Detecting Rally Use

[Rhamos Vhailejh]

So I have a structure that has the artificial "Rally" ability found in the Abilities Editor instead of the regular, in-built Rally Point ability that a structure would normally have by default for being a structure that trains units (the structure in question doesn't train units).

The problem is that I can't seem to get a trigger to register the use of this ability. The ability itself works just fine. It's able to set the rally point. But I can't seem to figure out for the life of me what kind of Event parameters to use. I've tried A unit finishes casting an ability, A unit begins casting an ability, A unit starts the effect of an ability, A unit is issued an order targeting a point, and A unit is issued an order targeting an object, with the condition being Ability being cast equal to Rally. But nothing has worked, and I can't think of anything else to try. The only thing I want to do is to have the location of the target of the Rally ability get stored in a hashtable, but for now I just have a message display saying "This trigger is triggering", which is not appearing, and so I know that it's a problem with the Event/Conditions, but I can't figure it out. Help? T_T

Thanks again, you guys have been infinitely helpful thus far. <3

 

[Solu9]

Use "A unit starts the effect of an ability".

The custom Rally ability is based on Channel right?

 

[Rhamos Vhailejh]

Use "A unit starts the effect of an ability".

Like I said in the OP, I already tried this.

The custom Rally ability is based on Channel right?

No. Like I said in the OP, the ability is not custom. It's the unedited "Rally" ability found in the Ability Editor. =P

 

[Solu9]

Haha I am both blind and stupid.

Anyway.

Try this:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(setrally))
  • Actions
    • Unit - Kill Footman 0013 <gen>

Edit:
Arg... that only works if the the Rally ability is actually clicked.

 

[Rhamos Vhailejh]

Awesome! It totally worked. Thanks so much. I never would've figured that out in a million years. ^^

EDIT: Hmm. It would seem that it's only working if I left-click the Rally button. If I just right-click on a location to set the rally point, it doesn't work. Any idea what I can do about that?

 

[GreeN!X]

AFAIR, using the rally point by right clicking will count as a 'smart' order. I think. :/

EDIT: Yes, it does count as smart order. I just tried it out.

Untitled Trigger 001 Events Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object Conditions ((Ordered unit) is A structure) Equal to True Or - Any (Conditions) are true Conditions (Issued order) Equal to (Order(smart)) (Issued order) Equal to (Order(setrally)) Actions If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions) If - Conditions (Target unit of issued order) Equal to No unit Then - Actions Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Target point of issued order) using Abilities\Spells\Human\ThunderClap\ThunderClapCaster.mdl Else - Actions Unit - Kill (Target unit of issued order)

 

[Rhamos Vhailejh]

AFAIR, using the rally point by right clicking will count as a 'smart' order. I think. :/

Okay, so what do I do about that? How would I code the Events/Conditions for that one?

 

[GreeN!X]

Edited my post. I might have overlooked something but.. meh.

 

[Rhamos Vhailejh]

It totally worked! Thanks, GreeN!X! Huge help! My problem was that I had set it to "Conditions: Issued order equal to setrally AND Issued order equal to smart. I didn't really know what to do with that "smart" thing, so that's just what I guessed. Thank you so much for clarifying. ^_^