General Trigger Question

[Pigger]

As the title says I have a general question about triggers.

When running a trigger, I realize that in the events it goes in the order that they are placed in the trigger such as:

Actions
    Selection - Clear selection for Player 1 (Red)
    Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing Default building facing degrees
    Selection - Select (Last created unit) for Player 1 (Red)

It will do Selection clear, create the unit, and then select it. But my question (which came from me working on a trigger) is this. Say I have two loops:

Actions
    For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
        Loop - Actions
    For each (Integer B) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
        Loop - Actions

And they both do something such as create a unit at a point. Do they both run at the same time? Or will the second loop have to wait until the first is completely finished?

 

[Tinki3]

>will the second loop have to wait until the first is completely finished?

Yes, just like "waits".
The same goes for If-then-else statements.

 

[Pigger]

Darn! I was hoping that wasn't true. While you're here mind helping me out on a circle question? Else I'll make a new thread...

 

[Tinki3]

>mind helping me out on a circle question?

Not at all.. what is it?

 

[Pigger]

Ok, thanks. I found a tutorial earlier on how to make circles, which I can handle. But I'm trying to make it so that the circle will "form" growing two ways. As in I have this as my current loop to make it (which works fine but only goes one way.)

For each (Integer A) from 1 to 36, do (Actions)
    Loop - Actions
        Wait 0.01 seconds
        Unit - Create 1 FireDummy for (Owner of Caster) at (CircleCenter offset by (Distance between CastPoint and CircleCenter) towards ((Facing of Caster) + ((360.00 / 36.00) x (Real((Integer A))))) degrees) facing Default building facing degrees

The wait is just to give the illusion of the units being created are being created in a circular motion. But I am trying to make it so that it starts and one point, and moves both ways around the circle, so that the two ends of the growing circle connect behind where the caster was facing/cast the spell.

(And I'm really sorry if there is something talking about this I just got back from class and wanted to figure it ASAP and forgot about searching :S)

 

[Pender]

Do something like this:

For each (Integer A) from 1 to 18, do (Actions)
    Loop - Actions
        Wait 0.01 seconds
        Unit - Create 1 FireDummy for (Owner of Caster) at (CircleCenter offset by (Distance between CastPoint and CircleCenter) towards ((Facing of Caster) + ((360.00 / 36.00) x (Real((Integer A))))) degrees) facing Default building facing degrees
        Unit - Create 1 FireDummy for (Owner of Caster) at (CircleCenter offset by (Distance between CastPoint and CircleCenter) towards ((Facing of Caster) - ((360.00 / 36.00) x (Real((Integer A))))) degrees) facing Default building facing degrees

Note that in the second Create Unit action, it's a minus sign. Also note that we only loop from 1 to 18 -- instead of 1 to 36 -- since we're creating two units with each iteration instead of one. I believe that'll do it.

 

[esb]

>And they both do something such as create a unit at a point. Do they both run at the same time? Or will the second loop have to wait until the first is completely finished?

To have them run at the same time, I think you can have 2 seperate triggers, with the same event, and actions run at the same time.