Make heroes buy items?

[AtleriK]

How can I make computer heroes buy random items from a shop when they comes within range with the shop?

I have this code so far:
Events:
Unit - A unit comes within 300.00 of Item Shop 2 0087 <gen>

Conditions:
Or - Any (Conditions) are true
Conditions
(Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Player 4 (Purple)
(Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Player 5 (Yellow)
(Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Player 6 (Orange)
(Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Player 7 (Green)

Actions:
????????

Maybe this isn't possible without special coding...

 

[Tommi]

I believe these have something to do with it, but not sure. They may be only for unit production buildings, not shops.

native IssueNeutralImmediateOrder       takes player forWhichPlayer, unit neutralStructure, string unitToBuild returns boolean
native IssueNeutralImmediateOrderById   takes player forWhichPlayer,unit neutralStructure, integer unitId returns boolean
native IssueNeutralPointOrder           takes player forWhichPlayer,unit neutralStructure, string unitToBuild, real x, real y returns boolean
native IssueNeutralPointOrderById       takes player forWhichPlayer,unit neutralStructure, integer unitId, real x, real y returns boolean
native IssueNeutralTargetOrder          takes player forWhichPlayer,unit neutralStructure, string unitToBuild, widget target returns boolean
native IssueNeutralTargetOrderById      takes player forWhichPlayer,unit neutralStructure, integer unitId, widget target returns boolean

You need to use JASS/Custom Script to access them.

 

[AtleriK]

Well I've never used custom scripts in map making....Is that a difficult procedure? I really want my little cpu heroes to buy items , it would be so cool..I've already (through triggers) programmed them to back if they're attacked by towers and to return to fountain of life when their HP is low. (I'm making a 2-player AOS kind of map where you're two teams fighting each other with periodically sent units).

Adding heroes to buy items would really be the ultimate.

 

[Pyrodactyl]

Well u can't force a hero to buy items, but u can make them to appear as they were buying items:

Make the hero to go to the shop
wait for condition -> hero is in 250 range of the shop
create item for hero
order hero to attack move to the battle.

You can even make them to pay for the items (set player's gold = current gold - item price), but u cannot make them to use up 1 item from the shop, so if the stock max of the item is 1, and the hero buys it, it will remain there. (well maybe u can try: neutral building - remove item of type, and then neutral building - add item of type. Perhaps it resets the amount of items left, but don't expect anything - i never tried it.)

In my AOS (divine battle) i use these triggers (and i use the foutain thingy too, but AI heroes got instantly healed at the fountain to make them appear more frequently on the Bfield.)

 

[AtleriK]

Heh heh, well that sounds cool. The item remove thing won't be neccessary on my map because the items are limitless, but the idea sounds to work, you just have to check if they have enough money .

It would be a little "cheaty" otherwise

Thanks man you solved my prob, I will upload my map as soon as I get this to work!