[General] Start Location

[Blightsower]

Is it possible to change a player's location via trigger? I cannot seem to find the right method to do so. is it possible in jass?

 

[Gismo359]

I do not know if it is possible, but wouldnt it be enough to store the new location in a variable, and then use the variable instead?

 

[Chaosy]

It is possible.

• Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red) at (Player 1 (Red) start location) facing Default building facing degrees

 

[Blightsower]

@Gismo359 - i guess so... lol im lazy.

@Chaosy - not that one. im trying to change the start location itself.

I guess its not possible to change the start location. thanks so much for looking into this.

 

[The_Silent]

Any of the following lines of jass code may do. Haven't tested them, but sounds good.

native DefineStartLocation takes integer whichStartLoc, real x, real y returns nothing
native DefineStartLocationLoc takes integer whichStartLoc, location whichLocation returns nothing
native ForcePlayerStartLocation takes player whichPlayer, integer startLocIndex returns nothing

In case you're unfamiliar to jass, just use them like this:

• Actions
  • Custom script: DefineStartLocationLoc(playernumber, location)

Here is all the native jass functions i could find related to start locations:

 

[Blightsower]

Cool! thanks so much. btw i have another question if i change the start location in the map initialization event will this be applied on the camera of the player with changed start location as it normally would when u just drop the start location? or should i use a different event?

 

[The_Silent]

No idea, as I said, I haven't tested this at all. In worst case you can just move the player camera there instantly.

 

[Chaosy]

I would move the camera to be sure. Not really a huge issue even if it's not needed.

 

[Blightsower]

ya that would be an alternative. thank you for your help!

Edit: Ya I was hoping to do it lazily by changing the start location via trigger then when the game starts the camera would be in a different location and other action runs soon after.