Hi Guys,
Ultimately here's what I want to do:
If player x has > 5 tanks then do something. Problem is tanks come in siege and tank mode. I want to the TOTAL tank and siege count.

Here's what I've got to work:
(Get the number of units of type Merc - Siege Breaker (Siege Mode) (Merc Siege Tank) owned by player 7 that have been seen by the specified player 7) > 13
This check works. After it's > 13, I do a disable on this type tank.
But the problem is if you pop it into tank mode, the count goes out of whack.

So I'm thinking that I need to do this check
(Get the number of units of type Merc - Siege Breaker (Siege Mode) (Merc Siege Tank) owned by player 7 that have been seen by the specified player 7)
and ADD the resulting number to this:
(Get the number of units of type Merc - Siege Breaker (Tank Mode) (Merc Siege Tank) owned by player 7 that have been seen by the specified player 7)
and compare the output to > 13.

The problem is I can't figure out how to assign a variable:
x= (Get the number of units of type Merc - Siege Breaker (Siege Mode) (Merc Siege Tank) owned by player 7 that have been seen by the specified player 7))
y= (Get the number of units of type Merc - Siege Breaker (Siege Mode) (Merc Siege Tank) owned by player 7 that have been seen by the specified player 7)
then I can do
If x+y > 13 then ...

any idea on how to make a variable x= to make this happen?
or any other ideas?

cheers

You go to your trigger, click on "variables" and press ctrl+W. Then a new variable is created that you can give a new name.

You can modify variables with the actions within the "Variables" trigger action category.

You can calculate with numbers with "Math" -> "Arithmetic ( Integer)".

Thanks Ahli,
I have a general idea of what you recommended. I've played with variables and also manipulated them with thru actions.
But I don't understand how you mean I should go about doing this.
Do you see a way in your mind that I can assign something like this, get its value and put it in a variable?
(Get the number of units of type Merc - Siege Breaker (Siege Mode) (Merc Siege Tank) owned by player 7 that have been seen by the specified player 7))

I can't find in variables how to use a function to get a value to assign to a variable.

You want something like this?



You can set the initial value of variables and click the function tab to assign it like above.

Wouldnt it be completed or better?

It's up to the implementer. If he wants as one of the effects the inability to build tanks, for instance, then queued or better would be the way to go. However, if his map doesn't revolve around constructing tanks in any way, then there would be no difference between using the 'queued' or 'completed' keywords.

The way he put it, the tanks have to exist.

thanks guys.
a tremendous amount of help