Random Heroes (AoS) - Without duplicates?

06-05-2006, 11:35 AM

Ok I made a random hero option which was easy enough.

I simply set each hero to an array
Player_Heroes[1] - Hero A
Player_Heroes[2] - Hero B
Player_Heroes[3] - Hero C
etc. etc.

Then just Random Number between X and X.
Create 1 Player_Heroes[RandomNumber] for Player X

I can copy the triggers across if needed, but its seems very simple.

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I then realised that this wont stop players being able to have the same heroes.

How could I setup an efficient "All random", giving each player a random hero but preventing Players from having the same hero.

thx

06-05-2006, 11:39 AM	#2
Whitehorn	Stick them in a unit group, pick from group randomly, then remove picked hero from group.

06-05-2006, 11:51 AM	#3
Fulla	Would that not require the Heroes to be placed on map initially thou?

06-05-2006, 11:58 AM	#4
emjlr3	check the dota template http://world-editor-tutorials.thehel...s.php?view=137 it has a good one

06-05-2006, 12:02 PM	#5
Blade.dk	You can set the value in the array that you have already used to nothing, and then check if it is nothing before using it. If it is nothing, then get a new random value from the array, check again and so on.

06-05-2006, 12:12 PM	#6
Fulla	Thx Emjir3, been looking at it, seems complicated Im trying to figure out how it works :-) @ Blade, ah so if a hero is used clear that Array. Then have a loop to check if its nothing. Ill give it a try

06-05-2006, 01:50 PM	#7
Anitarf	Either that, or when a hero is picked, remove it from the array, then move all heroes that come after it one slot back with a loop. This way, you don't have to loop when picking a random hero, because you won't have any empty slots in the array.

06-05-2006, 02:11 PM

Vexorian

I cannot believe the quantity of times this has been asked

pseudo code:

    set n=15
    set Hero[1]=Hero Type 1
    set Hero[2]=Hero Type 2
    ...
    set Hero[n]=Hero Type n

// When you want to get a hero type:
    if (n<0)
    {
          //there are no more heroes, you can re initialize the array or call ExecuteFunc("Crash") to end the game if you want
    }
    set i=Random Integer From 1 to n
    set RandomHero=Hero[i]
    set Hero[i]=Hero[n]
    set n=n-1
    // The RandomHero variable now holds a new hero type