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I dont know if this is possable...but ive been trying to make a trigger so that around a building (which you can build) a unit spawns every so many seconds. Any help would be appretiated.
 
Unit Spawning

Hello zll7.

Sd Ryoko posted how to do this. It is wrather easy. I'll walk you through it.

The first thing you have to do my friend, is place the building on your map.
Then Add a Region around the building.
Now open your trigger Editor.
Add a new category.
Add a new trigger and Name it (unit name) Spawn *example: Footman Spawn*

now fill in your events, conditions, and actions as follows.

Events
Time - Every ## seconds of game time
Conditions - none
Actions
Unit - Create ## (your unit here) for (Player) at (your Region here) facing 0.00 degrees

This event should now spawn units around your building according to the number of seconds you input.

Have fun!!
 
Yes, but he's looking for a way to trigger the spawning units AFTER the building is built. (I think, anyway) It appears he doesn't want it to be preplaced, but rather built by a player, and THEN the spawning will take place...

For now, I'm not 100% sure how to do this, but I'm thinking about it.

If I have it wrong, then sorry.

Alexander
 
...And 56k is a genius! :) However, there's a bit more to it. You're going to have to make two triggers, one to set off the spawning trigger after the barracks is built.

E: A player finished building a building.
C: Building is equal to Barracks <or whatever you want the units to spawn around>
A: Run Spawn, ignoing conditions

Spawn
E: Every X seconds
C:
A: <Im_On_56k's action here>

And that should work. (Thanks for the mental boost, 56k!)

Alexander
Hope it works.
 
Hmm, in trying to create a little test, to see if it works, I couldn't find your the right part for your action, 56k.

"Position of unit-type barracks" <- What action do you use to find that in?

Alexander
Maybe it's more complicated then we thought...
 
Here's the exact triggers about:

Code: 
AddToSpawnGroups
    Events
        Unit - A unit Finishes construction
    Conditions
    Actions
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                (Unit-type of (Triggering unit))  =  FootmanSpawner
            Then - Actions
                Unit Group - Add (Triggering unit) to FootmenSpawners
            Else - Actions
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                (Unit-type of (Triggering unit))  =  GruntSpawner
            Then - Actions
                Unit Group - Add (Triggering unit) to GruntSpawners
            Else - Actions
Once a building is built, it checks if it is a footman spawner or a grunt spawner, then if its a footman spawner it adds to the footman spawner group, or if its a grunt spawner, it adds to the grunt spawner group. You can add more groups with copy and paste.

Code: 
SpawnUnits
    Events
        Time - Every 60.00 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in FootmenSpawners and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                Unit - Create 5 Footman for (Owner of (Picked unit)) at (Position of (Picked unit)) facing (Position of (Triggering unit))
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in GruntSpawners and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                Unit - Create 5 Grunt for (Owner of (Picked unit)) at (Position of (Picked unit)) facing (Position of (Triggering unit))

Every 60 seconds of the game, it picks all the footman spawners and spawns 5 footman for them and picks all the grunt spawners and spawns 5 grunts for them. You can add more with copy and paste.

If you want those units to move somewhere, like automatically attack the enemy, just tell me and I'll add those actions in if you don't know how.
 
test
Events
Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)((Unit-type of (Picked unit)) Equal to Barracks)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Create 1 Footman for (Owner of (Picked unit)) at (Position of (Picked unit)) facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
 
Lol, NEVERMIND! :D Wow, Demonfaze, I've noticed you've been quite busy lately. (70+ posts in 2 days! :eek: ) And you're apparently good with triggers...Cool! :) Welcome to the forum, and thanks for setting me and 56k straight! ;)

Alexander
 
Alexander: Thanks for the welcome :cool:.

56k: Yes, but I'm used to avoiding setting unit groups at periodical events because they create too much memory leaks.

I know I have leaks with the regions that I could remove, but for simplicity's sake (and I don't think they are as bad as unit group leaks) I just made them the "simple" way.

-Demonfaze
 
wow, i'm trying to recreate his triggers just for the experience, and haha i'm havin a hard time finding everything....

i'm determined though =)
 
Haha, determination & patience are like the two most important things in map making (experience with the editor comes in third).

The first two are "If/Then/Else (multiple Actions)" and inside the "If" is a unit comparison, the "Then" is are Unit Group - Add Unit and the Unit Group it adds them to is a variable with the type of "Unit Group". and the "Else" is just blank.

The next trigger has two "Unit Group - Pick Every Unit in Unit Group and Do (Multiple Actions)" And inside are just "Unit - Create Units facing Point" Conditions inside those should be pretty easy to find.
 
I figured it out. Man o Man the things you can do with triggers are just mind boggling....and this whole trigger was a wrather easy one to make. I would hate to see a difficult one.

Reminds me of when I use to edit Dungeon Seige......@#$@# pains in my @#$@#

/trigger Add Demonfaze to friends list
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You have improved at socializing (1)!
 
Haha ;).

You can go to the Omnislash thread that was being posted in yesterday, the trigger I put there was like 10 times as long as this one... (and 10 times as hard)

-Demonfaze
 
My comprehenstion level for what the triggers do, boolean, comparrison, all those kinds of triggers is low.

So I am limited to what I can do because I do not understand those things.

Hence why I need you all, your my support, my feet. Don't worry, when I take a !@#$ I clean it up.

:banghead: Break it down :banghead:
 
zll7: no prob, thats what this forums is for! ;)

Kaerwynd: don't worry, you're a lot better than tons of people I've seen. IE: People looking for the "Create a TD button" :D
 
OMG there is a button for creating TD?!?!

where?!?!??!?!

Is there a button for creating Dota maps??!?!?!?!
 
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