Right now this thread is a direct copy of Mythic_Freak's original thread. I am taking suggestions of how we can make this thread be as useful as possible taking advantage of me being willing to put a database with sort, search and tracking capabilities behind the content of the main post.

[This message has been edited by Elrich (edited 07-23-2010 @ 07:40 PM).]

1) Wipe the finished/unfinished requests, those are from a long time ago so serve no purpose by being here still, start anew with this one.

2) Take out/add new questions to the FAQ, as I did with the question thread. And add links to the question thread and modding thread.

3) Like I did to the q thread when I had it, try to make the layout of this look nicer, and improve it asthetically. Colored hr bars, use the indent tags in the faq, all that stuff.

Hey sorry this is off topic, are you still wanting to playtest ESP elrich? Just so i can reference it. Ive taken a break on ESP, but im not gonna explain why, im already off topic lol.
Sorry and god bless

This is thread 3 ;p.

I think you should make a list of commonly asked for triggers with links to their DLs/code. And new question thread.

Sure this will be great .

[This message has been edited by Yeebaagooon (edited 07-23-2010 @ 01:47 PM).]

if no ones gonna supply ideas then heres two

Set tech status in area - well something is needed to seperate those elite guards from the militia... - E.g. palace guard -> champion and iron upgrades and City guards -> heavy and bronze upgrades, militia -> copper upgrades -

my second is similar to the first in a few ways

Set Civilization name in area - description in name ;P - e.g. two towns, an example for what i need in my RPG is one town a Spartan base (that would be its name) and the other Corinth itself (Corinth of course) -

Please make these ASAP, they arent the most important thing I need for my RPG saviors of corinth but it would really seperate it from the rest, even though its pretty seperate as it is!

Right now this thread is a direct copy of Mythic_Freak's original thread.

Fail.
-invent00r

wat

I won the lpw.

@BSU_DoLhades: We can do a "in area" trigger only when it's related to units, not techs or civ names, so sorry, these are impossible
But why don't you just add more players with the different combinations of techs and civ names you like?

damnit, janet! I completely forgot about Invent00r's original thread, but I did mean the MP will be a copy of Mythic's

@Yeebaagooon: can you change the title of the thread NOT to say II (put III or nothing w/e)

[This message has been edited by Elrich (edited 07-23-2010 @ 07:41 PM).]

This doesn't seem to be working.

<Condition name="Units in User Defined Area">
  <Param name="Obj" dispName="$$22295$$Source Units" VarType="unit">default</Param> 
  <Param name="Location" dispName="Corner object 1" varType="unit">default</Param> 
  <Param name="Location2" dispName="Corner object 2" varType="unit">default</Param> 
  <Param name="Op" dispName="$$22297$$Operator" VarType="operator">==</Param> 
  <Param name="Count" dispName="$$22304$$Count" VarType="float">1</Param> 
  <Command>for(result=0;>1){} for(q=0;>1){} for(w=0;>1){} for(a=0;>1){} for(s=0;>1){}</Command> 
  <Command>for(x=0;>1){} for(y=0;>1){}</Command> 
  <Command>q=xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location%"));w=xsVectorGetZ(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location%"));</Command> 
  <Command>a=xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location2%"));s=xsVectorGetZ(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location2%"));</Command> 
  <Command loop="" loopParm="Obj">x=xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%Obj%"));y=xsVectorGetZ(kbGetBlockPosition("%Obj%"));if(((w>=y)!=true||(y>=s)!=true||(x>=q)!=true||(a>=x)!=true)!=true){result++;}</Command> 
  <Expression>result %Op% %Count%</Expression> 
  </Condition>

Fail.

At least mine got stickied!

@Elrich: so that admin@... e-mail address works on MSN too?

Threw this together. Killed all my custom triggers, does someone mind showing me right?
 
 

   <Effect name="yChange Name QV3">
      <Param name="Name1" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
      <Param name="Name2" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
      <Param name="Name3" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
      <Command>trQuestVarSetFromRand("%NewName%", 1, 3, false);</Command>
      <Command>if(%NewName%==1) trUnitChangeName("%Name1%");</Command>
      <Command>if(%NewName%==2) trUnitChangeName("%Name2%");</Command>
      <Command>if(%NewName%==3) trUnitChangeName("%Name3%");</Command>
   </Effect>

@ Xzyiothe
I've highlighted a few problems in bold below.
trQuestVarSetFromRand("%NewName%", 1, 3, false);
if(%NewName%==1) trUnitChangeName("%Name1%");
if(%NewName%==2) trUnitChangeName("%Name2%");
if(%NewName%==3) trUnitChangeName("%Name3%");

You only use %NewName% for parameter names (i.e. declared in the param tags) which NewName isn't, it's just the name given to a QV and since NewName is a QV you need to use trQuestVarGet("NewName") in order to get it's value. In the randomisation bit, you want to set rounding to true so that you don't get something like 1.0567 as the result instead of 1, 2 or 3

I've made these changes here:

   <Effect name="yChange Name QV3">
      <Param name="Name1" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
      <Param name="Name2" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
      <Param name="Name3" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
      <Command>trQuestVarSetFromRand("NewName", 1, 3, true);</Command>
      <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==1) trUnitChangeName("%Name1%");</Command>
      <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==2) trUnitChangeName("%Name2%");</Command>
      <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==3) trUnitChangeName("%Name3%");</Command>
   </Effect>

I've not tested it, but those were the only problems I could see.

