[General] Smithing / Crafting or whatever you call it :3

[darkzxx]

So i was making a feature for my rpg again and this time it is smithing / crafting as shown below \/\/\/

Smithing Area

now the problem is that the icons are destructibles and i cannot make the game detect player selecting the destructible.....is there any way to go around this or do i have to make the icon models a unit??

 

[gorillabull]

you actually have to put a unit model under each destructable, and when this unit type is selected you pick every destructable around it in close range and do actions

 

[darkzxx]

i already know that method, but i am looking for a way to do this without using units......

Edit : anyone knows how :3?

 

[ap0calypse]

You can do it with trackables.
They're objects that can detect when a mouse is hovered over them or when a mouse click-event happens on that object.
It's a JASS-only method, but it's actually not too hard to set them up.

I have to go now, but I can fill you in on the details later (if nobody else does).

 

[TwoVenomous]

This is a demo map of trackables.

 

[Spartipilo]

You can also bind a Unit to a Destructible with a Hashtable or Array

 

[darkzxx]

i really don't understand jass, nvm i will do it by putting units below those icon models >.<
+rep for everyone :3
Edit : can't rep >.<
anyways i got another problem which is that i want that when the furnace uses a skill, move camera for player to the icon area as shown in http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...crafting-whatever-you-call-3-part-2-a-223908/... how do i do this :C?

 

[ap0calypse]

• Begin Crafting
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
  • Actions
    • Camera - Apply Camera 001 <gen> for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) over 0.00 seconds
    • Camera - Lock camera target for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) to camDummy, offset by (0.00, 0.00) using Default rotation

The variable "camDummy" is a unit variable set up at map initialization, like this:

• Set tempLoc = (Target of Camera 001 <gen>)
• Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red) at tempLoc facing Default building facing degrees
• Set camDummy = (Last created unit)
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_tempLoc )

(It's so players can't move their screen around anymore, I prefer a global dummy for this instead of having to create/remove one constantly).

 

[TwoVenomous]

@ap0calypse

i have a question, how do we make the camera unscrollable ?
i did something like that but the result screwed when i scroll the mouse.

before scrolled

After scrolled

 

[darkzxx]

nonononono, like i said, i do not want the hero to cast the ability, i want the player to click the furnace and the furnace uses the ability...

heres a picture book :3

Smithing 1 to 3

Firstly, the unit.

smithing 1

Secondly, the unit clicks the furnace and clicks the furnace ability "smithing"

smithing 2

Thirdly, show the unit the area
[hidden="smithing 3"
]

[/HIDDEN]

how do i do that for multiplayers :3? help please

 

[Blazing_Legion]

trackables can be done in gui you just have to register the hit or track event with custom script

 

[darkzxx]

yeah.. but i prefer using units even though it takes more time but since its easier ;3

 

[darkzxx]

bump :3

 

[ap0calypse]

@ap0calypse

i have a question, how do we make the camera unscrollable ?
i did something like that but the result screwed when i scroll the mouse.

Making the camera unscrollable isn't possible. The best thing you can do is periodically (every .03 seconds or so) reset the camera angle.

nonononono, like i said, i do not want the hero to cast the ability, i want the player to click the furnace and the furnace uses the ability...

You can make the furnace a shop that sells a dummy tome (which will be the "Craft"-icon).
When the tome is sold, move the buying player to the crafting menu.

• Crafting
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Sells an item (from shop)
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Sold Item)) Equal to Craft Menu
  • Actions
    • Item - Remove (Sold Item)
    • Camera - Apply Camera 001 <gen> for (Owner of (Buying unit)) over 0.00 seconds

Something like that.

 

[darkzxx]

i got another problem... i cannot place a dummy unit under the black tile "outland abyss" :C

 

[ap0calypse]

Make it a flying unit

 

[darkzxx]

how do i make the unit invisible but can be clicked o.o i made everything correctly ( i think ) but it does not work :C

 

[ap0calypse]

• Animation - Change Unit's vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 100.00% transparency

In the past, I had this useful dummy-unit (which is just an invisible model with useful attachment points), but I lost that :/