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If anybody has played with fireworks this one has diffrent names. It spins and buzzes like a top and shoots sparks out.

Im looking for a system to have an obs spin around in a circle(like a top) and move around randomly(while spinning like a top) But not to far and not to fast. Very much like a top and that firework of which i forgot the name off. Also it would have to stay in a 16x16 area. I thought this over and thought of nothing. Triggers or examples would be great.

Make them for computer player:

Trigger

Description:

The first trigger

Players:

¤ Computer player

Conditions:

¤ Some conditions

Actions:

¤ Command orbs to move to 16x16 location.

¤ set switch

Trigger

Description:

Trigger two

Players:

¤ Computer

Conditions:

¤ Switch 1 is set

Actions:

¤ Run AI Script at location 16x16: Make these units roam (Junkyard Dog)

¤ Preserve trigger.

Trigger

Description:

switch 1 is set

Players:

¤ computer

Conditions:

¤ switch 1 is set

¤ Current player controls 0 orbs

Actions:

¤ Clear switch1

After checking your triggers I found that those were described wrong and if described right could have been done in 1 trigger instead of 3. Could I get something better from someone please?

Tops don't spin randomly. Put some ink on the bottom and spin it on paper and you'll have yourself a nice painting of oscillatory motion.

Tops fireworks, what ever. they all spin in one directions they dont go all crazy and stuff.

well something like a top. That was an example.

You could try something like this... it probably won't work, but you can try.
You need a comp with an obs, a 16x16 location, and 1x1 location. Also, hyper triggers.

Trigger 1

Player with spinning obs
====
Always.
====
Junkyard dog at 1x1 loc.
Issue order move for all obs owned by current player at 16x16 loc to 1x1 loc.
Center 1x1 loc on obs owned by comp w/ obs at 16x16 loc.
Preserve.


Trigger 2

Comp w/ obs
====
Always.
====
Junkyard dog at 16x16 loc.

And then you need some way to keep the comp obs in the 16x16 loc. I think there's a unit halt tutorial in the tutorials.

it kind of worked whne i tested it... it spiraled then went crazy.

I need it to move sorta slowly like a top. I cant have it vroom and such.

Then add some waits.

You could make a mobile grid around it then do something like this spiffy craptacular drawing, starting at the center it goes to the top right, which, beig a mobile grid, would become the center, then it moves to the top left which is then the center. this would make it move in a spiral fasion from a central starting point? It would look kinda random.

Don't tops spin fast? If they spin slow, they fall over.

No spin fast but not go from point (a--------------------------b) to fast. needs to spin fast but move slow.

So center the loc on an ovie or something, and have the ovie junkyard dog.

nope, doesnt fit in one trigger lol. NOW THAT IS A LONG DEMARIS!!! But your Demaris and is known for long posts, w/e.

Jeesh, how many minerals did u get out of that post?

Instead of using ovies, just make 8 locations in a square arrangement and keep moving it to one of them, while moving the obs around.

For example,
[] [] []
[] obs []
[] [] []

I agree with noober's explanation, it is probably the easiest. Just move the locations if you need the top to move.

You could have players 9, 10, and 11 all have an obs as well, making it so they are all being ordered to go to different sides and corners, making it 4x the spinning madness

Noober that wouldnt work since u couldnt move locations with the obs.
Frit this isnt just specifal effects it has an actual use and i need it to move around.

Ok i could use a mobile grid(I already knew that) but how would i get the top to randomly move around?

What is this effect for? I used to make pointless maps with single effects with explosions and units and I had about maybe 30 of them or so, they just waste space eventually. However this seems like a good idea to waste time on, so it's not really wasting is it? But w/e if you figure out how to work this you should put it in something like an rpg or a movie . Sorry but I don't think theres a way to make this work smoothly without making it look choppy.

To make it random you could have a queen on junk yard dog (You'll probobly need a bigger map then, maybe 40x40 or something,) and have it so the queens junk yard dogging around locations that create an overlord on the grid and order the observer to go to a location thats centered on the overlord after its created, measure how long u need for the observer to start moving in that direction, remove the overlord, see where the queen is and make another overlord on the grid and... *inhales* that should work.

Conquer, most of what you said was pretty useless. This is NOT AN EFFECT and will have actual uses in game. But you just gave me some great ideas on how to get this thing to move around randomly.

I still need a way to get this top to randomly move around. Its not an effect. Its going to be like a tornado that moves around and if u touch it you died. It will be in a 16x16 spot and cant get out of it and will randomly move around in it.

ADDITION:
Wtf Double Post?

hyper triggered junkyard on the observer would make it spin widely and crazy. it won't move very far though...maybe for an effect you can have a recall vortex constantly casting on it...it might look like a tornado...well the recall would make it a nice effect even if the observer can't be seen. just keep centering the location on the observer and make another computer player cast recall on it...

if this doesn't help i'll come with something else

It would be a blood tornado.

can still keep the recall effect and add constant spawning and dying units like a burrowed zergling,scourges, or other things spewing out of it...just a few ideas...
or also add the dying units when it hits something