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WASD movement, use data its laagless:
http://forums.sc2mapster.com/resources/tutorials/10104-tutorial-lagless-wasd-system-using-data-editor/

FPS Trigger library:
http://www.sc2mapster.com/assets/fps-engine-library-v1-0/

Quote from grenegg: Go

Unless your not having it be lineir, you know exactly how high it is based of of how long its been sense you told it to rise.

Yes, every 7 seconds it goes between 3 & 7. What I meant when I said that was there is no "lava height" variable or "check lava height at region" trigger or w/e...

I'm trying to use a timer variable because it tracks the game time, which is what tracks the lava height.. I'm working around the 'no direct route' problem, but it's not working...

@BasharTeg: Go

lol... you just described what I'm already trying to do...

I know trig. I am not trying to make the unit bob up and down forever. I want to set the unit height (one time) to the same height as the lava. It is impossible to check the lava's height directly since I'm using a change in water state trigger for that.

Cosine, by definition has a range of y values between -1 and 1. Cosine(0) = 1
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%284.0+%2B+%284.0+*+%28Abs%28%28Cos%28%28%28x%29+%2F+%286.2832+%2F+7.0%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29
is exactly what my function looks like. Check out tha graph.

My function is flawless except for the elapsed timer thing... I think I should change the title of this topic to "Timer help" because there is obviously something I am missing when it comes to timers ):

http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/development/data/22671-weekly-data-exercise-15-multi-stage-abilities/?post=7

http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/development/data/22671-weekly-data-exercise-15-multi-stage-abilities/?post=19

http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/development/data/22671-weekly-data-exercise-15-multi-stage-abilities/?post=22

from the latest wde

http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/resources/data-assets/23221-ability-energy-absolution/

Quote from Reaper872: Go

I am trying to trigger a series of cameras that go in a circle around my map in a loop. Well not a loop exactly, but they will always go to the next one in the series over and over and over again. What is the best way to get a decent looking version of this? Do I need a camera placed every so often around in a giant circle? Can I just place 1 camera and tell it to circle around? Please help.

technically you could just create 1 camera and give it the trigger "follow unit" and have it follow an invisible unit that flies around your map...

but I'd say make 1 camera & give a trigger saying something to the effect:

create region a at point (top of circle)
pan camera to region a

create region a at point (next point in circle)
pan camera to region b

... etc.

So the camera makes an entire loop.. like so:

Then you only need 1 camera and no preplaced regions or units.





edit: Hmm, now i feel dumb... i cant find the create region or set region action but i know there is something similar... i guess you could also preplace 1 region and move that region to points along your circle.

Hmm or use the equation of a circle (x-a)² + (y-b)² = r² to move your camera around. x & y would be the value of a timer or something.. something that keeps changing.. a & b are the coordinates (a,b) for the center of your map & r would be the radius (distance from the middle of your map to one edge).. This way would b a lot smoother looking 4 sure

@Skoite: Go

try lowering the camera a bit. I think it's caused my the ceiling height inside the corridoor.

@grenegg, i use 4+4*Abs(cos(Elapsed time of timer/2pi/7)) because.. Abs keeps the function always positive, cos makes the function a wave so it goes up and down with time instead of just increasing forever, and elapsed/2pi/7 is just a conversion to scale the function to the lava flow time scale...

@Bash, I can't increment the units height over time because the movement must be instant. The lava does damage over time, but as soon as lava is going to give the killing shot, I want to move the unit just above the lava's surface (which goes from 3 to 7 over 7 seconds, forever) so the unit's death can be visible.



Imagine my height function is just cos(x) & x=elapsed time of Timer.. This SHOULD go from 1 to -1 back and forth... but I'm getting 1 all the time.. Why is my Timer variable giving me 0 always even though I know it's running?

Bump, also updated 1st post a bit..

I'm not sure why the "Elapsed time of Timer" is returning 0 and causing my function to always spit out 8.

Explanation/help please



edit: i meant elapsed time, not duration... the duration is set to infinite

Mmk.. I have a few lava pits on my map & the lava rises and falls with time. If a unit walks into the lava, they die. I want to show their death by moving the unit to a height just above the lava's surface.

Basically I want to move a unit (before death) to a height between 4 & 8 depending on lava surface height (ie. game time).

The trigger below pushes all the units to a height of 8, never anything else, and I cannot figure out where I went wrong.

========v==============The important part==============v==============

Unit - Change (Triggering unit) height to (4.0 + (4.0 * (Abs((Cos(((Elapsed time of Timer) / (6.2832 / 7.0)))))))) over 0.0 seconds

========v==============Full code==============v==============

Oh & the timer is just there to test that the timer wasn't 0 (my initial thought)

ShowDeath
    Events
        Unit - Any Unit takes Fatal or Non-Fatal Any damage (from Any effects)
    Local Variables
    Conditions
        ((Triggering unit) has LavaBurn) == true
        ((Triggering unit) is in Lava) == true
        (Ground height at (Position of (Triggering unit))) < 7.0
        ((Triggering unit) uses Fly mover) == false
        ((Triggering unit) uses FlyLow (Unnamed) mover) == false
    Actions
        General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
            If
                (Triggering damage amount) <= 3.0
                ((Triggering unit) behavior 1) == LavaBurn
                ((Triggering unit) Vitality (Current)) < 457.0
            Then
                Unit - Change (Triggering unit) height to (4.0 + (4.0 * (Abs((Cos(((Elapsed time of Timer) / (6.2832 / 7.0)))))))) over 0.0 seconds
            Else

@b0ne123: Go

oo, you are right... glad they fixed it :)

Nope, my idea fizzled & popped... I tried an old SC trick where you pre-place 1 unused building for each player then detect later if they own the building because if they quit ownership goes to player 0 or 15, i forget which... didn't work tho =\

QUIT
    Events
        Unit - Any Unit owner changes
    Local Variables
    Conditions
        Or
            Conditions
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
                (Owner of Abandoned Structure [4.82, 194.86]) == 0
    Actions
        General - Pick each integer from 1 to 8, and do (Actions)
            Actions
                General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
                    If
                        (Old unit owner) == (Picked integer)
                    Then
                        Variable - Set PlayerHere[(Picked integer)] = false
                        Unit - Kill (Unit ((Unit type from "Unit") count for player (Picked integer), counting Queued Or Better) from (Any units in (Entire map) owned by player (Picked integer) matching Excluded: Missile, Dead, Hidden, with at most Any Amount))
                    Else
        General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
            If
                PlayerHere[(Picked integer)] == false
            Then
                Leaderboard - Set KillBoard item text at column 1 and row (Picked integer) to "QUIT!!!"
                Game - End game in Defeat for player (Picked integer) (Show dialogs, Show score screen)
            Else

thats the same as the player status thing... only detects defeat, victory, or tie...

I need a consistently firing trigger that will check every so often if a player is in game or not, but since there is no.....
WAIT, i think i got it... Will report back with what im thinking when i get a chance to test this theory of mine.

@DeProgrammer: Go

that player status thing is what i meant... that cant be used for players leaving or dc'ing.... jus tred again... no luck

Need a way to change the status of the leaderboard for a player that quits in the middle of the game, disconnects, or is defeated to 'XXXX.'

Ie.

P 1 -- 0
P 2 -- 0
P 3 -- 0
P 4 -- 0

P2 leaves

P 1 -- 0
Left -- 0
P 3 -- 0
P 4 -- 0

Cannot use 'player is alive' as that only checks for when a player is victorious or defeated.