Victory/defeat seem to happen randomly

04-17-2009, 09:27 PM

My map is almost a typical melee map but at the end of 15 minutes all players are transported to an area where a fight to the death occurs. Each time a unit dies a variable and leader board that count the units for a player is updated for that player. When that variable hits 0 it should display defeat for that player. If all other players variable is 0, the the remaining player is the winner. My game, at random it seems like, just chooses the winner. Mostly player 1. And this is all before the timer is even run out. I should mention that before the timer runs out, all units are allys and can't attack each other. Here are my defeat and victory triggers for player 1. They would be the same for all other players just substitute.

Trigger:

P1WinDef

Events

Conditions

Actions

Set P1count = (Number of units in (Units owned by Player 1 (Red)))

If (P1count Equal to 0) then do (Game - Defeat Player 1 (Red) with the message: Defeat!) else do (Do nothing)

Trigger:

VictoryP1

Events

Conditions

And - All (Conditions) are true

Conditions

P2count Equal to 0

P3count Equal to 0

P4count Equal to 0

P5count Equal to 0

P6count Equal to 0

P7count Equal to 0

P8count Equal to 0

Actions

Game - Victory Player 1 (Red) (Show dialogs, Show scores)

04-17-2009, 09:43 PM

Michael Peppers

I bet the issue is caused by: "(Number of units in (Units owned by Player 1 (Red)))"
It always caused such problems for me.

A boolean variable checking this: "(All Units of (Units owned by Player 1 (Red)) are dead)" would work better, so...

Try this, it's my Victory Defeat trigger, tweaked for the purpose...

Trigger:

Victory Defeat

Events

Unit - A unit dies

Conditions

((Owner of (Dying unit)) slot status) Equal to In Game

(All Units of (Units owned by (Owner of (Dying unit))) are dead) Equal to True

(Owner of (Dying unit)) different from Neutral-hostile

Actions

Game - Defeat (Owner of (Dying unit)) with the message: Defeat!

Game - Display to (All players controlled by an User player) the text: ((Name of (Owner of (Dying unit))) + has been defeated.)

Wait 2.00 seconds

Player Group - Pick Every Player in (All Players matching (((Matching player) Slot status) Equal to In Game)) and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

If (All Conditions are true) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Number of players in (All players Matching ((((Matching player) is an enemy of (Picked player)) Equal to True) and (((Matching Player) slot status) Equal to In Game)))) Equal to 0

Then - Actions

Game - Victory (Picked player) (Show dialogs, Show scores)

Else - Actions

Do Nothing

1. Just copy it and make it "Initially disabled", when the timer you're talking about expires, do:

Trigger:

Timer Expires

Events

YourTimer expires

Conditions

Actions

Trigger - Turn On Victory Defeat

2. Or you could use this (when the timer expires):

Trigger:

Timer Expires

Events

YourTimer expires

Conditions

Actions

Set TimerExpired = True

And add this condition to the Victory/Defeat trigger:

Trigger:

Victory Defeat

Conditions

TimerExpired Equal to True

Let me know if it works! Meh, one of the two options will work for sure :P

Last thing, if you find a simpler way than mine to code a Victory Defeat trigger, feel free to smash my head xD

04-18-2009, 06:18 PM	#3
flatleyld	Well I tried out your triggers and so far they seem to be working. My problem now is that everyone but the host lags and eventually will disconnect (LAN and B.net). I've got a few things to try with the triggers to see if I can resolve the disconnects.

04-18-2009, 08:23 PM

Michael Peppers

Quote:

Originally Posted by flatleyld

Well I tried out your triggers and so far they seem to be working. My problem now is that everyone but the host lags and eventually will disconnect (LAN and B.net). I've got a few things to try with the triggers to see if I can resolve the disconnects.

When does the problem occur? At the start of the game or when the players are transported? Is it caused by my trigger?

If you need help, post the code of the triggers that are running when lag happens and I'll be glad to help you.

If it's caused by my trigger, try removing the wait or using "Wait (Game-Time)".

04-20-2009, 08:09 PM

flatleyld

The problem doesn't happen at a specific time. It's during the timer counting down. The host is fine, but the joined players' game lags every few seconds. There's no set time. Eventually it just will disconnect. So I'm not sure which code is causing the lag. I assume it's the code where the time is, but it's been fine ever since I started this map, and it's been unchanged. I'll try it out tonight again and let you know.