Drowning

[makakai]

What is the best way to add a drowning effect to the game. So if a unit enters region water I want him to die after 60 seconds but if he leaves the area I don't want him to die. At the moment I've done this via expiration timer but I can only pause the timer and hence when you go back into the water area you will die quicker which I don't want to happen I just want the timer to reset

Any Ideas?

Below are my current triggers

• Unit - A unit enters Water <gen>
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • Drowning Equal to 1
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Unpause the expiration timer for (Entering unit)
    • Else - Actions
  • Unit - Add a 60.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Entering unit)

• Unit - A unit leaves Water <gen>
  • Unit - Pause the expiration timer for (Leaving unit)
  • Set Drowning = 1

(I'm pretty new at World Editor )

 

[Accname]

if you add a new expiration timer to the unit the old one will be overwritten and thus it will start from its beginning again.

 

[makakai]

• Enter Water
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters Water <gen>
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Drowning Equal to 1
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Add a 60.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Entering unit)
      • Else - Actions
    • Unit - Add a 60.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Entering unit)

Like that? Cause that doesn't work (assuming I still pause it when I leave the region) That keeps the timer paused as I enter but as I leave the expiration timer disappears (There is no blue left in the bar as if the timer has run out but nothing happens)

 

[sylvannis mb]

ok so ive made a set of triggers that work, but it may be more complicated than you want.
here they are:

first create a hashtable and save it

• hash
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 1.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
    • Set hashtable = (Last created hashtable)

Then set the trigger for when the unit enters the water

• drowning
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters Region 000 <gen>
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add (Triggering unit) to drowning
    • Hashtable - Save 60 as (Key (Triggering unit)) of 1 in hashtable

Then create a trigger for if the unit leaves the water

• not drowning
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit leaves Region 000 <gen>
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Remove (Triggering unit) from drowning

Finally, create a trigger to lower the timer, and kill the unit when the timer reaches 0

• drowning 2
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in drowning and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Load (Key (Picked unit)) of 1 from hashtable) Greater than 0
          • Then - Actions
            • Hashtable - Save ((Load (Key (Picked unit)) of 1 from hashtable) - 1) as (Key (Picked unit)) of 1 in hashtable
          • Else - Actions
            • Unit - Kill (Picked unit)

hope this helps

 

[makakai]

Thanks heaps
Seems to work fine