[Trigger] Mana degeneration and then health degeneration - AGAIN

[LittleDog]

I asked this question earlier before but there weren't much answers for me to work with (Or I didn't understand) and now I know the right place to ask, I'll repost my question here:

A few years back, I was working on a old project called Wolf Legacy. It was my best project but looking back, it was really lacking and didn't have much replay value like say LOAP or Dark Deeds. I was still diving into the wonderful realm of triggers and now just three days ago, I decided to start working on WL's sequel Wolf Legacy Reborn. (Great title, I know. So original. Lawl.)

Its been a few years, four I think? I don't know but its been a very long time since I played around with triggers and I've been following tips from this site on how to use some of them. Now, I'm trying to implement a sort of hunger system much like Wolf Pack had but I'm hitting dead ends. I want the mana to decrease and then once it hits zero, to have the health to go down... I have other questions but I don't want to spam the site with all of them so I'll ask as I hit more and more dead ends. Here's the screen shot of the trigger thus far:


http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/L...Hungertrigger_zpsc5f72d12.png.html?sort=3&o=0


Can I get a thorough answer to this? Something of a walkthrough or screenshots on how to do this please?


http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/L...SpawnTriggers_zps7f7934a3.png.html?sort=3&o=0 The spawning triggers.

 

[deathismyfriend]

plz post triggers on this site using trigger tags. http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/miscellaneous-tutorials-456/how-easily-post-triggers-163285/

as for ur question u need a periodic trigger and 2 groups in the on group u lower the persons mana 1 per second after lowering use an ITE to see if the mana is at 0 if it is remove from group 1 put in group 2. in group 2 lower health by 1 per second and there u go.

also check this tutorial out it may be able to help u http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tutorial-submission-283/things-gui-user-should-know-233242/

 

[LittleDog]

plz post triggers on this site using trigger tags. http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/miscellaneous-tutorials-456/how-easily-post-triggers-163285/

as for ur question u need a periodic trigger and 2 groups in the on group u lower the persons mana 1 per second after lowering use an ITE to see if the mana is at 0 if it is remove from group 1 put in group 2. in group 2 lower health by 1 per second and there u go.

also check this tutorial out it may be able to help u http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tutorial-submission-283/things-gui-user-should-know-233242/

Still learning how to use this site xD Forums are harder to use than they look! Oi xD Sorry for being so nooby, man.

Periodic trigger you say? And what do you mean by two groups? Can I get this in more detail?

And thanks c:

 

[Nichilus]

I think death meant that in one group you decrease mana of all units in that group, the second group decreases health.

 

[LittleDog]

I think death meant that in one group you decrease mana of all units in that group, the second group decreases health.

Ah, that makes more sense... The group thing is a trigger, am I right? Also, another trigger I'm working with is a 'birth' system. I got it to work but I'm worried that the pups that teleport to the area will die from the hunger system xD Or that when they rech lvl 10 and grow up, the hunger system will not work anymore xD Any help on that? I also got a problem that pups are born to the player who isn't playing the female o-o

 

[Nichilus]

The group thing is a trigger. It's a unit group action called "Pick every unit and do action(s)"

as to your other systems:
It's hard to help you with anything when you don't provide triggers

 

[LittleDog]

I think death meant that in one group you decrease mana of all units in that group, the second group decreases health.

Also... where do I find the group option? I know how triggers work but I've never done anything like this before.

 

[LittleDog]

The group thing is a trigger. It's a unit group action called "Pick every unit and do action(s)"

as to your other systems:
It's hard to help you with anything when you don't provide triggers

I can post some screenshots now if you wanted xD I need all the help I can get. I'm trying to get this map ready for beta testing by this Summer xD

 

[deathismyfriend]

its a unit group plz do not double post instead click the edit button on ur last post.

no screenshots i sent u a link on how to post triggers do it that way

 

[LittleDog]

I still don't understand. That page stays posting is disabled? o.o

 

[Nichilus]

You don't have to post in that thread, just read the instruction in first post and follow them in this thread. And yes that thread is closed so you won't be able to post there.

 

[LittleDog]

So lemme get this straight so I don't mess up again with this forum posting thing xD I post trigger help here by going along those guide lines right?

