DotA Template - All Random

[BarzahdX]

DotA Template - All Random, helpers get +rep!

I know this has been asked before, I searched for any answers, but there were none.. I saw one reliable post, but to "fix" the error, I would have to remake all of the "mode" triggers--doesn't that defeat the purpose of having the template?

My question: The current DotA Template has a broken -allrandom mode, it randoms a hero for the host, but not other players--with it's current implementation--how can I fix this simple bug?

I'm looking for an answer, not a suggestion. You all have always answered my questions, please answer this one. Thank you. /bow

 

[AceHart]

What did you change?

 

[BarzahdX]

Nothing, it's just passively incorrect.. If you want to be technical, I changed the names of the triggers, but I didn't move, delete, or add any. I'll show the trigger.

Command All Random
    Events
        Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -ar as An exact match
        Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing -allrandom as An exact match
    Conditions
        GameMode Equal to MODE_Normal
    Actions
        Set GameMode = MODE_AllRandom_AllPick
        Quest - Display to Players the Secret message: All random mode ena...
        Player Group - Pick every player in Players and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                Set Random_Hero = (Random integer number between 1 and RandomTotal_All)
                Unit - Create 1 Heroes_All[RandomData_All[Random_Hero]] for (Picked player) at ((Picked player) start location) facing Default building facing degrees
                Quest - Display to (All enemies of (Picked player)) the Hint message: (A player has randomed  + (Name of (Last created unit)))
                Set Player_Already_Picked[(Player number of (Picked player))] = (Player_Already_Picked[(Player number of (Picked player))] + 1)
                Player Group - Pick every player in Players and do (Actions)
                    Loop - Actions
                        Player - Make (Unit-type of (Last created unit)) Unavailable for training/construction by (Picked player)
                Set RandomData_All[Random_Hero] = RandomData_All[RandomTotal_All]
                Set RandomTotal_All = (RandomTotal_All - 1)

As stated above, I'm not the only one who has encountered this problem.

 

[AceHart]

What players are in Players?

 

[BarzahdX]

Setup Players
    Events
    Conditions
    Actions
        -------- All players --------
        Set Players = (All players matching ((((Matching player) controller) Equal to User) and (((Matching player) slot status) Equal to Is playing)))
        Set LastHeroStanding = (All players matching ((((Matching player) controller) Equal to User) and (((Matching player) slot status) Equal to Is playing)))
        Set PlayersCount = (Number of players in Players)
        Player Group - Pick every player in Players and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                Player - Set (Picked player) Current gold to Player_Starting_Gold
                Player - Set (Picked player) Food cap to 6
                Player - Limit training of Heroes to 1 for (Picked player)
        -------- The Empire --------
        Set PlayersTheEmpire = (All allies of Player 1 (Red))
        Player Group - Remove Player 1 (Red) from PlayersTheEmpire
        Set PlayersTheEmpireCount = (Number of players in PlayersTheEmpire)
        Set PlayersTheEmpireReverse = (All allies of Player 1 (Red))
        Player Group - Remove Player 1 (Red) from PlayersTheEmpireReverse
        Set PlayersTheEmpirePlaying = (All allies of Player 1 (Red))
        Player Group - Remove Player 1 (Red) from PlayersTheEmpirePlaying
        -------- Outcasts --------
        Set PlayersOutcasts = (All allies of Player 7 (Green))
        Player Group - Remove Player 7 (Green) from PlayersOutcasts
        Set PlayersOutcastsCount = (Number of players in PlayersOutcasts)
        Set PlayersOutcastsReverse = (All allies of Player 7 (Green))
        Player Group - Remove Player 7 (Green) from PlayersOutcastsReverse
        Set PlayersOutcastsPlaying = (All allies of Player 7 (Green))
        Player Group - Remove Player 7 (Green) from PlayersOutcastsPlaying
        -------- General --------
        Player - Turn Gives bounty On for Player 1 (Red)
        Player - Turn Gives bounty On for Player 7 (Green)
        Player - Turn Gives bounty On for Neutral Hostile

This trigger is run on map initialization.

 

[AceHart]

Well, yes... I already know all the triggers in the template...
The question is: what's different in your map compared to the original?

 

[BarzahdX]

The answer is--with relation to the triggers of modes and such--nothing. I even just tested the template on it's own, unedited; same issue.

 

[AceHart]

"Broken" is extremely unlikely on a map with thousands of downloads...
It's also three years old.

There's two recent threads.
And one I remember from ages ago where he forgot to copy the init triggers, and once he did he wasn't running them.
That's about it.

 

[BarzahdX]

Have you tested it yourself? I know that's a stupid question I'm gonna get smacked for, but if you took the template, fresh from the DL, hosted it, had another person join on the opposite team--allrandom would only random your hero.

You're killin' me here Ace! I didn't mess with the map anybit, I just want an answer--I apologize if I'm making this harder than it needs to be...

 

[dragonhord]

My AR is based of the DotA template as well and works just fine... Randoms for every player and from what I have noticed also does not duplicate heroes...

 

[AoW_Hun7312]

Set Player_Already_Picked[(Player number of (Picked player))] = (Player_Already_Picked[(Player number of (Picked player))] + 1)

As stated above, I'm not the only one who has encountered this problem.[/QUOTE]

Why is there a +1 there?

 

[BarzahdX]

I don't know, I'm not very familiar with those types of triggers.. You know, the ones that don't make any sense unless you're the mastermind behind them.

Should I remove it and see what happens?

 

[AoW_Hun7312]

Remove the +1, I'm fairly certain it shouldn't be there, seeing as I made a trigger like this before. :thup:

 

[AceHart]

> Why is there a +1 there?

Because otherwise that line would not be doing anything?
Because it's 0 to start with, and this changes it?
It's there for a reason...

 

[BarzahdX]

I have no idea what it realistically does, but if it starts at 0, then adds 1, then minuses 1, doesn't it also end at 0?

I changed the +1 to +0(so I wouldn't have to remake the line), it changed the nothing.. I still got a hero, and still, the others did not.

Is there a way to force people to type -random? That would work. Hehehe!

 

[BarzahdX]

Bump.. If it means anything, I didn't copy the triggers, I used the actual DotA Template map and edited things within it.. So nothing I did could have changed it.. Like I said, fresh from the DL, the raw map's -ar doesn't random other players than your own.. Test it yourself if you don't believe me.

Unless of course the map has had an update within the last 3 or 4 months.

 

[BarzahdX]

Bump from the 6th page!

 

[BarzahdX]

Guys this is beginning to annoy me.. I'd truly like an honest, informative reply.

 

[BarzahdX]

*sigh* I'm not going to get this answered am I?

 

[Fluffball]

Maybe it only does random for the triggering unit. Try doing an integer loop, or I can show you my all random trigger.