[Trigger] Problems with equipment system

[KeverHop]

Hello there.
Im making an rpg map for my friends and i to play, but i've run into some problems with my shitty equip items triggers

I want the paladin to equip the paladin wep, but to only be able to have one equipped at a time. But because of my lack of knowledge in triggers he can hold as many as them as he wants.
Im hoping someone can help me

http://imgur.com/a/8g6du

 

[Nichilus]

Of course it's not going to work. This is your trigger in simple form:

Set x = 1
If
   (x != 1)
Then
   (do some actions)
Else
   (do something else)

So of course you won't get to the "Then" block, because just an action above the If/Then/Else you set x to be equal to 1.

The way these "item-types" are handled is usually through item level. For example all items with item-level 1 will be weapons. All items with item-level 2 will be Armor, etc.
So in your trigger, when unit acquires an item, you loop through each item slot and:
1) check if level of item in that slot is not equal to the level of the picked item, and
2) also if the item in a slot is not the acquired item itself.
If this passes, the unit does not carry any other item of same item-type (e.g. weapon).

The problem is that items can have only item levels from 0 to 8. What you can do though is to also use item classification (classification is Artifact, campaign, etc.) - there is a total of 7 classifications (well, in truth it can have 8, more on this below), so you can have a total of 63 different item-types. This way you can have items for a class/hero only - e.g. Paladin-only weapon. Such item could for example have item-level 5 and item-classification 'Power Up'.

So your trigger should look something like this:

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V A R I A B L E S
acquiring_unit = unit variable
acquired_item = item variable
acquired_item_level = integer variable
item_slot = integer variable

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Paladin
  • Actions
    • -------- Set triggering unit, acquired item and item level in variables for efficiency and easier-to-read code --------
    • Set acquiring_unit = (Triggering unit)
    • Set acquired_item = (Item being manipulated)
    • Set acquired_item_level = (Item level of acquired_item)
    • -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------
    • -------- Loop through each item slot of acquiring_unit --------
    • For each (Integer item_slot) from 1 to 6, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Item carried by acquiring_unit in slot item_slot) Not equal to acquired_item
            • (Item level of (Item carried by acquiring_unit in slot item_slot)) Equal to acquired_item_level
          • Then - Actions
            • -------- Acquiring_unit already carries a different item which is of same type as the acquired-item --------
            • -------- e.g. alredy carrying a weapon, so we force the unit to drop acquired item and end the loop --------
            • Hero - Drop acquired_item from acquiring_unit
            • Set item_slot = 7
          • Else - Actions

If you want to also use the "classification" idea I wrote above earlier, you could nest another ITE inside the first ITE like this:

• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • (Item carried by acquiring_unit in slot item_slot) Not equal to acquired_item
    • (Item level of (Item carried by acquiring_unit in slot item_slot)) Equal to acquired_item_level
  • Then - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Item-class of acquired_item) Equal to Powerup
        • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
          • Conditions
            • acquired_item_level Equal to 5
            • acquired_item_level Equal to 6
            • acquired_item_level Equal to 7
            • acquired_item_level Equal to 8
      • Then - Actions
        • -------- This is one of paladin-only item-types --------
      • Else - Actions
  • Else - Actions

As for the 8th classification - there is a classification called "Unknown". Basically when the classification of an item is not one of the standard 7 ones, then it is of classification "unknown". You can check if item-classification is "unknown" in triggers.

In object editor it's a bit harder to set unknown classification, because it only offers you the standard 7 classifications. To bypass this, select the item you want, hold down left SHIFT key and open the item-classification field. Now instead of list it will open as text box. Write in it anything you want - be it empty space " ", or "Custom", etc. - triggers will evaluate this item's classification as "unknown".
So theoretically you have 9 levels and 8 classifications, so 72 possible options. Do note though that I didn't do any extensive testing of this, so while it shouldn't break anything, one can never be sure it won't bug something.

 

[sluk]

This what i need aswell