how to make gold go straight to coffers from buying the bundle

[helpmeplease]

In my map there's a trade building where you buy bundles of lumber and gold for 2 times the opposite resource. when i buy it it just sits on the ground near it waiting to be picked up. i want it to go straight to the gold and lumber coffers tho. how do i do this?

 

[FrozenShadow]

There is a field in the 'Items' category where you can select something like:

Use automatically when obtained.

 

[helpmeplease]

it still just appears on the ground when i buy it. i want it to actually go straight into resources. not have to be picked up at all

 

[Bankde]

I'm not sure what you really want but I will give you many solution.

First, normally the items call GOLD COIN or BUNDLE FOR LUMBER will be automatically used when picking up and also buying is one type of picking the item so it should automatically go to your resource when buy. (Just copy gold coin in object editor and change its ability to the value you want.)

Second, some game set this trigger when they have trading mode. (Example is "Battle Ship" and "Battle Tank")

• Trading
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit comes within 300.00 of Merchant
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) has an item of type Gold Coin "500") Equal to True
  • Actions
    • Item - Remove (Item carried by (Triggering unit) of type Gold Coin "500")
    • Player - Add 1000 to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Current lumber

I recommend the first one but I'm not sure why you have problems about that. If you still having problem, use this

• Gold to Lumber
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Sells an item (from shop)
  • Conditions
    • (Sold Item) Equal to Gold Coin
  • Actions
    • Player - Add 1000 to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Current lumber

And set that type of item to +TOME STATS and set the stats bonus = 0
(Not recommend and there is no reason to use this trigger except you really had the problem.)

 

[helpmeplease]

i dont have a unit to pick it up. i just want to buy from the store and it go into resources..

 

[Bankde]

I have already told you that if you buy item such as "Tomes or gold or lumber", it will automatically mean pick the item up.

 

[helpmeplease]

I have already told you that if you buy item such as "Tomes or gold or lumber", it will automatically mean pick the item up.

but i dont want to pick it up!! i just want it to go straight to resources! is this possible?

 

[Bankde]

That's my second trigger. Try it. (And remove condition of unit having item)

 

[helpmeplease]

then there'll be one on the ground as well..

 

[Komaqtion]

Why not just have a small invisible hero at the shop ?!
No collision, no shadow and no model.

 

[Bankde]

then there'll be one on the ground as well..

I don't understand what's on the ground ?
Event-The unit comes within 300 range of Merchant
Condition- What ever you want...
Action- add 500 gold to owner of trigger unit.

What's on the ground ? There's nothing. :nuts:

 

[Komaqtion]

He means he's currently able to buy an item called "Bundle of Lumber/Gold" but there's actually no elegible hero nearby to pick up the item, so it's just createdc on the ground instead...

Either do what I said, or create a trigger with the event "A unit Sells an item (from shop)"

Then add this condition:
"(Item-type of (Sold item)) Equal to Bundle of Lumber"

And then add the actions:
"Item - Remove (Sold Item)
"Player - Add <Amount of lumber> to (Owner of (Buying unit)) Current lumber

 

[helpmeplease]

hang on. can i make the building that sells it selectable as the buying unit, and make it have an inventory so when i buy the lumber or gold it just takes it straight away? the trade building is buildable buy your forces. and u own it

 

[tommerbob]

Just do what Komaqtion says. Make a trigger that looks like this:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit sells an item (from shop)
  • Conditions
    • (item-type of (sold item)) equal [your bundle of lumber or gold]
  • Actions
    • Item - remove (sold item) from the game
    • Player - Add [gold or lumber amount] to (owner of (buying unit)) Current lumber or gold

 

[SerraAvenger]

you should actually use units and trigger it.

 

[Xbing]

edit: woops, didnt see the earlier posts, didnt see there was a page 2.

hang on. can i make the building that sells it selectable as the buying unit, and make it have an inventory so when i buy the lumber or gold it just takes it straight away? the trade building is buildable buy your forces. and u own it

i think that can be done, add an inventory ability to the selling unit and you might have to change the targets allowed for select unit, which is an ability the shop should have already. not really sure though.

 

[helpmeplease]

That trigger didn't work... it put the item on the ground and didn't give the gold. i have no idea why it didnt work.

 

[helpmeplease]

edit: woops, didnt see the earlier posts, didnt see there was a page 2.



i think that can be done, add an inventory ability to the selling unit and you might have to change the targets allowed for select unit, which is an ability the shop should have already. not really sure though.

i added the hero inventory ability to the "default active ability" and unit inventory to the normal abilities but it still doesn't have one.

 

[tommerbob]

That trigger didn't work... it put the item on the ground and didn't give the gold. i have no idea why it didnt work.

What trigger? Be more specific.

 

[helpmeplease]

Just do what Komaqtion says. Make a trigger that looks like this:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit sells an item (from shop)
  • Conditions
    • (item-type of (sold item)) equal [your bundle of lumber or gold]
  • Actions
    • Item - remove (sold item) from the game
    • Player - Add [gold or lumber amount] to (owner of (buying unit)) Current lumber or gold

this one