Create Random Hero

[Cheesy]

It's been a few years since I've toyed with the editor, and I thought I'd get back into it, but I have run into my first problem.

I'm making a silly simple little game in which each player is given a random hero from each of the four standard races, and must defend against waves and waves of creeps. How exactly do I go about picking the random hero to spawn?

I would imagine that it would be something like:

Events
-Map Initialization
Actions
-Pick Every Player in (All Players) and do:
-Create (Random Unit) from (Heroes) at (Picked Player)'s (Starting Location)

I'm not sure how to execute that, though.

 

[Cheddar]

Heroes should a unit-type variable array. During initialization, set up four variables like so:

HeroesH[1] = Archmage
HeroesH[2] = Mountain King
HeroesH[3] = Paladin
HeroesH[4] = Blood Mage
HeroesO[1] = Blademaster
HeroesO[2] = Far Seer
HeroesO[3] = Tauren Chieftan
HeroesO[4] = Shadow Hunter
HeroesNE[1] = Demon Hunter
HeroesNE[2] = Keeper of the Grove
HeroesNE[3] = Priestess of the Moon
HeroesNE[4] = Warden
HeroesU[1] = Lich
HeroesU[2] = Death Knight
HeroesU[3] = Dreadlord
HeroesU[4] = Crypt Lord



Then pretty much do what you did, except four actions; one for each race.

 

[Cheesy]

Couldn't I just include them all in one unit type array?

Otherwise I'd have to pick a race for each player, wouldn't I?

 

[tommerbob]

Well if you want the players to get a hero only from their own race, then you would need 4 arrays, otherwise yes just 1 array would work.

 

[Cheesy]

Alright, thanks for the quick responses, guys.

Edit:

Just ran into another issue. I am getting the same hero no matter how many times I play the game, or restart the game.

Here is my trigger:

• Create Heroes
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Heroes[0] = Paladin
    • Set Heroes[1] = Archmage
    • Set Heroes[2] = Mountain King
    • Set Heroes[3] = Blood Mage
    • Set Heroes[4] = Keeper of the Grove
    • Set Heroes[5] = Priestess of the Moon
    • Set Heroes[6] = Demon Hunter
    • Set Heroes[7] = Warden
    • Set Heroes[8] = Blademaster
    • Set Heroes[9] = Far Seer
    • Set Heroes[10] = Tauren Chieftain
    • Set Heroes[11] = Shadow Hunter
    • Set Heroes[12] = Death Knight
    • Set Heroes[13] = Lich
    • Set Heroes[14] = Dreadlord
    • Set Heroes[15] = Crypt Lord
    • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Heroes[(Random integer number between 0 and 15)] for (Picked player) at ((Picked player) start location) facing Default building facing degrees

 

[Cheddar]

You have to toggle "Use fixed random seed" off.

File > Preferences > Test Map. There should be a tab there.

 

[Cheesy]

Ah, thanks again.

 

[Accname]

if you want each player to have an individual hero, no players getting the same hero, the array aint the best way though, in that case i would suggest preplacing all the heroes and adding them to a unit group.
for each hero you can pick a "random unit from unit group" and thence remove that unit from the group so no 2 players could get the same one.

 

[tommerbob]

if you want each player to have an individual hero, no players getting the same hero, the array aint the best way though, in that case i would suggest preplacing all the heroes and adding them to a unit group.
for each hero you can pick a "random unit from unit group" and thence remove that unit from the group so no 2 players could get the same one.

Agreed. And I think this would actually be alot easier anyway. It saves time for you.

 

[Accname]

and its preloading the heroes, however loading time will be bigger and not choosen heroes would need to be removed.

 

[Cheesy]

Thanks for the alternative, I was thinking about that issue, and that helps a lot. Thanks.