[Need Info] Revival and waypoint-like system with data?

[MantisHair]

Certain parts of this I know or think I know how to do.
-Waypoint teleport (fast-travel method)
-Waypoints give a small, permanent vision radius once found

What I don't know is how to make a system where one waypoint at a time is selected as a revival point (checkpoints basically). The revive ability was built from a tutorial which works just fine, but didn't explain how to make it automatic at a certain location. For example, the way the zerg heroes in the Swarm campaign revive automatically at your base.

Obviously I could just use triggers (seen that before), but I want to build it with data.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Might be easiest to do it with triggers.

For data you would need to give the last activated waypoint a buff. Then when looking where to revive you search for the waypoint with the buff. When another waypoint is activated then remove the buff from the old one and add the buff to the new one. Not sure how one would do multiple player support with each having different waypoints.

 

[MantisHair]

Don't worry about multiplayer, it's a solo map. I'm having more problems than expected. Haven't even started building the teleport, it might turn out to be the easiest part. Even the permanent vision thing is somehow broken. It's kind of a permanent version of the Xel'Naga tower ability, where having a unit near it makes it give vision. I can't replicate it properly, and can't make an actual dupe of it stay permanent.

 

[Dr Super Good]

The one effect can be used to create vision. It is used by Scanner Sweep of the Orbital Command. Extending such mechanics to be permanent might work.

There is also a trigger action to reveal parts of the map.

 

[MantisHair]

Before I commit to making a whole other setup for the vision thing, can someone do some experimenting with a buff that has the Reveal and Share vision flags set? Those do exactly what they sound like, revealing the buff holder to all players and sharing the unit's vision to all players (at least, according to the wiki). For some reason, something I missed, it's not doing that. Does it not work on neutral units? Maybe there's something to the reveal unit data field, on the buff?

Revive is still broken. Works now, really derpy reason for it being broken (Death Time on hero was still zero). Haven't started making the teleport yet.