 

[deathismyfriend]

here are the triggers.

in the register trigger u need to change no unit to a preplaced unit on the map.

triggers

• Register
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit comes within 256.00 of No unit
  • Conditions
    • (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (Owner of No unit)
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add (Triggering unit) to unitManaGroup
    • Set unitManaGroupBoolean = True
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • unitManaGroupBoolean Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on Periodic <gen>
      • Else - Actions

here is the loop to reduce life and mana

• Periodic
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in unitManaGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 1.00)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Life of (Picked unit)) Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from unitLifeGroup
            • Set lifeGroupCounter = (lifeGroupCounter - 1)
          • Else - Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in unitManaGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Picked unit) to ((Mana of (Picked unit)) - 1.00)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Mana of (Picked unit)) Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to unitLifeGroup
            • Set lifeGroupCounter = (lifeGroupCounter + 1)
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from unitManaGroup
          • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • lifeGroupCounter Less than or equal to 0
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on Periodic <gen>
      • Else - Actions

 

[LittleDog]

here are the triggers.

in the register trigger u need to change no unit to a preplaced unit on the map.

triggers

• Register
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit comes within 256.00 of No unit
  • Conditions
    • (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (Owner of No unit)
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add (Triggering unit) to unitManaGroup
    • Set unitManaGroupBoolean = True
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • unitManaGroupBoolean Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on Periodic <gen>
      • Else - Actions

here is the loop to reduce life and mana

• Periodic
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in unitManaGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 1.00)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Life of (Picked unit)) Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from unitLifeGroup
            • Set lifeGroupCounter = (lifeGroupCounter - 1)
          • Else - Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in unitManaGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Picked unit) to ((Mana of (Picked unit)) - 1.00)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Mana of (Picked unit)) Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to unitLifeGroup
            • Set lifeGroupCounter = (lifeGroupCounter + 1)
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from unitManaGroup
          • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • lifeGroupCounter Less than or equal to 0
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on Periodic <gen>
      • Else - Actions

Oh mai. Thank you so much! This is just what I needed! A good screenshot of how to do this c: I owe you big time buddy 'ol mine.

 

[deathismyfriend]

its not a screenshot lol

and u do have to change the values like i said for it to work. also this will only work for preplaced units. it will not work for towers u build as the game goes on.

 

[LittleDog]

here are the triggers.

in the register trigger u need to change no unit to a preplaced unit on the map.

triggers

• Register
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit comes within 256.00 of No unit
  • Conditions
    • (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (Owner of No unit)
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add (Triggering unit) to unitManaGroup
    • Set unitManaGroupBoolean = True
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • unitManaGroupBoolean Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on Periodic <gen>
      • Else - Actions

here is the loop to reduce life and mana

• Periodic
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in unitManaGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 1.00)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Life of (Picked unit)) Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from unitLifeGroup
            • Set lifeGroupCounter = (lifeGroupCounter - 1)
          • Else - Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in unitManaGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Picked unit) to ((Mana of (Picked unit)) - 1.00)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Mana of (Picked unit)) Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to unitLifeGroup
            • Set lifeGroupCounter = (lifeGroupCounter + 1)
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from unitManaGroup
          • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • lifeGroupCounter Less than or equal to 0
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on Periodic <gen>
      • Else - Actions

I'm just having some trouble finding the (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (Owner of No unit) in the comparison part. I'm so sorry for being so pesteringly nooby xD ^^'

 

[LittleDog]

its not a screenshot lol

and u do have to change the values like i said for it to work. also this will only work for preplaced units. it will not work for towers u build as the game goes on.

Whatever it is. Lol. It gives me a skeleton to work with. Hmm. If thats the case I'll need to rework the aging trigger for the pups so their mana bars will decrease... I just don't want any of 'em dying before they're selected to be played xD Oi, nobody said triggers were easy c:

Values... This will be trial and error for me xD Hopefully this map will be worth it once I somehow get these triggers to work xD My next goals are weather and crafting :I Thanks btw good sir and or madam :3

 

[deathismyfriend]

triggers are easy lol

 

[LittleDog]

I'm just having some trouble finding the (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (Owner of No unit) in the comparison part. I'm so sorry for being so pesteringly nooby xD ^^'

Also, as for the managroup thing, where do I find that? Is it something I have to customly make myself?

 

[LittleDog]

triggers are easy lol

Not for poor ol' me xD I got an idea... um, maybe I could do a screen sharing thing and you could walk me through it? xD

 

[deathismyfriend]

cant

theres plenty of tutorials in the tutorial section

 

[Nichilus]

Stop double posting. Death already wrote you - if your post is last, then hit the edit button and edit that post.

The "screen" as you put it is a copy from WE and put here in the [ trigger ][ /trigger ] (without space in those brackets).

For the managroup - yes you will need to create it. It's variable. You crete it in variable editor (its in trigger editor's top bar, it has an icon of golden X I think)

 

[LittleDog]

Again, sorry for being so spammy. I just joined this site about two days ago and I usually never use forums so I'm very new at this ^^' And alright, thank you. Um, I'll just stay quiet now, I feel like I'm irking all of you with my questions. Hehe ^^;

 

[Nichilus]

It's okay to ask - the only way you spam atm is your double posting.

 

[LittleDog]

I'm just very new to all this so I don't know any better. I've been looking around for answers for awhile so I'm the type who asks a lot of questions so I have everything solid xD So again, I apologize.

 

[deathismyfriend]

if u look in the tutorial section like i stated previously it will help u a great deal to understand everything.