[Trigger] Spawns

[NeJiIjEn]

Im a little bit confused on Monster Spawning in TDS. I wanted to do the first lvl first, then wait awhile when the monsters are all killed, then the second level. Or i can just do this:
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TRIGGER 1
Events
Time - Elapsed game time is 30 seconds
Conditions
none
Actions
Unit- Create # of (unit) for Player (#) at (region) blah blahblah..
Trigger- Turn off this trigger
Trigger- Turn on (next monster spawn trigger)
And so on and so on.
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Do i do that? The line is just to seperate this from the trigger.

 

[rulerofiron99]

InitializationTrigger
Events:
-Map Init
Conditions:
-None
Actions:
-Set creepUnit[1] = Peasant
-Set creepUnit[2] = Peon
(etc, the number in the [array] brackets being the wave number and the unit type being the unit for that round)


SpawnTrigger
Events:
-Time - Periodic - Every 30 Seconds
Conditions:
-None
Actions:
-Unit - Create # (creepUnit[waveInt]) for Neutral Hostile at SpawnPoint1
-Set waveInt = waveInt + 1
blah blah blah


Notes of varaibles:
creepUnit[] is an array unit type varaible.
waveInt is an integer that holds the wave number.


there are of course better ways to do this, so just ask

 

[NeJiIjEn]

oh i see. thanks! Any one wanna help me make a TFT TD map? i got some of it done. =). Reply and/or private message me if u want. But umm instead of creapUnit[blah], do i put playerUnit[blah]? Or its just the same.

 

[rulerofiron99]

i think that creepUnit or creepType would be better, as players have nothing to do with it...

and what type of td map do you have in mind? maze/maul/path/hybrid?

 

[NeJiIjEn]

Its a clan map. My clan leader wants me to make a clan map. heh too bad its for TFT players. I just need to get the spawns working right. But why Periodic time? I was ganna use timer but periodic is fine but im not ganna let it repeat over and over. Unless when the units die the level increases?

 

[rulerofiron99]

just turn the trigger on or off when you want to.

u can use leaderboards or multiboards to make a really cool timer too.

if you want the spawns to come immediately as the round is finished, use this trigger rather:

Events:
Elapsed time is 30 Seconds
Conditions:
None
Actions:
Unit - create blah blah
waveInt++
unit group - add last created unit group to creepGroup
Wait for condition : (all units of (creepGroup) is dead equal to true)
Trigger - Run this trigger

 

[NeJiIjEn]

Multiboards = im confused.

 

[brad.dude03]

The best way is either to periodically time it or to create it so that the timer to the next wave begins when your baddies food use= zero. The latter is what most people use for Td's/Mauls.

 

[Shados]

Fuck food use, just check when there's none of the monter's team left on the map, or add the amount that spawns into a variable, lower it by 1 each time one of the monsters is killed, and then have a periodic event to check when that variable hits 0.

-*meow*

 

[brad.dude03]

Or you could do it shados way....

 

[Hemlock]

P.S don't be confused about multiboards, just read this

 

[operator]

Problem solved. Thread closed

~Operator