Fake supply trigger failing

03-28-2004, 06:34 AM

Greetings. I wrote a mock-supply trigger in order to keep track of how many spawned units a player in my footman wars map has. I thought it worked perfectly. However, just once, it has turned out to be bugged.

Upon investigating the trigger, I realized that I didn' have any provision for a situation wherein a player uses an ability (like Entrance, or "Charm") to gain control of a unit. So I wrote one. I haven't tried it out yet.
However, the instance in which the trigger failed did not involve the use of that spell, so I have not yet solved my problem.

I'd like to post the triggers that I'm using to re-create the spawn system here. If anyone can point out something that I'm missing, I'd appreciate it.
In the triggers, intArraySpawned[x] is an integer Array which holds the total number of the units that these triggers count for player #x. The units in the Or Condition set are the 8 kinds of units that can be spawned. The reason that I have a "Unit is summoned" trigger is to acount for the Resurrection ability being used. Here are the triggers:

Code:

Supply add Enters
    Events
        Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
    Conditions
        Or - Any (Conditions) are true
            Conditions
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Reaper
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Infantry
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Footman
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Footman
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Ranger
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Spinner
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Archer
                (Unit-type of (Entering unit)) Equal to Archer
    Actions
        Set intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Entering unit)))] = (intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Entering unit)))] + 1)

Code:

Supply add Is Summoned
    Events
        Unit - A unit Spawns a summoned unit
    Conditions
        Or - Any (Conditions) are true
            Conditions
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Reaper
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Infantry
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Footman
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Footman
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Ranger
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Spinner
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Archer
                (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Equal to Archer
    Actions
        Set intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Summoned unit)))] = (intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Summoned unit)))] + 1)

Code:

Supply subtract
    Events
        Unit - A unit Dies
    Conditions
        Or - Any (Conditions) are true
            Conditions
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Reaper
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Infantry
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Footman
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Footman
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Ranger
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Spinner
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Archer
                (Unit-type of (Dying unit)) Equal to Archer
    Actions
        Set intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Dying unit)))] = (intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Dying unit)))] - 1)

Code:

Supply entrance
    Events
        Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Entrance (Piper)
    Actions
        Set intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Casting unit)))] = (intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Casting unit)))] + 1)
        Set intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)))] = (intArraySpawned[(Player number of (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)))] - 1)

Keep in mind that these triggers already work so close to perfectly that I didn't notice that there was a problem until I had already been testing the map on battle.net for literally months.
Any help is greatly, greatly appreciated.

03-28-2004, 06:58 AM	#2
Grater	"Unit finishes casting an ability" doesn't fire if the unit is cancelled mid-cast, even if the effect has already happened, also I'm not sure if "Target unit of ability being cast" works for "Finishes casting...". Use "Starts the effect of an ability" instead.

03-28-2004, 07:00 AM	#3
Panto	Okay, I'll make those changes; thanks. However, the Entrance ability wasn't being used when the trigger went awry, so that's not the root of the problem. However, when using "Starts the Effect of an Ability", is the targeted unit or the ability-using unit considered to be the one who starts the effect?

03-28-2004, 07:31 AM	#4
Kamux	The unit who casts the abillity.