SC2Mapster

My event is set to fire the trigger on a periodic event, every 5 game seconds, but the trigger does not fire. I have tested the trigger itself with a different event, so i know the rest of the trigger is working properly. Why does a periodic event not fire?

Copy and paste your trigger here so I can take a gander upon it. Copy as text, then paste as code.

Events Timer - Every 5.0 seconds of Game Time Local Variables Untitled Variable 001 = (10 * (Number of Living units in (House units in (Entire map) owned by player (Triggering player) matching Excluded: Missile, Dead, Hidden, with at most Any Amount))) <Integer> Conditions (Triggering player) == 1 Actions Player - Modify player (Triggering player) Custom Resource: Add Untitled Variable 001 Player - Modify player (Triggering player) Minerals: Add Untitled Variable 001

Is the trigger initially "on"? It should be by default.

Select trigger in left panel, right click context menu, verify that "Initially on" is checked.

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Events Timer - Every 5.0 seconds of Game Time Local Variables Untitled Variable 001 = (10 * (Number of Living units in (House units in (Entire map) owned by player (Triggering player) matching Excluded: Missile, Dead, Hidden, with at most Any Amount))) <Integer> Conditions (Triggering player) == 1 Actions Player - Modify player (Triggering player) Custom Resource: Add Untitled Variable 001 Player - Modify player (Triggering player) Minerals: Add Untitled Variable 001

In your trigger, Triggering player would refer to no player because you are using a periodic event, hence the actions dont run because Triggering player returns no player. lol.

Either use a certain player, like player 1 or 2; or, since it seems like an income thing, use a loop to address all players. so your actions would be like this:

Event Timer - Every 5.0 seconds of Game Time

Local Variables: 
- loop <integer>

Actions:
For each integer loop from 1 to 14 do actions:
*Pick Each Unit Type House in Playable Region owned by player Loop, Filters blah blah blah and do Actions:
**Player - Modify player Loop Custom Resource: Add (the amount of minerals per house)

Yep, what Zolstice said. Make sure you look at the information for the event when you're building your trigger. Most events list the functions that can be used for referencing and how they will work.