I'm trying to trigger my map to say "Player X eliminated!" when a player owns 0 buildings... so I have:

PLAYERS
All Players
CONDITION
Player 1 commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 1 defeated!"

etc... thru player 8.

Problem is, if not all slots are filled, whichever players are missing have their defeat message displayed immediately after the map starts.]

How can I fix this? Thanks!!

8 Switches, Player 1 playing, Player 2 playing, Player 3 etc. (Or a death counter)


[TRIGGER]
[DESCRIPTION]All Players[/DESCRIPTION]
[CONDITIONS]
[*]Player 1 commands at most 0 buildings
[*]"Player 1 is playing" is enabled
[/CONDITIONS]
[ACTIONS]
[*]Display for current player "Player 1 defeated"
[/ACTIONS]
[/TRIGGER]

Wow the trigger forum button doesn't work...

Thanks BlueFalcon. I was thinking about doing this, but I thought there might be another way.

It's simple:

PLAYERS
Player 1
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 1 defeated!"

PLAYERS
Player 2
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 2 defeated!"

PLAYERS
Player 3
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 3 defeated!"

PLAYERS
Player 4
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 4 defeated!"

PLAYERS
Player 5
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 5 defeated!"

PLAYERS
Player 6
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 6 defeated!"

PLAYERS
Player 7
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 7 defeated!"

PLAYERS
Player 8
CONDITION
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
ACTION
Display for current player "Player 8 defeated!"

Your solution won't work scwizard, as the current player used for text display is also the player the trigger is firing for. I was thinking of sticking a trigger right at the top of the list with 8 actions: a create building/unit trigger for each player. Then any buildings/units that don't show mean that player isn't in the game, so set a switch or death counter to represent that, then add a condition relating to said switch or death counter to his original 8 triggers.

EDIT: Nvm, thats what BlueFalcon said. Sorry, my eyes glazed over the first time I read your trigger bbcode.

Oh, I forgot display text was subjective like that, derp I look like a huge idiot.

WentSplat is a renamed tank turret.

All Players
CurrentPlayer commands at most 0 buildings.
Set deaths for CurrentPlayer WentSplat add 1

All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 1 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 1 went splat lol"


All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 2 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 2 went splat lol"


All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 3 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 3 went splat lol"


All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 4 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 4 went splat lol"


All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 5 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 5 went splat lol"


All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 6 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 6 went splat lol"


All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 7 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 7 went splat lol"


All Players
Deaths of WentSplat for Player 8 is at least 1
Displaytext for current player "Player 8 went splat lol"

Do I win yet?

if somebody leaves or drops your system fails, scwizard
can I see your third try?
bluefalcon's solution works and I guess that it would be the best method because using deathcounters instead has no advantage (it would be a waste...).

Yeah, scwizard, BlueFalcon's works, and it looks like all you were doing was the same thing with death counts instead of switches.

True

I still like my way better though

(I mean dropping doesn't mean you've been defeated, it means you've dropped right? Seriously though use BlueFalcon's method)

You should use death counts instead of switches to indicate a player is in the game.

Always - Set death counts for 'player state' to 1

Player X commands 0 buildings and Player X has 1 deaths of 'player state': show 'Player X dead!'

Switches are fine, since I'm pretty sure it's a melee-like map.

And I'm pretty sure I'd do it like Strilanc would, and I'd add an ElapsedTime at least 3 gameseconds as well to the condition, just in case.