Item stacking and Time Elapsed timer question..

11-02-2006, 09:46 AM

I feel kind of newbish for asking these but I've only noticed that these functions are not pre programmed into WC: FT are they?

1. How do I stack perishable/charged items? Like if I had 2 potions; one with 2 charges and the other with 3, how do I just make it stack into 5? I suppose I could trigger it with variables and stuff, but I wonder if there's already a simple formula for it.

2. How do I display Time Elapsed (for the whole game). For some reason I thought there's a native function for it, but I am missing it.

Thanks a lot :D

11-02-2006, 10:06 AM	#2
Rao Dao Zao	Item stacking, nope, good thing I've written a nice tutorial on it. http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=80327 Time elapsed, not that I know of, you'll have to trigger a leaderboard with a counter (periodic event every second or something like that).

11-02-2006, 11:17 AM	#3
Matarael	Well goddamn. A periodic leaderboard event.. Hahaha why didn't I think of that. Thanks a bunch.

11-02-2006, 12:49 PM	#4
ArchWorm	I suggest you to use repeating timer, because... it's better!

11-02-2006, 01:30 PM	#5
Matarael	^ Wait sorry, what's a repeating timer?

11-02-2006, 02:02 PM

zen87

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matarael

1. How do I stack perishable/charged items? Like if I had 2 potions; one with 2 charges and the other with 3, how do I just make it stack into 5? I suppose I could trigger it with variables and stuff, but I wonder if there's already a simple formula for it.

copy this whole function into your map, then all charged item will stack by itself

JASS:

function ReplaceItem takes nothing returns nothing
 local unit u = GetTriggerUnit()
 local item x = GetManipulatedItem()
 local item xx
 local integer cx = GetItemCharges(x)
 local integer d
 local integer i = 1
    if  cx > 0 then
    loop
        exitwhen i > 6
        set xx = UnitItemInSlotBJ(u,i)
        if x != xx and ix == GetItemTypeId(xx) then
            set d = GetItemCharges(xx) + cx
            call SetItemCharges(xx,d)
            call RemoveItem(x)
        endif
        set i = i + 1
    endloop
    endif
 set u=null
 set x=null
 set xx=null
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function InitTrig_Item_Stacking takes nothing returns nothing
 local trigger d = CreateTrigger()
    call TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ( d, EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_PICKUP_ITEM )
    call TriggerAddAction( d, function ReplaceItem )
 set d = null
endfunction

11-02-2006, 02:09 PM	#7
ArchWorm	zen87, don't eat people's brains. I guess author doesn't know JASS. Matarael, timer option. It can be one-shot or repeating. I have no idea how it's called, because my WE is translated to russian.

11-02-2006, 02:22 PM

zen87

uhmmm okay =_="

- first, go create a new trigger
- then go to edit --> Convert to Custom Text
- now you will see the trigger in something like this

JASS:

function Trig_Untitled_Trigger_001_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function InitTrig_Untitled_Trigger_001 takes nothing returns nothing
    set gg_trg_Untitled_Trigger_001 = CreateTrigger(  )
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_Untitled_Trigger_001, function Trig_Untitled_Trigger_001_Actions )
endfunction

replace this whole thing with the function i've given you up there, and change the trigger name to --> Item Stacking

hmph, if nothing goes wrong it will work

11-02-2006, 03:10 PM

The)TideHunter(

For your game time.
Create 4 variables, one called Seconds, one called Minutes, one called Hours (they are all integer type) and one called Time which is string type.

Then do something like this:

Trigger:

Time

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set Seconds = (Seconds + 1)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

Seconds Equal to 60

Then - Actions

Set Seconds = (Seconds - 60)

Set Minutes = (Minutes + 1)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

Minutes Equal to 60

Then - Actions

Set Minutes = (Minutes - 60)

Set Hours= (Hours + 1)

Else - Actions

Set Time = (((String(Hours)) + :) + ((String(Minutes)) + (: + (String(Seconds)))))

11-08-2006, 06:47 AM

#10

Matarael

Everyone here's is so helpful hahaha... I thank you all. You're amazing.

I have added said functions to the map. After attempting to figure out how to do a stacking by myself (its... I don't know, I think it's impossible to make a GUI script for it when I need it to be multi-instance-castable -_-)

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Here's one more I still can't wrap myself: a multiboard for death/kills.
How do I assign a specific row for a player. I mean, lets say there are 4 players, they choose numbers 1, 4, 6, and 7 because they want the colours to be of those numbers.
I count the number of human players playing and store it in integer to decide how many rows the multiboard has right?
Then I need to assign a number for each player right? (because using "player(number of player)" will give the players a 4th, 6th, and 7th row place on the board). How do I do this? Every time I do a "pick every player", the only one chosen is player 1 (red).

I could look for a multiboard tutorial, but I like a good mystery, and this is just like that. Only I got stuck hahaha...

11-09-2006, 04:21 AM

#11

Matarael

Oops never mind that last question. I figured it out already. Hahahaha.... I could write a tutorial explaining how to make such multiboard now I think.
Should I write one? For GUI map makers?

And by the way, I got an error implementing that item stack JASS function on my map, something about "expected name" and "expected variable" and "expected endloop" or something. I think I may have pasted it wrong.

I'll post again when I get it right.