Random hero unit to pick

[NeosDany]

Hi there, I need your help to make my "flag unit" have between three heroes to choose from, I've already stored each hero with integers, Heros[1] = Warden, Heros[2] = King, and so on. I don't want two players to have the option to choose the same hero, if a hero is available to be chosen for a player, others cannot have the same hero in the flag to be chosen. Can you help me? thanks in advance.

 

[IcemanBo]

Init

Set Hero[1] = Hero1 Set Hero[2] = Hero2 Set Hero[3] = Hero3 Set MaxIndex = 3

Pick

Set Index = (RandomInteger from 1 to MaxIndex) Unit - Create Hero[Index] for Player Set Hero[Index] = Hero[MaxIndex] Set MaxIndex = MaxIndex - 1

Note that this will work only once because it will modify the default list.
If you want to use it multiple times some help variables can be used.

 

[NeosDany]

Init

Set Hero[1] = Hero1 Set Hero[2] = Hero2 Set Hero[3] = Hero3 Set MaxIndex = 3

Pick

Set Index = (RandomInteger from 1 to MaxIndex) Unit - Create Hero[Index] for Player Set Hero[Index] = Hero[MaxIndex] Set MaxIndex = MaxIndex - 1

Note that this will work only once because it will modify the default list.
If you want to use it multiple times some help variables can be used.

I'm trying to do what you suggested me with a few extra things, for instance, I have now my Heroes var renamed to HeroesStrength, other with HeroesAgility and other with HeroesIntelligence, extra integers too, HeroesStrengthInteger, HeroesAgilityInteger, HeroesIntelligenceInteger, Instead of your "Index" I'm using "TempInteger", it works, now instead of creating the unit I'm adding it to the flag via add unit to stock to last created unit, flag is in a loop and it is created for every player, so I think it works, to further test it I need to create enough heroes, but thanks for your help in advance.

 

[NeosDany]

Init

Set Hero[1] = Hero1 Set Hero[2] = Hero2 Set Hero[3] = Hero3 Set MaxIndex = 3

Pick

Set Index = (RandomInteger from 1 to MaxIndex) Unit - Create Hero[Index] for Player Set Hero[Index] = Hero[MaxIndex] Set MaxIndex = MaxIndex - 1

Note that this will work only once because it will modify the default list.
If you want to use it multiple times some help variables can be used.

Your system works but, I've seen players who had the possibility to pick the same hero other player had, although I don't have enough heroes to draft for 10 players, but I thought that when all the heroes are set to each player, if the pool becomes zero, the rest of the players wouldn't get the option to pick any hero at all. What can I do?

 

[WereElf]

Your system works but, I've seen players who had the possibility to pick the same hero other player had, although I don't have enough heroes to draft for 10 players, but I thought that when all the heroes are set to each player, if the pool becomes zero, the rest of the players wouldn't get the option to pick any hero at all. What can I do?

Well, it should work if you have enough heroes for each player.
But no... when you are out of heroes - your random number will be from 1 to 0 and will always be 1, so the rest of the players will be getting the hero who has been randomed last.

You could add a condition to the trigger "MaxIndex greater than or equal to 1" if you don't want the rest of the players to get heroes who have already been picked.

 

[Acutesharpness]

It is a memory allocation game, you need the standard hero memory pool for unit type. Secondly when you random, scroll through all existing hero already picked and exclude them in the selection. Next, randomize this pool and pick the hero for the player. You don't have to worry about duplicated because it was handled at the excluding process.

 

[Dr Super Good]

It is a memory allocation game, you need the standard hero memory pool for unit type. Secondly when you random, scroll through all existing hero already picked and exclude them in the selection. Next, randomize this pool and pick the hero for the player. You don't have to worry about duplicated because it was handled at the excluding process.

Or more efficiently you remove selections from the list of possible selections after a selection is made. This is what IcemanBo gave. Filtering a collection like that usually has the time complexity of O(n) where n is the number of elements in the collection. Although trivial in this application, doing so for a bigger list or doing it often might become a problem.

That said the filter could do more functionality such as removing hero categories instead of individual hero types.