timer arrays

do they even work? i probably should have tested to see if they do, but, thinking they would, i went ahead and made a whole map around them. and then i go to test, nothing is working. so, i started disabling one thinga fter another, and then said what the hell, and just tried out somethin like:

start timer[0] as a one-shot timer that will expire in 5.00 seconds

and then a trigger with
event: timer[0] expires

action: display text to all users: sdfhsdfhsdjkfhsk

and nothing is wokring. can anyone please help me???

It works. If you don't want to go into custom text, then you'll need a timer variable for each element of the array. Kind of defeats the purpose. Blame blizzard for this oversight.

timer[0] = timer0
timer[1] = timer1
timer[2] = timer2
...
timer[n] = timern

If you don't mind custom text, you can do this:

loop
exit when i > 10
set udg_SpeedBoostTimerArray[i] = CreateTimer()
set i = i + 1
endloop

That's roughly the syntax. Just make a loop in the trigger and convert into custom text. Manually put in CreateTimer().

What kinda array is it? I didnt find a countdown variable, so im not sure about it, i might be able to help if you tell me that much. But for now why dont you just make a few timers, it seems easier for one shot timers, and you could always do a run trigger not checking conditions trigger if you wanted it to use it multiple times. Just look into things other than arrays.

well, ok, heres what im tryin to do:

i have a trigger that everytime a unit uses an object, a unit of type "bomb" thats based on the militia is made at the point of the unit. now when this bomb is created its stored in a unit array, so:
bomb[0]=first bomb
bomb[1]=2nd bomb

i have an integer called bombcountup that goes up everytime bomb is made so taht the next one is stored.

then i have a timer array called bombcountdown. what i do is in the trigger that makes the bomb (shortened)

create bomb at position of (hero manipulating item)
set bomb[bombcountup]=last created unit
start bombcountdown[bombcountup] as a one-shot timer that will expire in 5 seconds.
set bombcountup = bombcountup + 1

ok, and then in a seperate trigger, what im TRYING to do, but i sorta doubt it would work:

event: bombcountdown[TriggerExecutionCount(This Trigger)] expires

action:
unit - explode bomb[TriggerExecutionCount(This Trigger)]


Theres a lot more events, such as things like calculating spread of bomb, activating doodads to show fire, and exploding units in the way, but thats in essence what i want, the rest i can fix.

I'm not afraid to go into custom text, since i'm already in there with the 2nd trigger, (thats just the gui representation of what i have).

Edit: The reason I posted about the timer[0] thing is just to ask if i was just being stupid and somehow missed something with getting timer arrays to work directly. I decided to make a seperate trigger like that to see if it worked at all directly, and it didn't.

Not sure why you're still not able to get timers to work correctly. Dig up my warcart map from the map downloads section. I have 8 timers in an array called SpeedBoostTimers or something like that. The timers work in that map.

cant find it, whats it called?

How do I implent custom text (what program?)?

warcrft III world edit :ggani: The trigger editor can convert triggers to custom text.

Unindel:

Search for 'Warcart'. It's from a few months back.

k, found it, thanks. question though, does the event call have to be in the same trigger that has the create timer? ie, you have the "set udg_SpeedBoostTtimerArray[1] = CreateTimer()" in same trigger as "call TriggerRegisterTimerExpireEventBJ( gg_trg_Speed_Boost_End, udg_SpeedBoostTimerArray[1] )"

does it have to be this way?

function Trig_Set_up_Timer_Arrays_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
local integer j = 0
local integer i = 0
loop
exitwhen j > 1000
set udg_testing[j] = CreateTimer()
set j = j + 1
endloop

loop
exitwhen i > 1000
call TriggerRegisterTimerExpireEventBJ( gg_trg_TestingArray, udg_testing[i] )
set i = i + 1
endloop
endfunction

that isn't working, any idea why?

was workin a bit ago, but then i changed somethin and i cant remember what, and now its not.

Hmm, I didnt' know you could actually make arrays of timers. Thanks a lot for this thread, timer arrays will be incredibly useful for what I am doing.

np, timer arrays are really useful!

mr.123> if you can't tell from that trigger what im doing wrong, could I send you the map and maybe you look at it?

I have this feeling that War3 doesn't like 1000 timers but doesn't warn you about it. It just silently ignores them...

Try with a lower number, like 5 or 10. I really don't have much time nowadays to help debug :(. Work/commute took almost 14 hrs today....argggggg.