[General] Multiple Resources

[sentrywiz]

Would any of you know a way to make multiple resources?

And since I can't use standard UI to show these resources, can I make a multiboard for each player that will be shown and updated only for that player?

Thank you in advance.

 

[rulerofiron99]

I made an oil resource system a while back (in signature), never got around to expanding it to multiple resources. I might do so now.

 

[sentrywiz]

I made an oil resource system a while back (in signature), never got around to expanding it to multiple resources. I might do so now.

Well oil in games reminds me of C&C games. But that is one resource.

How about managing 4 resources? In other words, I want 4 separate trees that show differently but can be each mined and give different resources.

 

[rulerofiron99]

The oil resource I made was used as a 3rd resource, alongside gold and lumber.

If I remake the system, it'll be able to manage any number of different resource types.

 

[Wietlol]

But does your Oil System replace certain trees/destructibles?
(Sorry I am too lazy to click links.)

You can show "private" multiboards.
There are 2 ways.
1. Create 12 multiboards and show them to their respective players. (easy mode)
2. Create 1 multiboard and edit the content during GetLocalPlayer() cases. (hardmode)

I recommend you to do the first.
Just make a multiboard variable as an array.
Loop from 1 to 12 and create a multiboard and save it in that integer's slot.
Also create the fields of the multiboards inside the loop.

About the resources... You might want to consider different gathering ways.
For example, my peasant is chopping down a tree, gets 5 wood, then mines the rock, gets 5 stone... but the game thinks that I have either 10 wood OR 10 stone.

There are lots of things that might go wrong.

 

[rulerofiron99]

The oil system was made for a warcraft 2-style mod. The worker had a special ability that could only be cast on a "oil rig" unit, when it's done casting it is ordered to return to the refinery to drop off the oil. The reworked system will have various gathering methods to use.

I used the "easy mode", no reason to overcomplicate things

 

[sentrywiz]

Well I want to mod age of empires. So I'd need 4 resources, and multiple ways of obtaining food. The other 3 are just ways of getting lumber, but I fear the map will be laggy because I can't use destructibles I must use units and populating the map with units instead of trees will be insane.

 

[rulerofiron99]

You can use destructibles, you just need to trigger the gathering system. Use an ability or attack of some kind.

 

[sentrywiz]

You can use destructibles, you just need to trigger the gathering system. Use an ability or attack of some kind.

There is no event "Destructible" is attacked. Only destructible dies. Which I can't use. What do you suggest?

 

[Wietlol]

Make an ability that can only be cast on destructables.
Make a trigger when a unit is ordered to use that ability and check if the destructable is one that is allowed. If it isn't then order the unit to stop.
When a unit starts the effect of that ability, you are "attacking" the destructable.

 

[Chaosy]

Multiboard seems like the easiest way to display them. Check out my GetLocalPlayer() tutorial (in my sig) if you want to make it for each player individually.

 

[sentrywiz]

Make an ability that can only be cast on destructables.
Make a trigger when a unit is ordered to use that ability and check if the destructable is one that is allowed. If it isn't then order the unit to stop.
When a unit starts the effect of that ability, you are "attacking" the destructable.

I see.

Didn't know there was "target destructible of ability being cast"

Thanks