SC2Mapster

Is there any easy method to compare two unit's energy, or other vital, without triggers, or a rough method using lots of validators?

Basically, I want an energy link which transfers energy from the unit with more energy to the one with less, regardless of direction.

If there was a validator to check which one had more energy, it would be easy.

@Ranakastrasz: Go

use the UnitCompareVital and fill in the OtherUnit field. Use the type Delta bigger than 0 to transfer hp to the target, otherwise to caster

Ah, the other otherunit field determines what unit a comparison is made to? Useful.

What is the type delta? I was going to use a healer effect.

@Ranakastrasz: Go

delta is the difference between unit and other unit. is it positive it has more life, is it negative less life. or the other way around :d

@FunkyUserName: Go

Thank you. I had no idea you could directly compare unit vitals.

@DrSuperEvil: Go

this wasn't known?

So I tried to implement this with Pylons (with an autocast ability to transfer energy from the Pylon to another unit or building or another Pylon, but only if the receiving Pylon has less energy). I notice that at random a pair of Pylons would just transfer energy to each other, indefinitely until they cap out; whenever that happens it basically 'short circuits' my Pylon chain (so that ie. the Shield Battery receiving the energy from the Pylon Chain suddenly stops receiving energy until the two short circuited Pylons top up on energy). I have been using a validator with Validator Type set to Current (says Delta above; but I tried both), Validator Compare set to Greater Than, Validator Unit set to Caster, Validator Other Unit set to Target, and I've tried various values for Validator Value (ie. 0, 20, -20), trying to tell the Pylon to not send energy to another Pylon unless it has at least 20 less energy than the sending Pylon. It just doesn't work. Any idea how to fix this?

Exactly, so how can I break this? i.e. how can I implement any of the below?

1 - Prioritize channeling energy to non-pylons then to low energy pylons then to higher energy ones

2 - Find some way to use multiple validators so that I can effectively add the "value" field to it

3 - Prevent channeling energy to a pylon that's channeling energy right back