How can I make this trigger limit the number of respawns?

THE TRIGGER:

(begin code)
Events
Unit- A Unit dies
Conditions
(Unit-type of (Triggering Unit)) Equal to Farmhand
Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units owned by (Owner of (Triggering unit))) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Kill (Picked unit)
Unit - Create 1 Farmhand for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at (Random point in Start[(Random integer number between 1 and 10)]) facing Default building facing degrees
(end code)
--Sorry the indentation came out ****ed but i hope you get the idea. This is a modified version of a trigger a guy on these forums gave me to help me have a unit (the farmhand) respawn after he was killed, but in the process losing all of his buildings/units. Also he respawns in one of 10 random places on the map.

MY QUESTION:

A friend gave me the idea that the farmhand should have a limited number of respawns and then he would be out of the game. BASICALLY I want help devising a little trigger that limits the times the farmhand can respawn to ... lets say 5. At that point he would be out of the game.

I wish I could do it alone but im still VERY MUCH a triggering n00b and any help would be appreciated. SLowly but surely im learning my way through triggering with help of you friendly folks on this forum.

THANKS in advance!

-Huh

First of. put your triggers in "code" (hit the # above and just hit space then ok, then paste your trigger between the tags)tags to save the indents.

Second of, make a variable, call it lives, integer variable, with array.

In the map init put:

Set Lives[1] = #
Set Lives[2] = #
Set Lives[3] = #
Set Lives[4] = #
.... ect, ect.....

for each player and # is the amount of lives you want them to have, then at the begining of the above trigger add:


PS, rember me? I gave you the first trigger too :D

Or, instead of having "Do Nothing" or the "Trigger skip remaing actions" you could make your trigger look like this:

PS, in your trigger you have "Triggering Unit", me personally I like to use an event corrisponding item, so in my example I use Killed Unit. Its not better or anything, I just prefer it.

Ok I havnt had a chance to completely read through both ideas enough to actually understand them but THANKS. Ill hafta do what i did with your other trigger suggestions, and pick them apart piece by piece in the editor to understand them and make them work for my map.

As always youve been a huge help. Cya AllPainful :mtk:

-Huh

Oh yes, One thing i noticed. You use "(Unit-type of (Killed unit))". WHile i had triggering unit. I didnt see an event response for killed unit in the drop down menu. It had "killing unit" but not killed. Why cant I find that?

Edit- OMFG thats perfect! Im writing it in now. Ill let you know how it comes along. Cya.

killed unit = dying unit

I cant get the following line into the WE correctly...
"Set Lives[player number(owner of unit(killed unit))] = Lives[player number(owner of unit(killed unit))]-1"

I can get it into the WE except for the -1 at the very end. It doesnt let me add that in. When I get to the last part (killed unit) it seems to want to close the code. Did I do my variable wrong? Thanks again.

-Huh

Edit- im almost positive i did it correctly. Not sure why it wont let me do the math at the end...

You didn't quite get it, you forgot the arithmatic part.

I answered your other board about the problem, so to quote myself:

ahahah DUH i knew thats what it was, but thanks for the reply! I've already got my map pretty much functional, just gotta add in alot of stuff, re-terrain it, and maybe do more custom triggers once i learn triggers better. Take Care AllPainful!