why doesn't this work?

[mage_of _sorrow]

i need an area to have visibilty at the start of the game but then disappear after "X" seconds. i did this:

** Event: Map Init
Action: Pick all players... Create Visibility modifier region
emiting Visibility across "Region" for Picked player
Action: Start "Timer" as an expiring timer

** Event: "Timer" Expires
Action: Destroy last created Visibility Modifier

that right there should work, right? it didn't so i added a second action to the second trigger:

-- Action: Pick all players... Create Visibility modifier region
emiting Black Mask across "Region" for Picked player

also didn't work. so then i used variables to define the Visibility modifier but still go nothing! watup? is it that it creates multiple modifiers and i have to destroy all the instances? because that would be dumb.

Black Mask is enabled, and so is Fog of War. thanks.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Well first, say you have 8 players.

Then you say, pick all players and create a visibiliy modification.

Then your trigger says destroy last created modifier. This is only going to effect the VERY LAST one created.

So you have 8 people, you have 8 modifiers, and your destroying the last one. Probobly number 8. 7 left over.

Does it create the modification properly at all? Is the area visible?

The better way would be:

Pick all players and do multiples:
1. Create modifier
2. Set variable = last created modifer

Then say
Destroy <variable> modifier.

 

[mage_of_sorrow]

im lazy so i just did this...

I made a Variable called "Vis" and made it an array then i did this:

** Trigger 1 (@ initialization)

For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Visibility - Create an initially Enabled visibility modifier for (Player((Integer A))) emitting Visibility across Area001<gen>
Set Vis[(Integer A)] = (Last created visibility modifier)

** Trigger 2 (when timer expires)

For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Visibility - Destroy Vis[(Integer A)]

it works fine. thanks for the response SD_Ryoko

mage_of_sorrow has been awarded the "Ryoko Programming Award of the day" on Friday 21st May 2004.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Thats not lazy man, thats mega effecient. You get the Ryoko Programming Award of the day.

 

[mage_of_sorrow]

woa! thanx!

(i just don't like copy pasting triggs over and over and then editing over and over)