How to: Continues!

Commander

This is a tutorial on how to add continues into your maze making map. I will start assuming the only thing you know about map making is from blood's tutorial.

Starting here:
How to: Continues! Picture2

Now you will make a region in the check point not quite touching the kill regions but not to far away like this:
How to: Continues! Region

you'll do that for each of your check points it helps to name them something like "check1"

First you'll make a trigger to set the checkpoints as a variable in an array it should look something like this:

Code:: Event - Map initialization

Actions -
   Set CheckVariable[1] = firstcheckpoint <gen>
   Set CheckVariable[2] = secondcheckpoint <gen>
   Set CheckVariable[3] = thirdheckpoint <gen>
   Set CheckVariable[4] = fourthcheckpoint <gen>
   Set CheckVariable[5] = fifthcheckpoint <gen>
   Set CheckVariable[6] = sixthcheckpoint <gen>
   Set CheckNumber = 1 <gen>
   Set Lives = 5 <gen>

the CheckNumber variable comes in play at the lives trigger, it decides which check you revive at

then you will make the revive at check point trigger:

Code:: Events - Unit - A unit enters check1 <gen>
Conditions - (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Demon Hunter
Actions
   Set CheckNumber = (CheckNumber + 1)
   Trigger - Turn off Lives <gen>
   Hero - Add 200 experience to (Triggering unit), Hide level-up graphics
   Unit Group - Pick every unit of type demon hunter and do (Actions)
      Loop - Actions
         Unit - Kill (Picked unit)
   Wait 1.00 seconds
   Hero - Instantly revive DEmon Hunter 0001 <gen> at (Random Point in check(CheckNumber]), Hide revival graphics
   Hero - Instantly revive DEmon Hunter 0002 <gen> at (Random Point in check(CheckNumber]), Hide revival graphics
   Hero - Instantly revive DEmon Hunter 0003 <gen> at (Random Point in check(CheckNumber]), Hide revival graphics
   //ect for all demon hunters//
   Trigger - Turn on Lives <gen>
   Trigger - Turn off (this trigger)

ok now that the checks and lives are set as variables you will make the lives trigger:

Code:: Events - Unit - A unit Dies

Conditions -
   And - All (conditions) are true
      Conditions
         (Number of living Demon Hunter units owned by Player 1 (red)) Equal to 0
         (Number of living Demon Hunter units owned by Player 2 (blue)) Equal to 0
         (Number of living Demon Hunter units owned by Player 3 (teal)) Equal to 0
         //ect for all demon hunters//

Actions
   If (all conditions are true) then do (then actions) else do (else actions)
      If - Conditions
         Lives greater than 0
      Then - Actions
         Set Lives = (Lives - 1)
         Wait 1.00 seconds
         Hero - instantly revive Demon Hunter 0001 <ge> at (Random point in CheckVariable[CheckNumber]), Hide revival graphics
         Hero - instantly revive Demon Hunter 0002 <ge> at (Random point in CheckVariable[CheckNumber]), Hide revival graphics
         Hero - instantly revive Demon Hunter 0003 <ge> at (Random point in CheckVariable[CheckNumber]), Hide revival graphics
         //ect for all demon hunters//
      Else - Actions
         PlayerGroup - Pick every player in (all players) and do (actions)
            Loop - Actions
               Game - Defeat (picked player) with the message: You lose!

the event is basically when a demon hunter dies the conditions is making sure all of them are dead and the actions checks if they have any lives left and if they do it takes away a life and then revives the demon hunters. In the If then statement if you dont have any lives it ends the game.

Alright I hope this comes in help in your many map making adventures any questions or comments post below!

-Knight_of_Gods / Knight_of_Godz / Kog / God

Captain

I need a gui trig that aids in when keys are taken adn someone dies with them. they go abck to region X so cna u do a lil tut on that < and a GUI one on certain keys pen certain doors >

Commander

ill try

Corporal

You can't learn this way if your a noob like 13phoenix (sorry just an example) in map making they have no idea how to make variables and such custom scripts.

Commander

teaching noobs what variables are, well lets just say isnt the easiest thing

If ur a noob i reccomend opening up a maze with continues and looking at their trigger
just make sure map is a good map, made by a good map maker or makers

also if u want a continue trigger when i release my map ill make an unprotect version of it

it has lots of neat triggers in it

mayb some fancy ones Very Happy

Sergeant

kog, i think there's a faster way

Captain

Does anyone know a unprotected map that has continues? I just wanna see how the variables are used to get continues to work.

Commander

maze of wootwaffles 2 is unprotected (unfortunatly that is reason it got stolen... last time i ever trust a program that claims to be a protector)

Captain

thx for help.

Recruit

instead of doing "number of living demon hunter owned by player... blablabla"
you can just do "number of living demon hunters on the playable map equal to 0"
and u also only need one check variable !!

Recruit

yes but i have better then this and more short