quick one

[darkrider]

1) i'm using a skill based on permanent invisibility... it is supposed to make my unit invisible after a short time... everything goes fine... but the problem is that i want a buff to appear when the unit is invisible... but it does not... any idea?

2) i want an special effect (based on tornado) to come out attached to unit when an skill is casted (on main hands legs head and overhead)... but for some strange reason sometimes i cast the ability and the special effect is shown... but sometimes don't... no matter the way i cast it or at the time i create the special effect (in triggers) sometimes it is shown and sometimes it is not.. Why could this be happening?

 

[ady_illidan]

for the first question you could use a dummy unit with invisibility (that ability from sorceress), so when you cast the ability order the dummy to cast invisibility on the Hero

 

[darkrider]

actually my skill is meant to be a passive one... if you don't attack for 5 seconds it makes you invisible... is like rikimaru's on dota if you know it

 

[HorizonTal]

well Ady_Illidan's proposition would look like a passive skill, but what event could be chosen as "unit ends attacking" ?

 

[darkrider]

but the permanent invisibility is meant to achieve what i need... but for some strange reason it is not showing the buff icon on the status ...

ive been searching for this and couldnt find anything... also looked into an open version of dota and rikimarus skill is exactly the same as mine... but mine doesnt show the buff ... :/

 

[HorizonTal]

well, the ability "permanent invisibility" doesn't surely show an icon on its own, you have to use the triggers and the action "add buff" with a dummy buff which just shows its icon

 

[darkrider]

yes... i manage to do the icon thing my self with a dummy ability based on evasion... but i think the buff should be displayed by itself... and i dont know how to identify when the unit is invisible... but i guess i can do something about it... or maybe make a post in the spell section


EDIT: Maybe if admins allow me to ... i can post the jass trigger i found on the open version of dota... for some jasser to read it for me...

EDIT2:... guess im gonna have to make a way to detect when the unit attacks or casts spells wait for 5 seconds and add the buff... but also detect if the unit attacks and restart the trigger...

EDIT3: about the second issue... ive solved it by adding a longer wait... from 0.1 to 0.2... that seems solved the problem