"triggering unit"

[Bribe]

I'm looking to save time hunting/pecking for the call functions on my triggers. I remember once seeing a list of what each event registers as the "triggering unit" but I've long lost track of that. Basically events like "unit is attacked" and "unit spawns a summon" confuse the crap out of me because I just can't figure out which one is the triggering unit.

Can someone please help? + Rep for being awesome!

 

[Berb]

Well the "triggering" unit is always the unit that triggers the event. For example, in a "Unit is attacked" even, the unit that is being attacked will be the triggering unit. If you have "Unit spawns a summon" its the unit that spawns the summon, not the summon.

Unit is attacked

Unit that is attacked​

Unit spawns a summon

Unit that spawns the summon​

Unit finishes training a unit

Unit that trained the other unit​

It pretty much always follows the same logic.

 

[Bribe]

That "pretty much always" doesn't apply to the "unit spawns a summon".

I tried testing what you said and in my "spawn summon" trigger I tell it to kill the triggering unit and keep wondering why the summon keeps dying. So I then told it to kill the summoning unit directly, which is what I want, it works, but defies the logic of your post. Also the trigger fires based off of the summon's stats, and I swapped "triggering unit" with "summoned unit" and received the exact same results.

It doesn't make sense.

I'd really like to see that list, I just can't find it anywhere...

 

[Berb]

You're right. I'm sorry I honestly thought that they all followed the exact same logic I don't really use summoning abilities much, and rarely do I use certain events. My apologies.

Oh, I see why I thought it followed the same logic. In JASS the events are labeled a little differently, and it sounds more appropriate for example "Unit starts construction". In JASS the constant for this event is EVENT_UNIT_CONSTRUCTION_START. This means when a unit is at the beginning of its construction, rather than the unit "constructing" it. For your example of "Unit spawns a summoned unit", the JASS translation is EVENT_UNIT_SUMMONED and refers to a unit under the effects of being summoned rather than the unit doing the summoning. It is a little hazy but if you Convert to Custom Text you'll be able to see what I mean more.

I could make a list for you right now if you wanted. If you convert it to Custom Text and read the constants in capital letters like I used above and it will become a lot more clear. Once you convert a trigger to custom text, you can press Ctrl+Z to return it back to the GUI format. I recommend just converting it to text, checking the constant, then pressing Ctrl+Z so that there is no interruptions. It saves your the hassle of occasionally not being able to convert it back to GUI caused by various interruptions.

 

[ALiEN95]

use game text - name of triggering unit -.-

 

[Bribe]

use game text - name of triggering unit -.-

Please don't belittle my request I've only been doing maps for a few months. You are not a particularly nice person.

 

[ALiEN95]

Please don't belittle my request I've only been doing maps for a few months. You are not a particularly nice person.

sorry xD ?