Edit: Expanding on the idea, I came up with this:

    <Effect name="y Change Name Random">
       <Param name="Names" dispName="Number of Names" varType="long">6</Param>
       <Param name="Name1" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
       <Param name="Name2" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
       <Param name="Name3" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
       <Param name="Name4" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
       <Param name="Name5" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
       <Param name="Name6" dispName="$$23784$$Name" varType="stringid">Name</Param>
       <Command>trQuestVarSetFromRand("NewName", 1, %Names%, true);</Command>
       <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==1) trUnitChangeName("%Name1%");</Command>
       <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==2) trUnitChangeName("%Name2%");</Command>
       <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==3) trUnitChangeName("%Name3%");</Command>
       <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==4) trUnitChangeName("%Name4%");</Command>
       <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==5) trUnitChangeName("%Name5%");</Command>
       <Command>if(trQuestVarGet("NewName")==6) trUnitChangeName("%Name6%");</Command>
    </Effect>

It randomly chooses one of up to 6 names to which to change.

[This message has been edited by perpetual_n00b (edited 07-24-2010 @ 10:42 AM).]

Winston, if it is not trigger locking, but isn't detecting units either, try switching the corners with each other, or using opposite corners instead.

Works great. However, I believe my issue was the "f" I somehow inputted at the beginning of the file. Guess I'll never know if I have any talent whatsoever, because this trigger is even better. Thanks!

The talent is in coming up with an idea that will work (which you did), the rest is just syntax.

Hail, it still wont work for some reason. It doesnt cause a trigger lock, all others work, but it wont fire the effects in the trigger, I tested by just including a send chat to see if it would work. So it wont detect for some reason. I tried switching around, wont work. Its a katapeltas thats the unit I have to be in the area, and in the param its == 1 for the units. Doesnt work, I dont know why. Is the coding wrong?

The talent is in coming up with an idea that will work (which you did), the rest is just syntax.

1% inspiration, 99% perspiration

Okay. The one that I copied out of your post trigger locks for me (because of those forum codes being used for the OR pipes ||. If I replace them with regular || it works fine).
The original one that I gave you works perfectly fine for me.

      <Condition name="Units in User Defined Area (objects)">
         <Param name="Obj" dispName="$$22295$$Source Units" VarType="unit">default</Param>
         <Param name="Location" dispName="Corner object 1" varType="unit">default</Param>
         <Param name="Location2" dispName="Corner object 2" varType="unit">default</Param>
         <Param name="Op" dispName="$$22297$$Operator" VarType="operator">==</Param>
         <Param name="Count" dispName="$$22304$$Count" VarType="float">1</Param>
           <Command>for(result=0;>1){} for(q=0;>1){} for(w=0;>1){} for(a=0;>1){} for(s=0;>1){}</Command>
           <Command>for(x=0;>1){} for(y=0;>1){}</Command>
           <Command>q=xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location%"));w=xsVectorGetZ(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location%"));</Command>
           <Command>a=xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location2%"));s=xsVectorGetZ(kbGetBlockPosition("%Location2%"));</Command>
           <Command loop="" loopParm="Obj">x=xsVectorGetX(kbGetBlockPosition("%Obj%"));y=xsVectorGetZ(kbGetBlockPosition("%Obj%"));if(((w>=y)!=true||(y>=s)!=true||(x>=q)!=true||(a>=x)!=true)!=true){result++;}</Command>
      <Expression>result %Op% %Count%</Expression>
   </Condition>

AAARGGGH I see, it just gets busted whenever it is posted in the forum, so it was the forum's fault not yours. You can either copy from the post and add line breaks, or copy from the code and replace | with |

poopie

If you are in the default camera view, Location1 should be the left-most corner, and Location2 should be the right-most corner, not top-bottom.

[This message has been edited by HailToTheOboe (edited 07-24-2010 @ 05:52 PM).]

@Mythic: I didn't mean to send from that admin account. It's my default work account. You can catch me on msn using the hotmail account and please do. I'll check my email now for any messages (I've been out househunting all day).

ok so whats that do?

you didnt explain the last trigger :S:S

Where can i find the Camera Cut Protounit trigger... I know I've had it before. Also, the Deselect Units trigger. If I remember, it might have been called UI Deselect Units.

    <Effect name="CAMERA Cut Protounit">
      <Param name="ProtoName" dispName="$$22434$$ProtoName" varType="protounit">Villager</Param>
        <Command>uiZoomToProto("%ProtoName%");</Command>
    </Effect>

   <Effect name="UI Unselect Units">
           <Command>uiClearSelection();</Command>
   </Effect>

First is from nottud's superpack, second from Invent00r's proactiver triggers.

Thanks lostrozzacavalli!

no problems

damn it, hail its just not working for me. Could you email me the code?