Edit Starting Units?

[abishai]

Hi, I used the search tool and couldn't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for. I'm making a custom multiplayer game where the Humans are replaced by a Highelf race that I've created. The wall that I'm up against right now is that I don't know how to edit the automatically spawning units at the beginning of the game.

Is there a way to change what building/units/number of units that I start with in a slightly modified multiplayer game? For instance, if I want to start out with an Observatory, one wisp and one High Elf worker - but I want normal random Undead, Orcs, and Nightelves to spawn in the other start locations?

Is it possible to edit those starting units? How? Thanks in advance

 

[thedude]

I'm assuming you still have most of the melee actions in the Map Initialization trigger. Yes, you can change the amout of units that spawn, however you will need to do this in either GUI or JASS. If you are unfamiliar with GUI or Jass we have some classrooms avaliable that you can sign up for in the WE Help Forums.

Spawn
    Events
        Map initialization
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees

 

[abishai]

Basically...

That would work I guess... There is no way to just change the default units and buildings that Humans start with?

How do I get the triggers to say...

*Spawn all opponents starting units normally.
*Spawn an Observatory at my starting point
*Spawn one High Elf worker and one Wisp at my starting point.

?

 

[Azedenkae]

Well, you can have this condition:

(Race of Player 1(Red)) Equal to Human

to that trigger.

I think that'd work.

If you want only the player that chooses human can have your unit, then I think along with that condition, you add this condition:

(Playr 1(Red) controller) Equal to User

and copy that for Blue, Green and such.

 

[abishai]

So would it look something like this:

Untitled Trigger 001
    Events
        Map initialization
    Conditions
        (Player 1 (Red) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 2 (Blue) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 3 (Teal) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 4 (Purple) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 5 (Yellow) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 6 (Orange) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 7 (Green) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 8 (Pink) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 9 (Gray) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 10 (Light Blue) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 11 (Dark Green) controller) Equal to User
        (Player 12 (Brown) controller) Equal to User
    Actions
        Unit - Create 1 Wisp for (Picked player) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Unit - Create 1 Orc Slave for (Picked player) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Unit - Create 1 Engineer (Blood Elf) for (Picked player) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing Default building facing degrees

Is "Center of Playable Map Area" my starting point, or will they have to run to me? How do I get it to remove my default starting units?

 

[pietkierewie]

my first help ever ^^

remove the melee game trigger for starting units

(melee game - create starting units for all players)

and make this trigger for it:
(made screenie whas easier for me then to type the whole thing dont know how you people can do it that good XD like screenies better )

link:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4091/untitled2se2.jpg

only normal players get your units now, computer still get human units, if there human the race) offcourse...

hope it helped

 

[pietkierewie]

made 1 lil mistake XD

add this instead of the humans, since you now get 2 starting units...

if (all conditions are true) then do (then action) elso do (else action)
[B]if - condition[/B]
- (race of (picked player)) equal to human
- ((picked player) controller) equal to computer 
[B]then - action[/B]
- unit - create 1 Town hall for (picked player) at ((picked players) start location) facing default building degrees
- unit - create 5 Peasants for (picked player) at ((picked players) start location) facing default building degrees
[B]else action[/B]
- do nothing

 

[Azedenkae]

By 'copy that', I mean make a seperate trigger for each color.

But use his, he seems to be better than mine.