random colors

[darkassaisin]

on my map i want to make i so there are 3 circles of powers each which a name of a color and i want to make it so when a units steps in the right circle they get something but what i don't know is how to make the circle i want it to be random so its no always the same color

 

[zozoR]

heres a well ok mode to do it...
create a circle of power, copy it to u got as much as needed and change the colour the circle of power has to a different per circle u have copyed

create a variable array (unit-type) (ill call it UT in the trigger below)

trigger1
--event--
time elpsed 0.1 seconds

--actions--
set UT[1]=circle of power (red)
set UT[2]=circle of power (blue)
set UT[3]=circle of power (green)
set UT[4]=circle of power (yellow)

trigger2
--events--
time elapsed 0.2 seconds

--actions--
create 1 UT[random intigner between 1 and 4] at (whatever place u want it) facing default building

 

[darkassaisin]

i get how to make it random in the first trigger but i don't understand what u r doing in the second trigger it looks like ur making a unit or something when i m making it the winnig circle of power be different each time

 

[SD_Ryoko]

1. You already have the circles on the map.
2. You have them colored already.
3. You have small regions in the center of the circle.

Winning Circle
    Events
        Map initialization
    Conditions
    Actions
        Set Wining_Region = (Random integer number between 1 and 3)

Win
    Events
        Unit - A unit enters Circle1 <gen>
        Unit - A unit enters Circle2 <gen>
        Unit - A unit enters Circle3 <gen>
    Conditions
    Actions
        Wait 0.30 seconds
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                Or - Any (Conditions) are true
                    Conditions
                        ((Circle1 <gen> contains (Triggering unit)) Equal to True) and (Wining_Region Equal to 1)
                        ((Circle2 <gen> contains (Triggering unit)) Equal to True) and (Wining_Region Equal to 2)
                        ((Circle3 <gen> contains (Triggering unit)) Equal to True) and (Wining_Region Equal to 3)
            Then - Actions
                Game - Display to (All players) the text: You've Won!
            Else - Actions
                Do nothing

Uh.... Every time I test it, the random number is 3... My only guess is not to have it right at the opening of the map, or random number sucks at being random but... There ya go.

 

[darkassaisin]

thx i will try that i guess i will make it happen when it is 5 sec into the game as the event instead of intilization

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Don't forget the wait command - very important.

 

[darkassaisin]

yep if it doesn't wait it will be the same thing each time and it looked like u put 2 triggers there or is it one and u just usedif/then/else because i saw that u put one of those on there

 

[SD_Ryoko]

There is two triggers there. First one sets the number, but you can do that anywhere.

When a unit 'enters a region' fires, it is not always true the unit IS IN the region, he just walked on the border. So you wait .3 to give him time to be inside the region.

 

[darkassaisin]

i no the region stuff my map has 40 regions and i understand the world editor well i just don't know some things so i come here and ask u guys who know those things i m looking for

 

[Darg]

Every time I test it, the random number is 3

are you using the test map feature by any chance? If so, make sure you have turned "use fixed random seed" off. (file -> preferences -> test map -> the check box is there)

not that your theory isn't sound though, funny things do tend to happen if you try to do stuff at exactly the moment of map initialisation.

 

[darkassaisin]

k i turned off fixed random seed i will see if it works

 

[darkassaisin]

dude the set winning_region thing i assume u made that one up but i don't know what to do i can't find set interger anywhere where is it?

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Uh...no I didn't make any of it up

its the 'Set variable' action.

 

[darkassaisin]

dude on the if/then/else action what where the conditions i don't get how u got 3 when u only get 1

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Use If / Then / Else MULTIPLE functions.

Then use an OR, but use 'Or-Multiple Conditions' (theres two kinds of OR)

 

[darkassaisin]

dude i did the exact thing that u wrote there and when i steped in the circle nothing happened whats wrong?

 

[SD_Ryoko]

If you did exactly the same thing then nothings wrong. It worked for me time and time again. It was just always circle 3, as I mentioned before.

Circle of power on the map
Square region inside, as large as you can fit.

Make sure your saying

Region 1 and number 1
Region 2 and number 2
Region 3 and number 3

 

[Sluggo]

Hmm

From what I can tell there are 3 senarios you might be talking about.

1)
You have 3 ciclres that change color every game, (red, blue, yellow) and the red one is always the winner.

2)
You have 3 circles, (left, middle, right) and the winning circle just has a random position.

3)
A combo of both where it is based on the position, but the colors also change as well.

Please clarify which one it might be.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

The programme I wrote is for three circles, pre colored, and pre placed on the map. The winning circle is random, chosen at map init.

 

[Sluggo]

Sorry this was meant for darkassaisin, because i could quite understand his question.