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« Reply #30 on: July 17, 2007, 08:22:17 AM »

Thanks for your help, I got most of it working, except I could not get the players to place properly, and ran out of time. It's a 1v1 observer map now with a few embellishments and the look of a basic map.
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« Reply #31 on: August 30, 2007, 02:05:04 PM »

OK I am back from my break and ready to script again.

I would love it if you took a look at this trigger. What it is supposed to do is cause a player to win if they have 2 cows in a certain area.

   for (plflag=1; <=cNumberNonGaiaPlayers){
   rmCreateTrigger("FlagsCaptured"+plflag);
   rmSwitchToTrigger(rmTriggerID("FlagsCaptured"+plflag));
   rmAddTriggerCondition("Units in Area");   
   rmSetTriggerConditionParam("Player", plflag, true);   
   rmSetTriggerConditionParam("UnitType", "Cow", true);
   rmSetTriggerConditionParam("Count", 2, true);   
   rmAddTriggerEffect("Set Player Won");
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("Player", plflag, true);
   rmAddTriggerEffect("Shake Camera");
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("Duration", 5.0, true);
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("Strength", 0.25, true);
   rmSetTriggerActive(true);
   }

I know I havn't the code that sais the area becuase I havn't decided the whole map yet. I was just wondering if this code makes any sense or am I just typing random words.
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« Reply #32 on: August 30, 2007, 06:48:32 PM »

I don't believe you need the last parameter (true) in any of those.  Just waste of typing.

The code looks okay though.
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« Reply #33 on: September 13, 2007, 06:00:00 PM »

OK I have a trigger I think should work, but it is causing the map to fail. It is a trigger that ships reinforcements every 3 minutes. Here is the code:

int playa=0;
for (playa=1; <=cNumberNonGaiaPlayers){
   int RTimer=rmCreateTrigger("ReinforcementsCountdown");
   rmSwitchToTrigger(RTimer);
   rmAddTriggerCondition("Timer");
   rmSetTriggerConditionParam("Param1", 180);
   rmAddTriggerEffect("Unit Create Multi");
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("PlayerID", playa);
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("ProtoName", "Cow");
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("Location", rmAreaID("Player"+playa));
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("Count", 5);
   rmSetTriggerLoop(true);
   rmSetTriggerActive(true);
   }

The area ID Player does exist in the test code I am working with. Anything in the storage is out of date. Just tell me there is something obvious I am missing.
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« Reply #34 on: September 13, 2007, 08:19:38 PM »

rmSetTriggerConditionParam("Param1", 180);

ParamInt - you're using integer values (not " "s)

You do the same mistake a few times.
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« Reply #35 on: September 14, 2007, 01:52:46 PM »

So something like this?

int playa=0;
for (playa=1; <=cNumberNonGaiaPlayers){
   int RTimer=rmCreateTrigger("ReinforcementsCountdown");
   rmSwitchToTrigger(RTimer);
   rmAddTriggerCondition("Timer");
   rmSetTriggerConditionParamInt("Param1", 180);
   rmAddTriggerEffect("Unit Create Multi");
   rmSetTriggerEffectParamInt("PlayerID", playa);
   rmSetTriggerEffectParam("ProtoName", "Cow");
   rmSetTriggerEffectParamInt("Location", rmAreaID("Player"+playa));
   rmSetTriggerEffectParamInt("Count", 5);
   rmSetTriggerLoop(true);
   rmSetTriggerActive(true);
   }

I had a feeling it was one of those fundamental flaws I miss out on when self-teaching.
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« Reply #36 on: September 14, 2007, 06:17:26 PM »

Areas are not defined that way... you have to use Param and input 3 values (x, y, z).

See the scripting section on the site: Misc/Advanced Scripting (Trigger Locations)
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« Reply #37 on: September 15, 2007, 12:27:22 PM »

so are the input values in metres or in fraction?
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« Reply #38 on: September 15, 2007, 05:44:20 PM »

"rmSetTriggerEffectParam('Location', rmXFractionToMeters(#)+',1,'+rmZFractionToMeters(#));"

Meters.
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« Reply #39 on: September 15, 2007, 06:40:40 PM »

just so I get this right the first time it is the fraction I write as the # right, and the 1 in the middle is the height should that change at all or will it auto place at the right height?
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« Reply #40 on: September 15, 2007, 07:02:51 PM »

Why do I get the feeling you read nothing from that page? Tongue

"Y is supposedly the height, but doesn't appear to affect anything. I generally leave it at 1. Perhaps units that do not snap to the terrain will benefit, but I've yet to see that."

Yes, # is a fraction of the map (0.0-1.0).
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« Reply #41 on: September 16, 2007, 08:57:01 AM »

so will this put it in the player's area?

rmSetTriggerEffectParam("Location", rmXFractionToMeters(rmPlayerLocXFraction(playa)),1, rmZFractionToMeters(rmPlayerLocZFraction(playa)));

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« Reply #42 on: September 16, 2007, 06:19:49 PM »

I would think so... did you try it?
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« Reply #43 on: September 17, 2007, 12:25:30 PM »

I did it is the only line of the code that makes it fail. It is in the Test Map in the pftq file storage, I have that one line of code out and it works fine. I was wondering wether or not that trigger alone should bring up a timer box, like the one in FW for reinforcements?
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« Reply #44 on: September 18, 2007, 07:34:26 PM »

The timer is known as a counter - that's a seperate effect.
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