My little macro for merman cages :P

[toms]

Here:

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#define MERMAN_CAGE DESC_ONE DESC_TWO DESC_THR TYP_ONE TYPE_TWO TYPE_THR X Y SIDE

{PLACE_IMAGE misc/cage.png ({X}) ({Y})}
{PLACE_IMAGE merman.png ({X}) ({Y})}

[event]
name=moveto
 [/filter]
 side={SIDE}
 x,y={X},{Y}
 [/filter]

 [removeitem] [/removeitem]

 [unit]
 type={TYPE_ONE}
 description={DESC_ONE}
 x,y={X},{Y}
 [/unit]
 [unit]
 type={TYPE_TWO}
 description={DESC_TWO}
 x,y={X},{Y}
 [/unit]
 [unit]
 type={TYPE_THR}
 description={DESC_THR}
 x,y={X},{Y}
 [/unit]
[/event]
#enddef

[Noyga]

You should add a filter inside your [removeitem] [/removeitem] because this will remove every objects (not just the cage).
If you use twice your macro, it will remove the two cages when you walk over a cage...

[Elvish_Pillager]

You should add a filter inside your [removeitem] [/removeitem] because this will remove every objects (not just the cage).
If you use twice your macro, it will remove the two cages when you walk over a cage...

A filter? You can't filter a [removeitem]...

[scott]

[removeitem] requires x and y keys.

[toms]

You should add a filter inside your [removeitem] [/removeitem] because this will remove every objects (not just the cage).
If you use twice your macro, it will remove the two cages when you walk over a cage...

You mean it can be used twice at the same loc?
If yes, a variation wich generates one or two would be useful because you can combine to a large merman-cage event.

[scott]

[removeitem] removes all objects at the x,y location.

If you want a multi-object event, you can place the new objects after the old objects are removed. You should also place a new moveto event inside the old moveto event, and the new event will be created when the old one is triggered.

[toms]

You mean just stacking the events together or make macros for getting the mermen and combining them to the right number?

It was mainly joking, but it may find use.

[scott]

You mean just stacking the events together or make macros for getting the mermen and combining them to the right number?

It was mainly joking, but it may find use.

Stacking. However, we may not be talking about the same thing.

[toms]

I think on

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[event]
(action)
 [event]
 (action)
 [/event]
[/event]
and this confuses me. or do you mean it should be only a merman generator macro without the moveto event and then more of them can be in an event?

[scott]

Man, I have no clue what you're talking about. While your macro does have an advantage in that it allows you to hardcode x,y values once, it has the disadvantage of hard-coding the number of mermen that come out of the cage and only allowing mermen to be in cages as opposed to other caged types of units. As a result, I personally would do it just the way we do it in Bay of Pearls. I only wanted to point out the incorrect syntax of [removeitem].