Random Hero not so random.

07-18-2009, 06:11 PM

Super.gnome

A hero selection trigger:

Trigger:

Random Light

Events

Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -random as An exact match

Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -random as An exact match

Player - Player 5 (Yellow) types a chat message containing -random as An exact match

Player - Player 8 (Pink) types a chat message containing -random as An exact match

Player - Player 9 (Gray) types a chat message containing -random as An exact match

Conditions

((Triggering player) is an ally of Player 10 (Light Blue)) Equal to True

Picked[(Player number of (Triggering player))] Equal to 0

Actions

Set HeroLight = (Random integer number between 1 and HeroTotalLight)

Set Random_heroA[HeroLight] = Random_heroA[HeroTotalLight]

Set HeroTotalLight = (HeroTotalLight - 1)

Unit - Create 1 Random_heroA[HeroLight] for (Triggering player) at (Center of Base Spawn Light <gen>) facing Default building facing degrees

Set PlayerMainHeros[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = (Last created unit)

Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Player - Make (Unit-type of (Last created unit)) Unavailable for training/construction by (Picked player)

Quest - Display to (All enemies of (Triggering player)) the Hint message: (A player has randomed + (Name of (Last created unit)))

Player - Add 250 to (Triggering player) Current gold

Set Picked[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = 1

Camera - Pan camera for (Triggering player) to (Center of Base Spawn Light <gen>) over 3.00 seconds

I made this trigger to make it so people could choose a random here. and I used this part to limit it to one of each hero:

Trigger:

Actions

Set HeroLight = (Random integer number between 1 and HeroTotalLight)

Set Random_heroA[HeroLight] = Random_heroA[HeroTotalLight]

Set HeroTotalLight = (HeroTotalLight - 1)

But that's not working. Its always giving me the last hero in my array to the first who randoms, and just counts backwards down the array as people random. So the first to random would get hero #35, the second would get hero #34, and so on. I think it has to do with the part of the trigger directly above. How do I fix it so that it removes a hero from the array when you random, but it doesnt give you the same hero everytime?

07-18-2009, 09:39 PM	#2
0zyx0	Pick a random number between 0 and X, where X is the number of hero types (minus one). Then, get Random_heroA[random number], and set Random_heroA[same number as before] to Random_heroA[X]. Then subtract one from X.

07-18-2009, 10:01 PM

Sophismata

Trigger:

Actions

Set HeroLight = (Random integer number between 1 and HeroTotalLight)

Set Random_heroA[HeroLight] = Random_heroA[HeroTotalLight]

Set HeroTotalLight = (HeroTotalLight - 1)

Unit - Create 1 Random_heroA[HeroLight] for (Triggering player) at (Center of Base Spawn Light <gen>) facing Default building facing degrees

You're currently setting Random_heroA[HeroLight] to the last unit in the array, and then giving that unit to the triggering player.

Clean up the array after you create the hero:

Trigger:

Actions

Set HeroLight = (Random integer number between 1 and HeroTotalLight)

Unit - Create 1 Random_heroA[HeroLight] for (Triggering player) at (Center of Base Spawn Light <gen>) facing Default building facing degrees

Set Random_heroA[HeroLight] = Random_heroA[HeroTotalLight]

Set HeroTotalLight = (HeroTotalLight - 1)

07-19-2009, 10:27 AM	#4
Darkt3mpl3r	You could also use unitpools. Pyrogasm has made a proper tutorial about it a while ago. http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=97706

07-21-2009, 02:26 AM	#5
Pyrogasm	Aha! Here I was about to link to my unitpools tutorial, and you've already done it. Another thing that might be the issue is that you have "Fixed random seed" on. Go to your editor preferences and uncheck that box, then try.