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OK, I know the basics of triggers. I get the events and conditions parts, but what I don't know is how to WRITE the trigger...I've seen different triggers with different types of codes (or so it seems to me) and I don't know if it depends on the type of trigger, or the result you want the trigger to have. So I'm asking if someone could please just kind of give me a bit of help...(No, BrokenX, I'm not asking for triggers, or to start from square one, I'm trying to be specific...)
 
I'm not completely sure what you mean... you just have to insert events that need to happen to activate the trigger, conditions that need to be valid for the trigger to continue, and actions to tell the game what to do if the events happen and the conditions are true. You really don't have to "write" anything.
 
k lol if you mean by being Specific you want help... what do you want help with first be more specific with that and i'll try to help you from there... other wise your just saying you want help and i can't help you unless u tell me what u want to do... give me an example what you want done and i'll see if i can try to help you ok?
 
One word, expriement. There is no one that will be willing to take their time to teach a stranger how to make complicated trigger work. Make a new map, add some triggers, and see what happens. Open the Monolith map made by Blizzard in your Scenario folder for more examples. Report back here when you have a problem and we'll gladly help you, but we will not be teaching you how to do this.
 
yea like conan said like if you know what you want to do with the triggers and have seen some map just like it or a little bit like it you could open the map and check it out. if it doesnt totally solve ur problem then experiment some and maybe youll get it right :)
 
Such an idiot

As the title would suggest: i'm such an idiot...i never even really played around with triggers before, so i thought you had to write all that coding and stuff...embaressed? um, pass...anyway, since i'm new at this, i figured i'd start with something that seems pretty simple: a hero reviving trigger...all i want to make it do is 'when player one's hero dies, revive it at player one's starting location' ...now, i look at all the options and stuff for the events and conditions and this is me: :confused: ...um...help! lol, idiot in need, here!

TY for the patience...and the help...and ... JUST TY ALRIGHT?!

OK, i did what you asked and tried something while i was waiting...It didn't work, probabl because i'm missing something, and pelase don't laugh, this is the first time i've tried this...Anyway, this is all i did because i didn't understand half of it anyway
Event:
Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Dies
Conditions:
(Unit-type of (Triggering Unit)) is Equal to Hero
(Player 1 (Red) controller) Equal to User
Action:
Wait 2.00 seconds
Hero - Instantly revive (Revivable Hero) at ((Matching player) starting location), Hide revival graphics

So, anyone care to tell me what i did wrong?
 
Maybe I've got it this time...

Ok, I looked at the dude's hero reviver thing, and I think i have it...a lot of his trigger seems to be about the timer, though...Oh well, let me try to change my stupid one and I'll brb...
 
Well, lets see:
Code: 
Event:
    Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Dies
Conditions:
    (Unit-type of (Triggering Unit)) is Equal to Hero
    (Player 1 (Red) controller) Equal to User
Action:
    Wait 2.00 seconds
    Hero - Instantly revive (Revivable Hero) at ((Matching player) starting location), Hide revival graphics


You, most likely, don't need the "(Player 1 (Red) controller) Equal to User".

Then, for "Hero - Instantly revive (Revivable Hero) at ((Matching player) starting location)"...

Revivable Hero?
Who's that?
You will want to revive "dying unit".

And, "matching player" start location.
There is no matching player here...
Change that to "owner of (dying unit)"'s start location.
 
Here's the new thing

I changed it to:
Events
A unit owned by player 1 red dies
Conditions
triggering unit is a hero equal to true
actions
hero - instantly revive revivable hero at matching player start location, hide revival graphics

So i don't know what i need to change differently then last time, ace, so if you could look at that new one, please
 
I'm mostly seeing that you're not reading much of what's written...
Ah, well... :)


Hero - Instantly revive (Dying unit) at ((Owner of (Dying unit)) start location), Hide revival graphics


There is no "revivable hero", unless the event was "unit becomes revivable".
There also is no "matching player", that's only for conditional tests inside "pick every player..."


You can put the "wait" back in.
 
Heh, oops

Actually, I did change it, i just didn't write what i was reading in the trigger thingy...and isn't that just a kick in the nads, i hit test map and won on accident -.- oops
 
I feel special!

Yay, I wrote a trigger! lol, it worked, and i made sure to test it by running my hero into a mine with creeps :-D THANKS ACE! Now, what do I want to try next? lol...

Throw me another idea to try and then fail at so i can ask more questions! :-D
 
Next lesson!

The next thing I'd like to figure out is variables...that confuses the hell out of me...and the types of triggers, so i know what i might want to use for my maps...
 
Variables are used to store information. Everything from numbers and strings to units and unit groups, you can store in variables. Say in a TD for example, you have lives. The number of lives are stored in a variable. Lets say you have 20 lives, so the variable's value will be set to 20. Now when you lose a life, you can use a trigger to subtract that life from the lives variable (lives = lives - 1). And when the variable reaches 0, you can use that as an event to trigger defeat or whatever you want.
 
i Think you should play around with triggers more... just cause you figured one trigger out doesn't mean u mastered it ... work on things you know some what of or you will never learn do things that you don't understand try different things...
 
TY for the info and help

Ok, I guess I'll mess around...probably blow a computer or two up first ;) but i'll get there! anyway, thanks a lot for the help, it's at least nice to know i'm starting to understand...and yeah, i know i'm not good at them yet, but i'll get there...i just kind of wanted to learn some basic things for now, and then get more complicated later...ty though!
 
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