WTF? Every single trigger just stopped running.

[FIRETRUCK]

Hello. I just made some adjustments to my map and ran it to test the changes, and suddenly not a single trigger worked. They dont even run... I've tried with a simple Map Initialization - Display Text "SFSFAS" To all Players... No conditions, no nothing. Doesnt work. The triggers just dont run. Has this happened to anybody else? How do I fix it?

 

[GenoHacker]

Have you tried creating a new map and doing the game message thing?

Are your triggers enabled?
Do you have initially on unchecked?

Have you tried removing the adjustments, if they were trigger related, to see if that works?

 

[FIRETRUCK]

Have you tried creating a new map and doing the game message thing?

Are your triggers enabled?
Do you have initially on unchecked?

Have you tried removing the adjustments, if they were trigger related, to see if that works?

yes, triggers on new maps work.

triggers are enabled, yes
yep, triggers initially on are checked
the adjustments were data-related if i recall correctly... :S

thanks for the reply

 

[FIRETRUCK]

I fixed it. I had set a few variable arrays to 8192, and I think it may have bugged the Unit Indexer I'm using.

 

[KILLCIDE]

You should only be using 0-8191, which totals 8192. Why are you even using variables that high? Most people advise to not even use 8191.

 

[GenoHacker]

To add to killcides post, you dont actually have to set the array to anything but 1, as triggers that use that variable array will automatically create additional arrays.

 

[ZiBitheWand3r3r]

array sizes: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/world-editor-help-zone-98/variable-sizes-274375/#post2774079

anyway by setting few variables to 8k you probably reach op limit

 

[NightSkyAurora]

When you create Int/real/point/ect... arrays, the compiler will automatically give it the full index size so you don't have to specify array size. However thats not the case with unit group arrays. If you set group size to 4 then units can't be added to group[7]. Setting group array size to 8k can cause your triggers to fail.

You can create group arrays on the go:

• Custom script: set udg_someGroup[7] = CreateGroup()

You only need to give someGroup[ ] 1 index size then use the function above. units can now be added to group[7]

 

[FIRETRUCK]

Wow, thanks for all the replies guys, I didn't know that stuff Thanks!

 

[Dejavwho]

I fixed it. I had set a few variable arrays to 8192, and I think it may have bugged the Unit Indexer I'm using.

Thanks for posting how.
Still useful in 2023!

 

[Uncle]

Thanks for posting how.
Still useful in 2023!

Unit Groups, Player Groups, and Timer arrays all need to be initialized manually. This can be done using their create functions:

• Custom script: set udg_UnitGroupArray[1] = CreateGroup()
• Custom script: set udg_PlayerGroupArray[1] = CreateForce()
• Custom script: set udg_TimerArray[1] = CreateTimer()

OR, you can set their array Size inside of the Variable Editor to create them automatically, but that's often overkill since you won't always be using all of them.

Note that the Size limit increased to 32,768 in patch 1.31.