Referencing Item names with non item variables?

[ThySpektre]

Hello,

To make certain decision trees/looping structures easier, is there anyway to reference an item type via string variables?

For example (this is SIMPLIFIED and I know you could do this quite easily another way. Please think about the many item case)

Let's say I wanted to give a different items to a unit based on the season of the year and the time of day. I have the 4 seasons defined in game and the day split into Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night.

I have triggers that set two string variables throughout the game at the proper times named:

strSeason and strTOD.

to the values: "Spring", "Summer", etc...

Is there anyway to name my items smartly like ItemSpringMorning, ItemFallNight, ItemFallAfternoon, etc, and then refernce them in triggers?

Something like:

Give Hero Item Item + strSeason + strTOD.

I know how to do this with 16 condition statements, was wondering if there was a better way.

ThySpektre

PS: I am asking this for in general, I realize for a temporal based trigger I could change an item type variable when I update the string variables, but I am looking for the general case of referring to item types via strings.

 

[Grundy]

make a unit variable called tempUnit or something
then make a trigger for every season/time of day combination - these triggers should have no events and no conditions. only actions they should have are create item for unit where you put in the item for that season/time and the unit will be tempUnit.

then make a trigger that does something like this:
event: whatever you want the event to be, i dont know.
condition: the unit does not have 6 items in inventory
action:
set tempUnit = (unit that gets the item)
if season == summer
-- if time == morning
-- -- run trigger MakeSummerMorningItem <gen>
-- else if time == day
-- -- run trigger MakeSummerDayItem <gen>
-- else if time == evening
-- -- run trigger MakeSummerEveningItem <gen>
-- else if time == night
-- -- run trigger MakeSummerNightItem <gen>
else if season == fall
-- if time == morning
-- -- run trigger MakeFallMorningItem <gen>

etc... you get the point (i hope)


OR you can simulate 2d arrays... hold on give me a minute to type this part.
step 1: create an item array variable

step 2: initialize them to look like this-
item[1] = spring morning item
item[2] = spring day item
item[3] = spring evening item
item[4] = spring night item
item[5] = summer morning item
item[6] = summer day item
item[7] = summer evening item
item[8] = summer night item
item[9] = fall morning item
item[10] = fall day item
item[11] = fall evening item
item[12] = fall night item
item[13] = winter morning item
item[14] = winter day item
item[15] = winter evening item
item[16] = winter night item

step 3: in your trigger that gives the item, use an integer variable (i call it x)and do this:
if season == spring; set x = 0
if season == summer; set x = 4
if season == fall; set x = 8
if season == winter; set x = 12

if time == morning; set x = x+1
if time == day; set x = x+2
if time == evening; set x = x+3
if time == night; set x = x+4

create item[x] for the unit.

 

[AceHart]

Given an action like:
Item - Create (Random level 1 Artifact item-type) at (Center of (Playable map area))

Now, if all "summer" items, for example, where of class "artifact", all "winter" items of some other class etc.
Then, the "Time of day" value could be the level of the item.

Just an idea...

 

[ThySpektre]

That's what I needed. Thanks.

OR you can simulate 2d arrays... hold on give me a minute to type this part.
step 1: create an item array variable