[Trigger] Position

[U.A.MEDIC]

i have a trigger im trying to figure out i want it so that every time i type
-position
it pings the position of your team

 

[Eccho]

ewhm... position of your team?

Do you mean base/starting location/hero/you name it?

 

[U.A.MEDIC]

i mean the hero so that if you type
-position
it pings the location of the hero

 

[Eccho]

Well there are 3 types of pings. But chose which one you need yourself
you can find it under cinematic actions:

• Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at (Center of (Playable map area)) for 5.00 seconds, using a Flashy ping of color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%)

When using it in your trigger simply do something like this:

• Event:
• player types a message -position
• Conditions:
• Actions:
• set temppoint = position of "your hero"
• Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at temppoint for <5.00> seconds, using a <Flashy> ping of color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%)
• custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_temppoint)
• custom script: set temppoint = null

 

[U.A.MEDIC]

did you use variables plz explain more I'm still pretty new at map making

 

[Squiggy]

a point variable -> temppoint

but i doubt the nulling is needed..

 

[HamzahA]

the custom scripts is to remove leaks, which makes the game lags.
same with the variable.
and is said, you can use the Ping Minimap actions.

 

[spiwn]

but i doubt the nulling is needed..

Yes, it is not needed.
The location is removed, ok but temppoint is a global, so there is no need to null it.

 

[Huurka]

This system is easy as pie, will edit later with full triggers.

• Ping
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -position as An exact match
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Hero_Location = (Position of Blood Mage 0000 <gen>)
    • Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at Hero_Location for 2.00 seconds, using a Simple ping of color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%)
    • Set Hero_Location = (Position of Blood Mage 0001 <gen>)
    • Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at Hero_Location for 2.00 seconds, using a Simple ping of color (0.00%, 0.00%, 100.00%)
    • Set Hero_Location = (Position of Blood Mage 0002 <gen>)
    • Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at Hero_Location for 2.00 seconds, using a Simple ping of color (0.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Hero_Location)

 

[GhostWolf]

This system is easy as pie, will edit later with full triggers.

• Ping
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -position as An exact match
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Hero_Location = (Position of Blood Mage 0000 <gen>)
    • Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at Hero_Location for 2.00 seconds, using a Simple ping of color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%)
    • Set Hero_Location = (Position of Blood Mage 0001 <gen>)
    • Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at Hero_Location for 2.00 seconds, using a Simple ping of color (0.00%, 0.00%, 100.00%)
    • Set Hero_Location = (Position of Blood Mage 0002 <gen>)
    • Cinematic - Ping minimap for (All players) at Hero_Location for 2.00 seconds, using a Simple ping of color (0.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Hero_Location)

Beside the fact that you leak two points, no need to repeat what others said already.

 

[Huurka]

Beside the fact that you leak two points, no need to repeat what others said already.

Since It's the same variable, it wont leak, right?

 

[spiwn]

You have gotten things wrong.
When you use Position of Blood Mage 0000 <gen> a location is created you have to remove that location each time it is created.

 

[Huurka]

Crap, thanks for pointing it out.

 

[GhostWolf]

Since It's the same variable, it wont leak, right?

I explain this at about every thread here and you people still don't get it D:

When declare a value to a point, group, sfx, etc, it creates an OBJECT of that value.
If you declare it with a variable, that variable only points to that object. Therefor, you created 3 location objects (which are structs holding three floats/integers (x,y,z) if it means anything to you) and yet you removed only the last one.

 

[Huurka]

Yeah, i got it now, thanks.