help with TD creep creation trigger

[Chao]

Arrrrgh!!!!

-------- Level 0 --------
Set MonsterType[0] = Villager (Male 2)
Set MonsterAmount[0] = 25

That's an example, persay.

Set Level_Number = (Level_Number + 1)
Countdown Timer - Start (Create a periodic One-shot timer lasting 30.00) as a One-shot timer that will expire in 30.00 seconds
Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for (Last started timer) with title (Time Until Level + (String(Level)))
Wait 30.00 seconds
Unit - Create MonsterAmount[Level] MonsterType[Level] for Player 7 (Green) at (Center of Bottom L Spawn <gen>) facing 0.00 degrees
Countdown Timer - Destroy (Last created timer window)
Set Level = (Level + 1)

etc etc.

That's the general system I'm going by. It's a run-on system in which the conditions depend on the food cap of Player 7 Green (it's explicitly a 6-man td), however, I cannot get any units to spawn, ever. Any ideas?

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Re: Arrrrgh!!!!

Heh heh. You need to make a timer VARIABLE first, then when you 'Start' a timer, it must be a variable.

If you DONT use a timer variable when you start it, the whole trigger jams right there, and STOPS. So change it to look like this.


Countdown Timer - Start (Level_Timer) as a One-shot timer that will expire in 30.00 seconds

THEN
Your spawn trigger will be totally seperate. Don't use that thirty second wait.

Event - Level_Timer expires
Actions (do spawn)

Alternatively
You dont need a timer if you want to use food.

Event - Player 7's food becoms less than 1
Actions (Do spawn, or whatever).

Dude, I have this HUGE td tutorial on the tutorial site I wrote. Did you look into that? Very informative.

 

[Chao]

That's really helpful info. Except that I don't know where the site is, hahah! I want to look at the TD tutorial though... I tried resolving my problem with your solution, by removing the timer and changing food caps around, but I think the problem actually lies in the variables. Despite the lack of variables in my timer section, it didn't freeze; the run commands worked just fine, which restarted the events shortly after the timer expired. Granted, the units still didn't spawn. Blegh! Sooo what's the link?

 

[SD_Ryoko]

<---- On the left too.


http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/

Okay I see one thing.

Your defining [0] first in your array. Totally okay.

But the first line of your trigger, you say 'Set Level = Level +1' so I'm almost CERTAIN its not going to be zero, right?

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Oh, look at 'How a TD runs and Operates'. I think this particularly applies to your problem.

 

[Darg]

just passing a gentle reminder about a new forum rule we just implemented:

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13976

I've renamed your thread topic to something more appropriate.

 

[Chao]

Terribly sorry.. I'll try not to make that mistake again..

In other news, I'm going to make a second attempt at building a new engine tonight. If anyone has a nice engine they want to try out and my own fails, please feel free to send it thissaway. I don't trust myself.

 

[Hell-Pleaque]

Maul's have nice spawning triggers, I used Pokemaul Ruby 5.35 and it works very nice.