SC2Mapster

Hello all, I was wondering if there was any way to make a trigger that can randomly choose a different trigger out of three or four triggers and run the randomly chosen trigger. It'd be amazing if anyone has any info or tips. Thanks!

use If Then Else

Create a local variable name random of type integer

Do this :

Variable - Set random = (Random integer between 1 and 3) You can change the 3 for the number of trigg

If random = 1 Then run trigger 1 Else no action

If random = 2 Then run trigger 2 Else no action

If random = 3 Then run trigger 3 Else no action

Do a switch on a random integer, or store the triggers in an array and use a random number as the index and run that.

@TheNiceGuy: Go

Using if else has no purpose here, the multiple if else if macro would be better, switch macro would be even better.

Never mind... do as above

I've never used a switch macro before... could you explain the steps a little bit?

@Aneth0r: Go

A switch "Macro" isn't a macro at all. It is actually a cornerstone of modern programming. Essentially you pass a variable into the switch statement and depending on what the value of that variable is a segment of code will be run. See below:

Variable i = RandomInt(1, 100)

Switch (i) {

case:1

Say "Hello";

break;

case:2

Say "World";

break;

default:

Say "Default";

break;

}

In this example, i is a random variable between 1 and 100. If (i = 1) then "Hello" is printed. If (i=2) then "World" is printed. If (i = something else) then the default action is run of "Default" being printed.

Here is an Example of a Switch Statement using Java:

class SwitchDemo { public static void main(String[] args) {

int month = 8; switch (month) { case 1: System.out.println("January"); break; case 2: System.out.println("February"); break; case 3: System.out.println("March"); break; case 4: System.out.println("April"); break; case 5: System.out.println("May"); break; case 6: System.out.println("June"); break; case 7: System.out.println("July"); break; case 8: System.out.println("August"); break; case 9: System.out.println("September"); break; case 10: System.out.println("October"); break; case 11: System.out.println("November"); break; case 12: System.out.println("December"); break; default: System.out.println("Invalid month.");break; } } }

Here is an example of a switch statement using c#

{ public enum State { One, Two, Three, Four };

public void DoASwitch(State mystate) { switch (mystate) { case State.One: Console.WriteLine("I'm in state one!"); break; case State.Two: Console.WriteLine("I'm in state two!"); goto case State.Four; case State.Three: Console.WriteLine("I'm in state three!"); goto case State.Two; case State.Four: Console.WriteLine("I'm in state four!"); goto case State.One; } }

If you want to excel with your mapping you should take some time to read up on all the actions in the general section (Not "-General").

If Then Else Switch While For each ect...

EDIT: I don't know why this forum refuses to accept formatting :(

Thanks everyone. Even though I was a tad bit confused, it seems as though I've got it working.

Thanks again. :D

There is a much better way to do this guys. You don't need to use Switch or If/Else at all!

See below:

Run Random Trigger

Events

Local Variables

randomTriggers = No Trigger

Conditions

Actions

Variable - Set randomTriggers[0] = Trigger 1

Variable - Set randomTriggers[1] = Trigger 1

Trigger - Run randomTriggers[(Random integer between 0 and 1)] (Check Conditions, Don't Wait until it finishes)

Notes:

1. randomTriggers is a variable of type Trigger, set to Array of size 2 in the above example (set this to the number of random triggers)
2. You would probably create randomTriggers variable as a global, and have a separate trigger to initialize it to set the values instead of setting them each time it's run.

Thanks.

That one works equally as well, with less line clutter. :D

@KineMorto: Go

Everything in the trigger editor that generates code are actually macro's, there is no switch statement in galaxy, just if/else if. So it is in fact a code generation macro.

And stick it in code tags, see markup documentation for more info.

@KratsAU: Go

I already stated that above.

I would do this like so
Var Int = Random Number 1-3

Switch{
-if Int = 1 then run trigger 1
-if Int = 2 then run trigger 2
-if Int = 3 then run trigger 3
}