Unit Ping

[meeio87]

okay basically i need a trigger that will ping all units of a type lets say grunt. when a player says -grunt or something like that it will ping all the grunts. how do i do this i know you go into Cinematic but i don't know how to do it from there

 

[QueloR]

Not all to sure about this... But I'm guessing somewhat like this(May contain leaks!).

• Ping
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing <Empty String> as A substring
  • Conditions
    • (Substring((Entered chat string), 1, 1)) Equal to -
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units of type (Unit-type((Substring((Entered chat string), 2, (Length of (Entered chat string))))))) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Cinematic - Ping minimap for (Player group((Triggering player))) at (Position of (Picked unit)) for 1.00 seconds

 

[Amigurumi]

Do it like QueloR, but leakless

• Ping
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -grunt as an exact match
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • set TempGroup = Units of type (Grunt)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • set TempPoint = Position of (Picked Unit)
        • set TempForce = Playergroup(Triggering player)
        • Cinematic - Ping minimap for TempForce at TempPoint for 1.00 seconds
        • call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)
        • call DestroyForce(udg_TempForce)
    • call DestroyGroup(udg_TempGroup)

//Edit: TempGroup = Group variable
TempPoint = Point variable
TempForce = Playergroup variable

 

[Eleandor]

set TempForce = Playergroup(Triggering player)
call DestroyForce(udg_TempForce)

could be moved outside the group event, since it's independant of the picked unit.

 

[meeio87]

ok thanks for the help but lets say i wanted to do it for both grunts and footmen, i just need the actions i got to events ok

 

[QueloR]

The one I posted works for all types.

 

[Lord_BoNes]

One problem I foresee with the above trigger is that it doesn't check to see if the units are owned by the correct player, it would ping any grunt, even under the fog-of-war. You need to use:

• set TempGroup = Units Owned by player (player 1) of type (Grunt)

I hope this helps you figure it out

EDIT:
To add footmen, just use "Owned by player matching condition". Put an "AND" in there. In the first blank space, do a unit-type comparison and put in matching unit equal to grunt... for the second blank space, do matching unit equal to footman.

 

[L33T-ViV]

Where i find the " Loop - Actions " ?

 

[QueloR]

The:

• Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)

Is the one making the loop in this case

 

[Amigurumi]

every action, that picks more than one unit/destructable, has a loop. you don't have to add it manually.
also For each integer has a loop.

• Actions
  • For each Integer (A) - do Actions
    • Loop - Actions
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit (Owned by (Player 1 (Red))) and do Actions
    • Loop - Actions
• ...

I did this without the we, but I think you get it

 

[L33T-ViV]

k thx