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Aug 27 2010, 11:12 pm
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Sep 3 2010, 3:52 pm

NudeRaider Post #21

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

It states it's buggy, but so far it's never disappointed me.

Sep 3 2010, 7:50 pm

rockz Post #22

ᴄʜᴇᴇsᴇ ɪᴛ!

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ScmDraft's text triggers. Ever noticed the tree on the left?

What about it? it doesn't filter the triggers or separate them, and thus is utterly useless for what I want.

"Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Chairman - do we have to call the Gentleman a gentleman if he's not one?"

Sep 3 2010, 8:07 pm

Aristocrat Post #23

I suppose using a regex-based sort can't hurt. I organize my triggers when writing them, so I don't run into situations where it would take a long time to find something. Of course, actual map triggers aren't THIS meticulously commented, but the tags help a lot.

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I only ever code with text Trigedit; my triggers are usually saved as a plaintext file somewhere, and they have comments in the format of the archetypal double-slash prefixed lines.

An example of a trigger text file for map utilizing this system would be:

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Code

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
// CORSAIR RUSH: MRUA<Null>RD100622CATundefSnMnBNDISTy
//
// INDEX (Append '#' prefix to designation to search)
// Respawning triggers: RSP1
// RSP2
// Counter system: CNTR
// Leaderboard display: INIT
// Victory Trigger: VCT1
// Hyper Triggers: HYPERBEGIN
// HYPEREND
// Forced Ally: ALLY1
// ALLY2
//
// TAGS: >NP<
// >PG<
// >KG<
// >DEFUNCT<
// >CONST<
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Force 1 Respawning Trigger: #RSP1
//Recreates corsair while player still suffers deaths of corsairs

Trigger("Corsair Rush"){

Conditions:

//Fires if and only if there are one or more deaths of corsairs

Deaths("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", At least, 1);

//Respawns Corsair when dead

Actions:

//Spawn at flag
Move Location("Current Player", "Flag", "Everywhere", "2x2");
Create Unit("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", 1, "2x2");

//Auto attack
Order("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", "2x2", "rs", attack);

//Remove deaths and add to counter
Set Deaths("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", Subtract, 1);
Set Deaths("Current Player", "Terran Firebat", Add, 1);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Force 2 Respawning Trigger: #RSP2

Trigger("Made by: Null"){
Conditions:
Deaths("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", At least, 1);

Actions:
Move Location("Current Player", "Flag", "Everywhere", "2x2");
Create Unit("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", 1, "2x2");
Order("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", "ls", "rs", attack);
Set Deaths("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", Subtract, 1);
Set Deaths("Current Player", "Terran Firebat", Add, 1);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Counter to extra corsairs: #CNTR
//Makes players gain more corsairs every 6 deaths

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:

//One counter added every corsair death; fires when counter reaches 6 or above
Deaths("Current Player", "Terran Firebat", At least, 6);

Actions:

//Add 1 to corsair deaths and subtract 6 counters
Set Deaths("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", Add, 1);
Set Deaths("Current Player", "Terran Firebat", Subtract, 6);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Display Leaderboard: #INIT >NP<
//Leaderboard shows number of kills attained by individual players.

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:

//Always condition fires on map start
Always();

Actions:
//Displays leaderboard for all players, not preserved
Leader Board Kills("<--Best Killer", "Protoss Corsair");
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Victory Trigger: #VCT1 >NP< >PG<
//Ends scenario in victory for players who attain 5000 kills

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:

//Fires if current player attains 5000 corsair kills
Kill("Current Player", "Protoss Corsair", At least, 5000);

Actions:

//Wait 2 seconds before declaring victory
Wait(2000);

//Declare victory. Scenario ends
Victory();

//BUG: Allied victory does not work. Change trigger to fire for each team?
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Victory Trigger: #VCT2 >NP< >KG< >DEFUNCT<
//Ends scenario in victory if enemies leave/do not exist
//
//Trigger("All players"){
//Conditions:
//
//Fires if current player attains 5000 corsair kills
// Command("Non Allied Victory Players", "Protoss Corsair", At most, 0);
//
//Actions:
//
//Wait 2 seconds before declaring victory
// Wait(2000);
//
//Declare victory. Scenario ends
// Victory();
//
//BUG: Will prematurely end scenario if all enemies are simultaneously dead. Removed.
// Consider replacing with "Command x Flags".
//}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Hyper Triggers: #HYPERBEGIN
//Trigger cycle will run at a rate of 250/21 times per second with this implementation. 4 nests deep.

Trigger("All players"){
Conditions:
Always();

Actions:
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//-----------------------------------------------------------------//

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Actions:
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//#HYPEREND

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Forced Ally Trigger for Force 1: #ALLY1 >CONST<
//Disable alliance changing against teammates

Trigger("Corsair Rush"){
Conditions:

//Constantly fires.
Always();

Actions:

//Set Force 1 to Allied Victory
Set Alliance Status("Corsair Rush", Allied Victory);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
//Forced Ally Trigger for Force 2: #ALLY2 >CONST<
//Disable alliance changing against teammates

Trigger("Made by: Null"){
Conditions:

//Constantly fires.
Always();

Actions:

//Set Force 1 to Allied Victory
Set Alliance Status("Made by: Null", Allied Victory);
Preserve Trigger();
}

//-----------------------------------------------------------------//
#EOF

PROS:
-Much, much faster to debug, code, and mass duplicate triggers or use regular expressions to replace stuff
-Ability to flag your triggers and use Ctrl-F to jump to specific ones
-Use regular expressions to mass replace units/trigger elements
-Tag triggers of certain categories and ability to jump to them
-Ability to disable triggers without using a Never(); condition (Tinymap2 safe)
-Comments do not take up trigger action space (I can now have 64 actions max instead of 63 if I used the traditional comment system)
-More than one comment per trigger; could explain what each and every single line does
-Comments are not embedded into map*
-No strings are wasted
-Coding can be done exclusively with keyboard, speeding up the process substantially

*Could be a con, if you are hoping to understand your triggers.

CONS:
-Lazy people can't be bothered to do this
-Potentially obfuscates code for other mappers**
-Requires saving another file

**Probably a pro if you do not want people stealing it?

(Recommend using Notepad++ or TextPad)

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Sep 3 2010, 8:18 pm

DavidJCobb Post #24

I know what our project should be.

Remake this. But more seizurific. >:3

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Sep 3 2010, 11:04 pm

O)FaRTy1billion[MM] Post #25

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I know what our project should be.

Remake this. But more seizurific. >:3

I could have, but there was a lot of slowdown on my computer because of the large font (had to balance interval and font size).

This would be fun if it is in a language I know (C, VB6, VB.NET, PHP, JS), or have access to (ASM, C#, more) ...

I would gladly participate.

I'd prefer C/C++. I'd only do PHP/JS if it is a web-related thing ...

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Sep 3 2010, 11:15 pm

DavidJCobb Post #26

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O)FaRTy1billion[MM]

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DavidJCobb

I know what our project should be.

Remake this. But more seizurific. >:3

I could have, but there was a lot of slowdown on my computer because of the large font (had to balance interval and font size).

This would be fun if it is in a language I know (C, VB6, VB.NET, PHP, JS), or have access to (ASM, C#, more) ...

I would gladly participate.

I'm not talking about making it faster. I mean making more things flash.

Make the entire background flash randomly. Make the text rapidly expand and contract. Make the font randomize randomly with every frame of animation.

I actually did something like that once, but I only used one text element, so I had the text background and page background randomize independently. Alas, I have lost the file.

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Sep 28 2010, 2:50 am

payne Post #27

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Where are my new SEN Games? :devlin:

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