(Please Help!) Chat Commands

Integra · Mar 20, 2012

Example of a trigger I would like to make:

The player types "color yellow" and the team color of the selected unit turns to yellow.

The problem is I can't get it to work.

Can anyone please help me??

Thanks for taking the time to read.

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

Just a quick sample trigger to know what to do

Untitled Trigger 002
- Events
  - Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing color yellow as An exact match
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Player - Change color of Player 1 (Red) to Yellow, Changing color of existing units

Integra · Mar 20, 2012

Is there a way to change the color of a specific unit?

I'm not sure if you've heard of a WC3 game called DOBRP, but as I recall, you could change the color of a specific unit using a chat command.

SirNikolas · Mar 20, 2012

Unit group - Pick every units in (Units selected by (Triggering player)) and do (Actions)
- Unit - Change color of (Picked unit) to Yellow
- Skip remaining actions

Integra · Mar 20, 2012

I'm sorry. But how did you make "Unit group - Pick every units in..." is that an action?

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

Integra said:
I'm sorry. But how did you make "Unit group - Pick every units in..." is that an action?

I will post the trigger in a few minutes, expect an edit.

<<< EDIT >>>

Initialization
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set i = 1
  - Set ColorString[i] = color red
  - Set Color[i] = Red
  - Set Player[i] = Player 1 (Red)
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color blue
  - Set Color[i] = Blue
  - Set Player[i] = Player 2 (Blue)
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color teal
  - Set Color[i] = Teal
  - Set Player[i] = Player 3 (Teal)
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color purple
  - Set Color[i] = Purple
  - Set Player[i] = Player 4 (Purple)
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color yellow
  - Set Color[i] = Yellow
  - Set Player[i] = Player 5 (Yellow)
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color orange
  - Set Color[i] = Orange
  - Set Player[i] = Player 6 (Orange)
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color green
  - Set Color[i] = Green
  - Set Player[i] = Player 7 (Green)
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color pink
  - Set Color[i] = Pink
  - Set Player[i] = Player 8 (Pink)
  - -------- Add all the color, color string and players you need --------
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to i, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - For each (Integer B) from 1 to i, do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Trigger - Add to Change Color <gen> the event (Player - Player[(Integer A)] types a chat message containing ColorString[(Integer B)] as An exact match)

Change Color
- Events
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Entered chat string) Equal to ColorString[(Integer A)]
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Player - Change color of (Triggering player) to Color[(Integer A)], Changing color of existing units
        
        Else - Actions

Integra · Mar 20, 2012

ok thank you very much

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

Integra said:
ok thank you very much

No problem, the edit in the previous post.

Integra · Mar 20, 2012

Thanks! I will try it out in a couple of hours when I get home from work, and let you know how it turned out for me. Any suggestions on what the chat command event should be?

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

no event needed, it is already added from the initialization. just in game type "color X" X = red , blue, yellow ... etc

Integra · Mar 20, 2012

WaterKnight · Mar 20, 2012

You do not even need to store players, there is a Convert Player Index To Player function and another Get Player Color function you can use unless you change them.

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

WaterKnight said:
You do not even need to store players, there is a Convert Player Index To Player function and another Get Player Color function you can use unless you change them.

Yes, you are correct. I made the triggers quickly and I forget about that. Thanks for notifying me.

Integra · Mar 20, 2012

What does he mean by that?

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

Integra said:
What does he mean by that?

You don't need to add the variable Player[x] to the triggers.

Its something like that

Init
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set i = 1
  - Set ColorString[i] = color red
  - Set Color[i] = Red
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color blue
  - Set Color[i] = Blue
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color teal
  - Set Color[i] = Teal
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color purple
  - Set Color[i] = Purple
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color yellow
  - Set Color[i] = Yellow
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color orange
  - Set Color[i] = Orange
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color green
  - Set Color[i] = Green
  - Set i = (i + 1)
  - Set ColorString[i] = color pink
  - Set Color[i] = Pink
  - -------- Add all the color, color string and players you need --------
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to i, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - For each (Integer B) from 1 to i, do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Trigger - Add to Change Color <gen> the event (Player - (Player((Integer A))) types a chat message containing ColorString[(Integer B)] as An exact match)

In the loop action I don't have to use a variable all I need to do is to click on the drop down list and select
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|Conversion - Convert Player Index To Player|
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WaterKnight · Mar 20, 2012

Initialization
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set ColorString[1] = red
  - Set ColorString[2] = blue
  - Set ColorString[3] = teal
  - Set ColorString[4] = purple
  - Set ColorString[5] = yellow
  - Set ColorString[6] = orange
  - Set ColorString[7] = green
  - Set ColorString[8] = pink
  - -------- Add all the color, color string and players you need --------
  - Set i = 8 or what the amount of players is
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to i, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set ColorString[(Integer A)] = (color + ColorString[(Integer A)])
      - For each (Integer B) from 1 to i, do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Trigger - Add to Change Color <gen> the event (Player - (Player((Integer B))) types a chat message containing ColorString[(Integer A)] as An exact match)

Change Color
- Events
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to i, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Entered chat string) Equal to ColorString[(Integer A)]
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by (Triggering player)) and do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Unit - Change color of (Picked unit) to (Color of (Player((Integer A))))
        
        Else - Actions

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

WaterKnight said:
Actions

For each (Integer A) from 1 to i, do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Entered chat string) Equal to ColorString[(Integer A)]

Then - Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by (Triggering player)) and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Change color of (Picked unit) to (Color of (Player((Integer A))))

Else - Actions

Why do you need to pick every unit, that will leak a group, don't you think ?

WaterKnight · Mar 20, 2012

Surely. This is what TC wanted, only the selected units shall change color, not the player or his/her other units. It does leak a group but it's marginally, the event is not frequent and GUI users do not get it anyway.

Starquizer · Mar 20, 2012

WaterKnight said:
Surely. This is what TC wanted, only the selected units shall change color, not the player or his/her other units. It does leak a group but it's marginally, the event is not frequent and GUI users do not get it anyway.

He want selected unit only, ok. I didn't notice that besides leaks can be easily removed in this case.

OK, thanks for the clarification.

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