Getting Locust unit from Locust Swarm

[Aeroluna]

I want to be able to index each Locust spawned from Locust Swarm to their caster, but I can't figure out a way to get each Locust and their respective caster in the same trigger. I attached the map in case it is too confusing but I'm trying to scale Locust damage to the Crypt Lord's strength. Help?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Do they proc the summon event? Maybe you can get summoning unit them.

Do they proc the enter region event, the following may still work then? One could try and guess who they belong to by searching for the Crypt Lord nearby their entry point. If a player has many Crypt Lord and cast the ultimate at the same time this might not be accurate, but in most cases will be good enough. One could improve accuracy by adding extra tests such as making sure the Crypt Lord at least has the ultimate and that the ultimate ability has recently been cast.

 

[Kaijyuu]

They will proc neither event, iirc.

You could remove the locust ability from the unit to grab them when they enter the map. Once you're done doing whatever to them, add Locust back with triggers. If you're using GUI, then the Locust ability won't appear on the list, so use the custom script:

call UnitAddAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', GetTriggerUnit() )

To get the summoning unit... well, I can't think of any completely foolproof methods, but you can search for the closest unit with the locust swarm ability and assume that's the summoner.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You could remove the locust ability from the unit to grab them when they enter the map. Once you're done doing whatever to them, add Locust back with triggers. If you're using GUI, then the Locust ability won't appear on the list, so use the custom script:

Problem is the units must spawn with Locust or Locus Swarm does not work properly (the swarm mechanics will not work).

Is the Locust Swarm damage source the locust unit or the Crypt Lord? If it is the Crypt Lord you could trigger the damage by getting the Locust units to deal minimum damage and then adding extra from the Crypt Lord.

 

[Kaijyuu]

I just tested it and immediately adding Locust to the unit makes it work properly. The unit enters region event likely fires before the locust swarm code.

 

[Aeroluna]

I tried removing the Locust ability from the unit itself and adding it when they enter the map, but they did not swarm. However, the unit enters region event still worked even when the unit had the Locust ability. My trigger just grabs the nearest Crypt Lord so everything works fine now. ty

 

[Kyrbi0]

So, just for the sake of posterity... What were you trying to accomplish, and how did you do it?