Unit Build Orders?

[Billy the Cat]

For my map I need a trigger that if a structure trains a unit, the structure is automatically ordered to train a new unit of the same type.

The only thing I can find in the Editor are Unit-specific build orders and I need to make this trigger work for multiple unit types.

The solutions I could think of are:
Making a new action for each single unit-type in my map;
Putting each unit-type and order in Array Variables and then working out something with a For each Integer kind of trigger.

Wouldn't there be an easier, more efficient way to just give a new build order? Preferably without the need to make a Custom build order for each unit (which I don't know how to do yet).

 

[Element of Water]

There must be some way of converting from unit type to build order. Mind you, wc3 lacked something like that, so I guess they didn't think to put it in sc2 either D:

 

[Billy the Cat]

There must be some way of converting from unit type to build order. Mind you, wc3 lacked something like that, so I guess they didn't think to put it in sc2 either D:

Something like this would work in Warcraft III:

• Train Unit
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes training a unit
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to train/upgrade to a (Unit-type of (Trained unit))

This would make it a bit more complicated:

• Train Unit
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes training a unit
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of (Trained unit)) Equal to trainUnitType[(Integer A)]
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to train/upgrade to a trainUnitType[(Integer A)]
          • Else - Actions

The only orders I see in Starcraft II though are unit-specific. In that case I would have to make a custom build order for each specific unit, put them in an array and then trigger it like I did in my second example... kinda inefficient if you ask me.

This is my inefficient way which would require a custom build order for each single unit in my map:

Haven't checked if it works yet though.




Edit: Saving gives me an error on my Initialization for

gv_orderBuildUnit[1] = Order(AbilityCommand("BarracksTrain", 0));

"Implicit cast not allowed"

 

[Element of Water]

I guess you chose the wrong type for gv_orderBuildUnit?

 

[Billy the Cat]

I guess you chose the wrong type for gv_orderBuildUnit?

What would be the right type?

 

[Element of Water]

I just tried and type Order seems to work. Let me experiment with some custom script for a bit...