SC2Mapster

I've been working to create a button that sends the next wave of units. i'm going to have 2 events for sending the wave, timer expire, and this button, but i can't figure out how to even get the button to show up, much less to program it to do anything. can anybody help me?

@canichols2: Go

Actions
        Dialog - Create a Modal dialog of size (160, 100) at (10, 450) relative to Top Right of screen
        Dialog - Create a Button for Dialog (Last created dialog) with the dimensions (90, 45) anchored to Center with an offset of (0, -3) setting the tooltip to "" with button text "Ready!" and the hover image set to ""
        Dialog - Show (Last created dialog) for (All players)

That will create a button. You then need to create a Global Variable as a Boolean, mine is called Player 1 Ready. You will also need to create a Global Variable as a boolean called "isSpawning". Create a new trigger.

    Event
        Dialog - Any Dialog Item is Clicked by Player 1
    Actions
        Variable - Set Player 1 Ready = true
        UI - Display ((Text (Name of player (Triggering player)) with color (Color((Current player (Triggering player) color)))) + " is Ready!") for (All players) to Chat area

This trigger will run when ever player 1 clicks a dialog item and will set the Player 1 Ready boolean variable to true.

    Events
        Timer - Every 1.0 seconds of Game Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
        (Controller of player 2) == None
        (Controller of player 3) == None
        (Controller of player 4) == None
        Player 1 is ready == true
    Actions
        Trigger - Run Infested Terran 1  (Check Conditions, Don't Wait until it finishes)

This trigger will check every 1 second of game time if the Player 1 Ready boolean variable is true. (this is from my map which is set for 4 players but this trigger is for if only player 1 is in the game) the action will run another trigger i have set to spawn a wave of units.

        Timer - Start Wave Timer as a One Shot timer that will expire in 120.0 Real Time seconds
        Timer - Create a timer window for Wave Timer, with the title "Time Until Next Wave:", using Remaining time (initially Visible)

You first need to create a Global Variable as a Timer, mine is called "Wave Timer." This will be referenced later for spawning waves.

    Events
        Timer - Wave Timer expires
    Actions
        Timer - Restart Wave Timer
        Timer - Pause Wave Timer
        Variable - Set isSpawning = true
        Variable - Set Player 1 Ready = false
        Unit - Create 15 Infested Terran (From Terran Infestation Rupture) for player 6 at (Random point in Bottom West Spawn) using point facing (No Options)
        Unit - Order all units in (Last created units) to ( Attack targeting (Random point in Attack Region 1)) (After Existing Orders)

This trigger runs when the "Wave Timer" expires or when the Dialog button is pressed. The actions will reset the timer back to 120.0 seconds and will pause it. It will reset the Player 1 Ready variable to false and the isSpawning variable to true.

    Events
        Timer - Every 2.0 seconds of Game Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
            If
                (Number of Living units in (Any units in player 6 no units owned by player 6 matching Excluded: Missile, Dead, Hidden, with at most Any Amount)) == 0
                isSpawning == true
            Then
                Timer - Restart Wave Timer
                Variable - Set isSpawning = false

This trigger checks for the conditions every 2.0 seconds of game time. If the "isSpawning" variable is true and there are no units controlled by the attacking wave computer(player 6), it will restart the "Wave Timer" and set the "isSpawning" variable to false.

What this looks like in game is:
Timer starts at 120.0 and there is a button that says "Ready!"
if the button is pressed, the Infested Terran 1 wave will attack.
as soon as that wave is spawned, the timer will be reset to 120.0 and paused there.
When there are no units left controlled by the attacking computer, the timer will start counting down from 120.0
I have multiple waves set up in my map, so if the timer reaches 0, or you press the "Ready!" button, the next wave will spawn

I think i covered everything that creates a usable button and timer. Let me know if you have any questions.

I already have my waves, timer, timer reset, and difforent waves set up the way i wanted them before you gave me this tutorial. so i'm trying to integrate it into what i've already got. but i can't get the button to show up. i put the dialoge stuff in my map initialization trigger. but i can't see the button in game.

make sure you use the action "Show/Hide Dialog", and if the button isnt showing up, there is also "Show/hide Dialog Item" as dialogs (and weirdly sometimes dialog items) always start out as hidden