Looping a trigger

[crazymiles]

I have a trigger set right now for reviving creeps. how do i loop that a certain trigger? for it to keep happening through out the game?

any suggetsions? plz

 

[Rinpun]

It's called Periodic time event.

But, if you look at all of the reviving triggers out there, you'll know that they have a sort of timer window set up. When a camp dies, the camp's clock runs and then revives the creeps. If you have a single event, you'll find it might unfairly revive the creeps, if you know what I mean.

It depends on how you use it though. If it is, say, restaffing guardsmen at a castle, then you don't need such fancy triggers. But, you will need to do so if you even hope to get a good system for reviving the whole of the map's creeps, assuming it's an RPG or something.

 

[crazymiles]

thanks much, uve been very helpful. yah i just want a simple one.

is it hard to set a specific path for the creeps? and if not TOO hard, how would i go about doing that?

 

[Senkin]

It is simple to make a cirten path for the creeps, you just need to read this tutorial. If you have probolems still just post again and I will assist you.

http://www.world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/towerdef.php

 

[Rinpun]

A path you want them to go? Well, I shall point you out the important notes of what I ran into when I was doing my Turret map.

First of all, if they're creeps owned by Neutral Hostile, you'll have to go to Advanced >> Gameplay Constants and under Creeps you'll find their wander range and movement range and stuff, which you should set to 99999. The idea is that creeps camp and run back to their original position after moving enough, and usually it becomes upsetting that after they move a distance they suddenly turn around walk back to their spot.

But, the above can be avoided by simply making all of the "creeps" owned by player 12 as opposed to Neutral Hostile.

Now to be more on-topic.

It depends on how complex you want it to be. If it's just walking in a spiral of sorts and there is only one way to go, you can simply order them to move to the destination.

But if you want different paths and such, it gets complicated. You'd have to create multiple destination regions with triggers that make the entering unit, if they're apart of a unit group (add them into the unit group when they're created and remove them once they're told be moved, so that you don't end up telling people of the same unit-type who have different ideas in movement to move to the center), move along to the next destination region.

 

[crazymiles]

i just want a simple movement, kinda like DoTA

 

[Rinpun]

Well do what I said. Destination region and trigger to create and order last created unit group to attack-move to <destination region>

 

[crazymiles]

what trigger is to order the last crated unit?

 

[Malice-]

It's a unit action I believe... Check the category Unit, under your actions. Look for "Issue Order..... (what kind of order issued you want).

 

[Senkin]

I gave you a link that tells you how to make the paths for them and all.