Putting Hero Icons on a Multiboard

[nardretor]

I want to put icons on my multiboard that keeps track of kills and deaths of heroes of each player. I know how to put an icon but i want a faster way or easier way to do it. When the player buys a hero, the hero icon will be on the multiboard and i tested that once already. Well.. i have 33 heroes in my map and what i first thought is to use if/then/else actions. It's so hard! So many heroes... then i knew that there is a limit of 9 if/then/else on a single trigger. I thought about making 4 separate triggers for it. But is there an easier way?

 

[Rushhour]

There is a limit of 9 if/then/elses? :O
I'm pretty sure I once used a trigger with about 20 if then elses and it worked perfectly
Hm, what about storing all hero icons in an image variable array? That could be faster to do, but not sure about this.

 

[nardretor]

ahm... i think that wont work... but im not sure... well.. 20 if/then/elses? here, if it exceeds 9 if/then/else, the trigger will be disabled and there is an error appearing...

 

[NetherHawk]

are you sure... i used 12 if/then/else in my trigger to set the colour codes for each player.. works fine.. then again.. i was using jass. not sure about gui.

 

[Crusher]

This might help you, not sure if it's effective.

• Update Hero Icon
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) is A Hero) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Paladin
      • Then - Actions
        • Multiboard - Set the icon for multiboard item in column 1, row playerslot[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] to ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNGarithos.blp
      • Else - Actions

 

[OneBadPsycho]

You can assign every image path to an array variable and change the custom value of the hero to match the array number. When a hero is bought you can simply check the custom value and set the image in the multiboard.

 

[nardretor]

I just did wat crusher did.. i have no choice but to make 4 triggers in setting icons for 33 heroes. My world editor doesnt accept more than 10 if/then/else actions on a trigger.

BTW, things work well already...