Random towers for builder?

[zzyzxroad]

I was wondering if it was possible that a builder does't just have the same towers, but if it could be coded that the builder would receive a couple of towers randomly.

So if there were basic, normal and advanced towers:


A B C D E (Basic)
F G H I J (Normal)
K L M N O (Advanced)

He could get something like this as his "structures built":

B D E
F I J
K M O

 

[Juggernaut]

add the spells in arrays such as ( towerbasic [1],towerbasic[2] etc. towernormal[1],towernormal[2] etc. toweradvanced[1],toweradvanced[2] etc)
then when you want to add the towers.
Select 1 random number from 1 to total number of basic/advanced towers.
for each tower type you select 1 random number.

e.g random number from 1 to NumberOfBasicTowers, // this is the total number of towers available of this type.
random number from 1 to NumberOfNormalTowers,
random number from 1 to NumberOfAdvancedTowers,

then use Unit - Add ability and add towerbasic[The random number you picked before]
Do this for all the tower types.

 

[thorhunter]

If your map considers one builder per player you can add all possible towers to a builder and then 'set max units available for player' for disabled towers to 0.

 

[zzyzxroad]

Thanks for the replies. I will have to mull over the answers to see if any are possible, and if I can figure it out in WE. (Havnt coded in years)

What I am doing, is creating a random race from several existing races. I want the triggers to pull the towers from those existing races randomly and insert them into this one race. All players actually get 2 builders, but I don't know if thorhunter's ide will work.

 

[Solu9]

Lets say you have 3 different kinds of towers. In the example I'll be using Defensive, Offensive and Support.

Make an ability array for each of the three categories. Fx:
Defensive_Array:
Set Defensive_Array [1] = Tower A
Set Defensive_Array [2] = Tower B
Set Defensive_Array [3] = Tower C
Set Defensive_Array [4] = Tower D

When the unit is acquired run this trigger:

Events - Whatever you want
Conditions - Whatever you want
Actions -
Add Defensive_Array [Random integer number between 1 and 4] to "your unit"
Add Offensive_Array [Random integer number between 1 and 4] to "your unit"
Add Support_Array [Random integer number between 1 and 4] to "your unit"

If you want more towers from the same category just add in a condition to check if the unit already has the picked tower.

Edit: So basically I just said what Juggernaut said, great.

 

[zzyzxroad]

Edit: So basically I just said what Juggernaut said, great.

But yours was easier to understand, especially since I am getting back into after 3 years away.

Thanks. Will try it after work.

EDIT:
Ok, so I have been trying to set up these towers as you guys are describing, and it is not quite working. How can I set up a tower as an ABILITY, when it is a UNIT?
I was never the best coder as it was, but after 3 years I think I forgot most everything, so sorry if I seem a little stunned

 

[zzyzxroad]

Well it's been a loooong time. Thought i would give it a try, and still no-go. I uploaded the test map. It's a TD just so I don't have to do all the Terrain and spawns.

Maybe someone can take a look and see where the hell I might be going wrong.


Thanks.

 

[Solu9]

Base the towers on the "Build Tiny Farm (or any other)" ability.
Set the ability to a unit ability instead of item ability.

Add the ability to the unit via triggers like the original answers describe.

Edit:
I didn't look at the map btw.

 

[zzyzxroad]

Late reply. I finally have it working. First I had to add ALL the towers to my builder. I used a trigger to make these towers unavailable. Then I used your examples to write the rest to add 11 various towers for him to be able to be built.

 

[The Helper]

LOL! Glad it worked! Better late than never right