quick question about food cost

02-03-2008, 05:04 AM

I have a timed life unit that is created via dummycast summoning spell and when it is created it does not take up 1 food cap. I have it edited in the object editor that the food cost for that unit is set to 1. Yet when the unit is created it does not take up 1 food cap... any ideas? Is this something I would have to trigger manually or am I missing some setting that enables/disables that unit to take up food supply?

02-03-2008, 05:46 AM	#2
Malf	Summoned units do not use up food, if I remember correctly.

02-03-2008, 06:04 AM

Pyrogasm

You'll need to make the spell not summon any unit and do this instead:

Trigger:

Events

Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) equal to <Your Ability>

Actions

Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering Unit))

Set TempPoint2 = (TempPoint offset by 150.00 towards (Facing of (Triggering Unit)) degrees)

Unit - Create 1 <Your Unit> at TempPoint2 facing (Facing of (Triggering Unit)) degrees

Unit - Add a <Your Duration> second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)

Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)

Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint2)

02-03-2008, 01:07 PM

SockSquirrelMouthwash

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pyrogasm

You'll need to make the spell not summon any unit and do this instead:

Trigger:

Events

Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) equal to <Your Ability>

Actions

Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering Unit))

Set TempPoint2 = (TempPoint offset by 150.00 towards (Facing of (Triggering Unit)) degrees)

Unit - Create 1 <Your Unit> at TempPoint2 facing (Facing of (Triggering Unit)) degrees

Unit - Add a <Your Duration> second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)

Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)

Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint2)

That's pretty much what my code is:

JASS:

    call CreateNUnitsAtLoc( 1, unitid, Player(n-1), p, 0 )
    call UnitApplyTimedLife(GetLastCreatedUnit(), 'BTLF', I2R(GetUnitPointValue(GetLastCreatedUnit())))

Disregard the n-1 part... It's not really summoned, just a created unit with a generic timed life applied

UPDATE: Turns out the UnitApplyTimedLife actually prevents the said unit from taking up food towards the food cap.... is there any way around this? or do I just have to make a separate dummyunit that has timed life?

02-04-2008, 02:55 AM

colderduck

I haven't done triggers in a while, so I might be doing this a bit wrong, but I think its kinda simple.
You would need 3 variables (2 unit variables with arrays and an integer) and you would need to use custom values.
So basically, similarly like pyrogasm's way. You would add

Trigger:

Actions:

set summonedunit[x] = (Last created unit)

Unit - Set the custom value of (Last created unit) to x

Unit - Create 1 <dummy unit> for (Owner of (casting unit)) at ((position of casting unit) offset by 150.00 towards (Facing of (casting unit)) degrees) facing (Facing of (casting Unit)) degrees))

Unit - Set the custom value of (Last created unit) to x

set dummyunit[x] = (last created unit)

set x = x+1

now you need a new trigger:

Trigger:

Events:

Unit - A unit dies

Conditions:

Actions:

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

If - Conditions

unit - type of (dying unit) equal to <summoned unit>

Then - Actions

unit - remove dummyunit[custom value of (dying unit)]

Else - Actions

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

If - Conditions

unit - unit type of (dying unit) equal to <dummy unit>

Then - Actions

unit - kill summonedunit[custom value of (dying unit)]

Else - Actions

So this trigger would basically check whenever a unit dies, if its the summoned unit, it removes the dummy unit. If its the dummy unit, it kills the summoned unit.