[ULTIMATE] Lua Guide & Tutorial

[Confucius]

+Rep Nice.

:O I already posted in this guide woops

[blackfang500]

VERY nice, I read most of it and I'll finish it later, this may motivate me to make my server again. +Repx3 goes without saying.

[Haldir]

I've one question: Unit:RegisterEvent("Creature_CastSpell", 1000, 0(1))
What's 0 or 1, in the end. What's that for? I can't get it, help to noob please
Btw nice guide, +rep
Edit: And one more, what's the difference between Unit and pUnit?

[gudon]

does this tutorial really work? im sick of these fly by nights

[Vision1000]

I've one question: Unit:RegisterEvent("Creature_CastSpell", 1000, 0(1))
What's 0 or 1, in the end. What's that for? I can't get it, help to noob please
Btw nice guide, +rep
Edit: And one more, what's the difference between Unit and pUnit?

The 0/1 stands for how many times "Creature_CastSpell" will get called on.

If you put in 0, it will call "Creature_CastSpell" And execute any code within "Creature_CastSpell"s function every second, until stopped with the command (Unit:RemoveEvents()). If you put in a 1, it means it will only be called upon once, executing the code within "Creature_CastSpell" just once. If you change it to a 2, it will call upon the function twice. And so on.

[WarOwner]

Great repack!

[Haldir]

Thanks vision!!!! +Rep x2 urewin:

[Heliumz]

Thank you!
Amazing detailed guide +Rep

[Haldir]

Eh, need help again..
I want to spawn 3 npcs and then make them move to X Y Z coords, each npc will have its own coords. Can someone tell me how to do it? I know how to spawn, but don't know how to make them move not together.
I've no idea how to do it, please help somebody. If i'll do it like this, will it work or not?
function Spawn(Unit1,Unit2,Unit3, Event)
Unit1:SpawnCreature(NPCID,X,Y,Z,O,FactionID,duratation)
Unit2:SpawnCreature(NPCID,X,Y,Z,O,FactionID,duratation)
Unit3:SpawnCreature(NPCID,X,Y,Z,O,FactionID,duratation)
Unit1:MoveTo(X,Y,Z,O)
Unit2:MoveTo(X,Y,Z,O)
Unit3:MoveTo(X,Y,Z,O)

[P1raten]

I think you need to have Another npc that spawns them, you can also have an item. But then youd have to go ingame.
To the place where you want the minions to spawn. And write .gps and then use that info.

local Unit1 = ID -- Put ID's for the units on these 'locals'
local Unit2 = ID
local Unit3 = ID

function despawn(Unit, Event)
pUnit = ID -- This is the ID for the npc that spawns creatures.
x = pUnit:GetX() -- Gets the X where the npc stands.
y = pUnit:GetY() -- Gets the Y where the npc stands.
z = pUnit:GetZ() -- Gets the Z where the npc stands.
o = pUnit:GetO() -- Gets the O where the npc stands.
pUnit:RegisterEvent("Next_Step", 1, 0) -- New event
end

function Next_Step(Unit, Event)
pUnit:SpawnCreature(Unit1, x + 4, y, z, o, Faction, Duration) -- Spawns creature at the same position as the summon npc, only +4 x
pUnit:SpawnCreature(Unit2, x + 7, y, z, o, Faction, Duration) -- Spawns creature at the same position as the summon npc, only +7 x
pUnit:SpawnCreature(Unit3, x + 1, y, z, o, Faction, Duration) -- Spawns creature at the same position as the summon npc, only +1 x
pUnit:despawn() -- Despawns the summon npc.
end

Hope this works.

Good guide, mate. Im reading it now. ^^ Ill be repping you later.

[Haldir]

Thx jebus, +rep

[Haldir]

Oh, and how to make them move in diff spots?

[P1raten]

This script will only make the npc move from its current position.

Change the red. You can change it to like.
pUnit = MoveTo(x + 5, y - 5, z, o)

function Move(Unit, Event)
pUnit = ID -- The id of the creature you want to move
x = pUnit:GetX() -- Gets the X where the npc stands.
y = pUnit:GetY() -- Gets the Y where the npc stands.
z = pUnit:GetZ() -- Gets the Z where the npc stands.
o = pUnit:GetO() -- Gets the O where the npc stands.
pUnit = MoveTo(x, y, z, o)
end

[myran2]

This is great, Thanks!
also, +rep !

[Wheeze201]

More and more lua guides popping up but i like this one!
It's massive and colorful.

+rep