Novice map editors

[Skyzxx]

Hello, I am currently working on a very very small project of my own kind of "hero siege" or hero defence kind of map.

I really am confused of variables and dialogues to show the victory/defeat dialogue to the player.

My question is, can any of you out there help me out on explaining variables and dialogues?

 

[Naze]

Hello and welcome to the Hive!

You can learn a lot by looking at our tutorials section: WarCraft III Tutorials

More specifically, this is a tutorial that might help you the best with dialogues: Basics of a Dialog

When you need general help with the World Editor, you can make a thread in this forum: World Editor Help Zone. Since this thread is mainly about this subject, I moved it to the World Editor Help Zone forum.

 

[NickGreefpool]

A variable is just a 'space in memory' of sorts that stores some value for using later.
There are many types, but the most common are Boolean (wich stores a true/false value), Integer and Real (stores numbers), Unit (stores a specific unit), Player (stores a specific player).
To use one, you need to create it in the variables section (the 'X' button), then select the type and name it.
then you can assign them a value using the action 'set variable' or use them in conditions like Boolean condition > if MyVar is true then ...

 

[Wark]

Dialogue can be very simple, like a text message on the screen, or very complex with multiple branching dialog boxes that seed into each other for different options.
A dialog box can be triggered to appear with any number of events, from using an ability to selecting a specific unit.

Other forms of dialogue include cinematics (which involves a lot of timing and camera placement)
and unit transmissions with sound files or voice acting.

For victory or defeat messages, you can easily make a timed text message that states the winning or defeat conditions for each individual player then just use a "defeat" or "victory" action.