Select a unit Event

[Saif]

How can I trigger the actions only if a specific unit is selected.

I cant see any conditions which uses Selected Unit is equal to Value.

Thanks in advanced to anyone who will help

 

[Magtheridon96]

There's no Selected unit, so you have to use Triggering unit instead.

 

[Saif]

I tried to do Triggering unit and it does not work :\

I think the problem is the unit I am trying to select has locust =.=
but that unit is a hero and I was thinking pressing F2 would trigger the select unit event.
Does it ?

here is a sample

• Health Show Player One
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Heart[1] is selected by Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set Player[1] = (Player group(Player 1 (Red)))
        • Game - Display to Player[1] the text: (String((Life of (Triggering unit))))
        • Custom script: call DestroyForce(udg_Player[1])
      • Else - Actions

 

[Magtheridon96]

Oh! There's your problem.

The selection event runs before the unit is actually selected in-game.

Just add a small delay at the beginning of the trigger:

Wait

• Wait 0.1 seconds

 

[Saif]

I tried adding the delay and it still does not work :/

 

[Magtheridon96]

Try using 0.2 seconds.

edit

Your trigger should look like this:

• Health Show Player One
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 0.20 seconds
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Heart[1] is selected by Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set Player[1] = (Player group(Player 1 (Red)))
        • Game - Display to Player[1] the text: (String((Life of (Triggering unit))))
        • Custom script: call DestroyForce(udg_Player[1])
      • Else - Actions

edit

You know what, if you want the unit selected, you could always use custom scripts and set a unit variable to GetSelectedUnit()

 

[Saif]

I Tried 0.2 and 1 second and it still does not work. xD
Maybe I will come up with another solution on this. thanks for giving attention to the thread. +rep when able

EDIT:
Wait, I think the variable might not be set. I shall check.

 

[Magtheridon96]

In-case you didn't notice the edit:

You know what, if you want the unit selected, you could always use custom scripts and set a unit variable to GetSelectedUnit()

=D

 

[Saif]

how can I check if the selected unit is the specific unit ?

 

[Magtheridon96]

Trigger

• Custom script: set udg_TempUnit = GetSelectedUnit()
• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • Heart[1] Equal to TempUnit
  • Then - Actions
  • Else - Actions

 

[Saif]

Thanks for the help. Credits shall be given

EDIT:
The custom script does not work. xD

 

[Maker]

You propably don't have TempUnit variable created.

 

[Saif]

I have the temp Unit variable, I tried the script with another variable and it is still invalid.

does get selected unit work ?

 

[WaterKnight]

How does everyone ignore that the unit/hero was said to have locust. No, you cannot select locusts or trigger the event.

 

[Cokemonkey11]

How does everyone ignore that the unit/hero was said to have locust. No, you cannot select locusts or trigger the event.

Yep, this is right.

Saif, what exactly do you want to happen with this trigger? Human players can not "select" units with the locust ability and therefor this trigger would never run.

I think we're missing something with what you're trying to do.

 

[Saif]

I have the heroes health and mana with a different role.
I made the health as something like an energy and mana as hunger.

So I tried to make a separate unit (hero) which will be taking the role of health.
The only this is the unit should not be seeable and clickable.
And when I try to select the unit, it shows how many life points is remaining.

I thought of showing the lifepoints through multiboard but I think selecting the unit would be better.

 

[Cokemonkey11]

You can't select a unit with locust. Furthermore, a unit with locust will not display a health bar.

I don't understand why you need a dummy unit to display health. Your actual hero can have its health set by a trigger, too.

 

[Saif]

Anyway, I shall find of another solution to solve this problem. thanks for helping and giving me more information. +rep to everyone that helped