Very noobish triggeriring help... or variables if you prefer

Very noobish triggeriring help... or variables if you prefer

Is there any other way, in an AOS map, to have units attack move on a set path (that twists and turns, i set multiple regions so the units don't hug the inside of the path and make it look ugly), without using so many triggers? As in, I mean copying the "attack move" to region trigger and copying and pasting it alot.

I here you can do this with variables. Is this true?

Thanks guys

since no one has answered yet and your post has been up for almost an entire day i suppose i should tell you that no, i don't think there is any way to get around this. it's annoying and mind-numbing work to create pathing AIs but in order to make a good map you'll have a lot of such mind-numbing work to do alongside the really creative and rewarding stuff.

its easy, make triggers like this:

events: unit enters 'rect I'
conditions: unit is owned by player X (player comparison)
actions: unit - order triggering unit to move to 'rect II'

events: unit enters 'rect II'
etc
etc
etc

lol that's exactly what he wants to avoid.

its the only way, else they will move the fastest way (always the same path)

Oh, ok. I don't mind making the triggers, it's just when playing a new game a friend made. (it was kind of like tech wars) he said he made the unit movement with variables, so I was wondering how to do that, and possibly avoid the lag.

Thanks for the help tho guys

yea u can use variables if u want, but u dont need em xD
in techwars like games, u have triggers like

events: unit is finished training (or sumthing)
actions: order last trained unit to attack 'enemy base'

There is a way to use less triggers. It involves region arrays.

I don't have access to the editor at the moment so I'll just give you a basic idea for now. I'm in the process of moving, so give me a few days and I can give you a real example of what I'm trying to say.

But for now, here's a blind attempt:

This is assuming there is only 1 path.

You create your array, rgnPath, for example. Set it to a X (where X is the number of regions in the pathing) value array.

Then you make a simple trigger to declare the variables in your array.

Map Initialization

Set rgnPath(1) = Out of Spawn Region
Set rgnPath(2) = First turn Region
Set rgnPath(3) = Second turn Region
Set rgnPath(4) = End Zone Region
Etc.

Note: I have no idea how your pathing is laid out, this is just a crude example I came up with on the spot.

With your Array now declared you can make your trigger.

It would be something like this:

Whenever a unit owned by Player Y(Owner of the creeps) enters rgnPath(1)
Whenever a unit owned by Player Y(Owner of the creeps) enters rgnPath(2)
Whenever a unit owned by Player Y(Owner of the creeps) enters rgnPath(3)
Whenever a unit owned by Player Y(Owner of the creeps) enters rgnPath(4)
etc.

For Integer A = 1 to X (X is the number of regions in your array)
And this is where my lack of World Edit shines through.

If *Region unit is in* = A Then
Unit - Order triggering unit to AttackMove to rgnPath(A + 1)



And that's pretty much it. Basically what this does is:
The For statement loops through each region in the arrya to compare it to where the unit is, this allows you to determine where the unit is; rgnPath(A), therefore where to tell it to go from here. You want it to goto the next region in the array so you order it to move to A + 1. Easy, right?

the array size does nothing whatsoever, just so u know ^^

this is what it will say in the map script, nomatter what you put for the size

global (type) array (name)

Thanks for all your help guys. I suck at variables, but I'll spend a weekend trying to get this all organized and stuff.

Look for my map (the very first one I plan to finish 100%) Siege Of The Undercity.

Thanks again for your help

the array size does nothing whatsoever, just so u know ^^

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7291/untitled1dn9.png
^--------------- sets array elements to default values

It may be nothing with integers, but adding units to null groups might cause troubles.

what i MEANT ( maybe not clear enuff ) was that an Array defined in the Globals ( GUI ) variable editor takes a size. Unlike most programming languages, the map just ignores the size that you put in, and i was pointing that out

try opening a war3map.j with a global array in it sometime x.x

try opening a war3map.j with a global array in it and taking a look at InitGlobals function sometime x.x

yeah. right. it stores the size. right. thats why you can store 12 values easily in an array of size 2?

did i say something about being unable to store 12 values easily in an array of size 2?
(i didn't, i was referring to initial values)