors..
and check if the unit allready has a custom value when adding him..
then nothing bad could happend..

Or im wrong.. ;p im pretty sure thats gonna work o.o

 

[FrostScythe]

Not very Useful

 

[MasterDragons]

Updated! No longer uses Custom Values!!!

 

[baassee]

Why is everyone into hashtables these days ... what happent with the old fashioned indexing?

Brilliant idea I have to say although I'm not sure how to put this in use (isn't it just better to type a private message in-game )

 

[Midnighters]

Something like this would be good for role-playing maps.

 

[MasterDragons]

Thanks to all the people giving Constructive Criticism
Anybody know how to make it so people cant see Players chat? I've been trying for awhile, but to no avail.

 

[bLu3_eYeS]

I got a friend who is working on a Role Playing game. I will send him the map and he might find use to it. Thanks for it !

 

[MasterDragons]

Okay Turns out making it so players can't see chat is Extremly Difficult so if anyone would like to do that. Upload it and I'll be more than happy to share the credits (And Rep. if you so Desire).

 

[Magtheridon96]

try looking in those ".j" files in your War3.mpq file.
I can't remember exactly which file it was.
There is something about changing the message to "Cheat Enabled!" when you activate a cheat.
You can set it to an empty string in your system.
Hope this helps (even a bit)

 

[baassee]

You can change the cheat message in the Game Interface within the world editor. Or maybe it's among the Game Constants.

 

[mckill2009]

did not tested it but nice!

 

[defskull]

Oh it can be PRETTY useful to be used in Mystery-type game

 

[Bribe]

Someone has pointed out to me my absurd lack of observation. The triggers here need to be totally remade:

[trigger=Command]Command
Events
Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
Conditions
Actions
Selection - Sync selections
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by (Triggering player) Matching ((Matching unit) is A Hero)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Hero - Create Letter and give it to (Picked unit)
Hashtable - Save (Substring((Entered chat string), 9, (Length of (Entered chat string)))) as 0 of (Key (Last created item)) in LS_Hashtable
[/trigger]
[trigger=ReadLetter]ReadLetter
Events
Unit - A unit Uses an item
Conditions
(Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Letter
Actions
Custom script: call DisplayTextToPlayer(GetTriggerPlayer(), 0, 0, LoadStr(udg_LS_Hashtable, GetHandleId(GetManipulatedItem()), 0))
[/trigger]

 

[Bribe]

The short trigger is fine, but the other trigger still has leaks. Here's a fixed version:

• Command1
  • Events
    • Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 5 (Yellow) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 6 (Orange) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 7 (Green) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 8 (Pink) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 9 (Gray) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 10 (Light Blue) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 11 (Dark Green) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
    • Player 12 (Brown) types a chat message containing -letter as A substring
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Unit = No unit
    • Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by (Triggering player) Matching ((Matching unit) is a Hero) Equal to True) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set Unit = (Picked unit)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Unit not equal to No unit)
      • Then - Actions
        • Hero - Create Letter and give it to Unit
        • Hashtable - Save (Substring((Entered chat string) 9 (Length of (Entered chat string)))) as 0 of (Key (Last created item)) in Hashtable
      • Else - Actions

 

[Catch_ya]

Well Idk why you made this system, but I don't think you should make a system just because it doesn't exist.

 

[xDeathKnightx]

Could be useful.. i guess.

 

[MasterDragons]

@Catch_Ya
I didn't make it just because it didn't exist. I also made it because I got the idea and if I don't at least try it, then it makes me angry, because its a waste of imagination...
...The workings of my brain...

 

[Magtheridon96]

• (Player group(PlayerTemp))

This leaks

 

[MasterDragons]

I have No Idea where you found that. More information Please?

 

[Bribe]

Hew hasn't updated the triggers on this site, but in the test map he removed that player group leak. Everything looks fine from what I can see. Hew, please update the triggers so users know what they have to c&p to get this to work.

 

[MasterDragons]

There is instructions for installing in the Help/Readme. However I will put some text here aswell.

*Merged Post*
@Gopinich
-You can have more than one letter.
-I Disabled Team and Private chat so if you want to say something privately you have to send a letter.
-Read the whole description before complaining.

 

[Gopinich]

@Gopinich
-You can have more than one letter.
-I Disabled Team and Private chat so if you want to say something privately you have to send a letter.
-Read the whole description before complaining.

• Hashtable - Save (Substring((Entered chat string), 9, (Length of (Entered chat string)))) as 0 of (Key (Last created item)) in Hashtable

Oh I see :S. I need to learn more about Hashtable.

I have an idea for you: If the target hero have full inventory, what happen? You should make a Mail Box for each player, send the letter to it and notice the player.

-Read the whole description before complaining.

And I'm not "complain". Don't be serious!

 

[MasterDragons]

I might do that, It is a good Idea. However, I have recently gotten bored with warcraft. If it gets done I'll let you know...