Trigger for blight detection

[Sir.Laggalot]

Hello guys.

I'm creating a map where zombies are invading a normally peaceful area. I want blight to be a spawn zone for zombies, and I want there to be more zombies if there is more blight. My idea is to spawn a dummy every 2 seconds at a random point, then have the trigger check to see if that point contains blight. If it does, it'll create a zombie at that point, if it doesn't it won't do anything. Either way, the dummy would then be removed from the game.

I could probably do this without the dummy (just realized), but what I need help with is detecting the blight.

If anyone knows how to do this, please explain.

(If some one could tell me exactly how I can paste my trigger here, (as I've seen other people do), I'll show what I currently have.

 

[x3m]

In the trigger editor. Use copy as text on the trigger. In here, when you post. Use
[trig.ger]
Paste your trigger here.
[/trig.ger]
Just romove the dots from the trigger [ ]

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

• Zombie Spawn
  • Events
    • Time - Every 5.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Zombiespawn = (Random point in (Playable map area))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Zombie for Player 12 (Brown) at Zombcreate facing (Random angle) degrees
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Zombiespawn)
      • Else - Actions
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Zombiespawn)

 

[PurplePoot]

I don't know if there is a way to do this in GUI, but the Jass is IsPointBlighted(x,y)

Therefore, for your if-then, you would have:

• XXX
  • Actions
    • Custom script: if IsPointBlighted(GetRectCenterX(bj_mapInitialPlayableArea),GetRectCenterX(bj_mapInitialPlayableArea)) then
    • -------- your Then actions here --------
    • -------- Skip to endif if you don't need Else actions --------
    • Custom script: else
    • -------- your Else actions here --------
    • Custom script: endif

PS to Jassers: Yes, GetRectCenterX/Y are BJs, but the native way would be too unintelligible for an example, and heck, it's GUI.

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

Thank you PurplePoot, if possible, could you give me a custom script I can drop into my conditions. I hope to learn Jass at some point, but right now I don't trust myself with it.

 

[PurplePoot]

You can't possibly put Custom Script in your conditions in GUI.

You could just wrap your entire Actions block in that if-then though.

In all honesty, though, it's ideal if you don't know much GUI to convert to Jass now if you feel you ever will want to. Using GUI brings a lot of bad habits you end up having to unlearn.

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

Ok here it is, basically, blight is a dummy who has 1 hp and -1000 hp regen only while on blight.

The trigger checks if the unit is still alive after .25 seconds, if it is, then it removes the unit and does nothing

• Zombie Kill
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 blight for Player 12 (Brown) at somewhere facing Default building facing degrees
    • Wait 0.25 seconds
    • Set blightlife = (Number of units in (Units owned by Player 12 (Brown) of type blight))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • blightlife Equal to 1
      • Then - Actions
        • Do your stuff
      • Else - Actions
        • Unit - Remove (Last created unit) from the game
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_"Your location")

I think this should work.

 

[Huurka]

• Zombie
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Blight = (Terrain type at (Center of (Playable map area)))
    • Set TempLoc = (Random point in (Playable map area))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Terrain type at TempLoc) Equal to Blight
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Zombie for Player 1 (Red) at TempLoc facing (Random angle) degrees
        • Animation - Play (Last created unit)'s birth animation
      • Else - Actions

This leaks. Make sure the middle point of the map is blight or create a zone in the corner with blight and assign a variable there.

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

Thank you a lot Huurka.

 

[Sir.Laggalot]

I can't find a way to with editing...

Hopefully a mod will come by and fix it



EDIT: btw, Huurka's idea works perfectly. I made a small section in the corner of the map sealed off (boundary and sight blockers) I stuck a chunk of blighted land there and dropped a region there to reference. 3 of my 6 zombie's triggers are now active thanks to you. +Rep like wow.