Player as variable in condition

[Centreri]

For my swap spell (swaps position of two units), I wanna make it so that friendly players could turn on/off if others can cast it on them. So, I thought I'd make something like
Event:
Player enters chat message '-swapon'
Action:
set Allowance[player number of[triggering player]] on.

Something basically like that. The problem is that it forces me to specify an exact player for the event. Is there any way to circumvent that, or do I have to make 20 triggers to make this work (on/off for 10 players)?

Oh, and one side-question, how do I increase maximum allowed mana cost for a spell?

 

[AceHart]

Add one event for every player. And work with "Triggering player" in the conditions and actions.

 

[Centreri]

Shame. I thought Blizzard would think to make it just 'Player enters chat message'. Thanks.

What about the mana thing?

 

[Drunken_God]

i dont think its changeable(why you want it to set higher then 999999?)

 

[Sim]

> Shame. I thought Blizzard would think to make it just 'Player enters chat message'. Thanks.

You could still loop through 12 players at map initialization and add to your trigger the event: "(Picked player) enters a chat message -swapon"...

That would be Blizzard's 'Player enters chat message'!

> how do I increase maximum allowed mana cost for a spell?

Try shift-clicking and setting a big value. If it doesn't work then.... consider 999999 as enough!