SC2Mapster

I have been fooling around in the editor for a few weeks now and have seen MANY youtubevideos on trigger basics and advanced i was trying to make capturable cities after a certain number of HP has been killed of like 200/600 and then transfer owenrship but the best i have gotten is transfer on atk EX

Events: Unit-Any Unit Takes Non-Fatal Any Damage{from Any effects]
local variables
conditions
Actions:
Unit-Change ownership of {Triggering unit} to player1 and Change Color

Please help me

Use the conditions section to limit the triggering unit the the unit type of your "cities" as well as check the hp on the triggering unit.

@hobbidude: Go please explain further i tried using and,ex but none seamed to allow me to specify anything or check hp

Hello bent15,

what you have done will change the ownership of the city as soon as any unit on your map takes damage.

Quote from bent15: Go

Events: Unit-Any Unit Takes Non-Fatal Any Damage{from Any effects] local variables conditions Actions: Unit-Change ownership of {Triggering unit} to player1 and Change Color

This says: when any unit is damaged, change ownership of this unit to player1. If a marine was attacked, the marine would be given to player1.

You need to add some conditions as you only want to change the owenership if a specified unit is attacked (condition 1) and when its HP get low (condition 2)

Add these by adding a "if, then, else" action to your trigger.

I dont know how familiar you are with programming logic so ill give you a short explanation: if youre going to the store you check the weather to see if you need a jacket. if its raining or cold (<=15°C), you take a jacket. If not you dont do anything. this would be something like

If
....Or
........Temperature<= 15°C
........raining==true
then
........take jacket
else
........-leave this empty-

in your case, you want the unit to be your city (if i got that correctly - eg a command center as a city -> attack -> take over. I got that right?) Ill do this with a Command Center as your "city"-unit AND on top of that the unit should have <= 200HP. Here we go:

If:
....and
........Unit type of (Triggering Unit) == Command Center
........(Triggering Unit) Life (Current) <= 200
Then
........Unit - Change ownership of {Triggering unit} to player1 and Change Color
........Unit - Set (Triggering unit) Life to ((Triggering unit) Maximum Life (Current)) in case you want to set the life to full
Else
........-Leave Empty-

The units life action and condition can be found by searching for "unit property".

@DemoniacMilk: Go what you said is exactly what i want the problem is when i go to make the trigger and i click condition i dont have the if or else under condition i have and not or comparasin within the bounds and txt has been sent

You can add conditions in the 'conditions' section (then you dont need the if then else) or add a "if then else" in the 'actions' section.

@DemoniacMilk: Gowell i tried hte add definition...but im not anywher enear that advanced XD i think i got some progress

Test Events Unit - (Triggering unit) Life changes Local Variables Conditions 100 <= (Minimize damage of (Triggering unit) weapon 1 vs Structure.) <= 300 Actions Unit - Change ownership of (Triggering unit) to player 1 and Change Color

@bent15: Go sweet figured out how to get the and if XD now where to put it lol

Here you go!

I have set the HP limit to 600 to make sure the building doesnt take damage because of burning down (would lead to new owner = old owner).

You should be able to use this trigger as is in your map =)

@DemoniacMilk: Go this one is perfect and i will keep it but i just managed to make mine work woot! heres what i managed on my own

Capture Structure Events Unit - Command Center [33.50, 24.50] Life changes Local Variables Conditions 100 <= ((Triggering unit) Life (Current)) <= 200 Actions Unit - Change ownership of (Triggering unit) to player 1 and Change Color General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions) If Then Else

@GlornII: Go yup yup thank you for the help

Yes what you ahve done there works =) In your solution you could remove the "if then else" in the actions sections ;)

However, this solution has 3 disadvantages compared to what i passed to you:

• only works for this one command center you added there. have to add events for every CC you add to your map
• if you have a unit that does more than 100 damage nothing might happen (eg if HP change from 220 to 80 your trigger wont do anything)
• All cities will be given to player 1 - change value to (Damaging Player) to give to attacker

Make sure to go to the data editor - units - command center - behaviors and to remove the 'Terran - Structure burnout' behavior if you choose a low amount of HP as you did ;)

@DemoniacMilk: Go and ty demonic for all the help and the trigger

@GlornII: Go ty ty glorn