A Few Questions About Items

[BallisticTerrain]

In my map, I have items that you can pick up and they will appear in your hand. I want these items to have abilities bound to them that you can cast. For example, when you press "Q" it would play the animation for and cast the ability for one of the items. I gave the item the ability and set both the item hotkey and ability hotkey to Q, but when i try to use it, Q does not do anything and I have to click on the item and then click on the target and no animation is played. How can I fix this? Rep for helpers.

 

[Arhowk]

In my map, I have items that you can pick up and they will appear in your hand. I want these items to have abilities bound to them that you can cast. For example, when you press "Q" it would play the animation for and cast the ability for one of the items. I gave the item the ability and set both the item hotkey and ability hotkey to Q, but when i try to use it, Q does not do anything and I have to click on the item and then click on the target and no animation is played. How can I fix this? Rep for helpers.

you can't give item abilities alphaumerical hotkeys, they have to be numpad

 

[UndeadImmortal]

you can't give item abilities alphaumerical hotkeys, they have to be numpad

Unless you download some program to change the numpad hotkeys of the items.

 

[Xonok]

In my map, I have items that you can pick up and they will appear in your hand. I want these items to have abilities bound to them that you can cast. For example, when you press "Q" it would play the animation for and cast the ability for one of the items. I gave the item the ability and set both the item hotkey and ability hotkey to Q, but when i try to use it, Q does not do anything and I have to click on the item and then click on the target and no animation is played. How can I fix this? Rep for helpers.

That's not a bug, it's meant to work like that.

However, there's a way to make it work like you want.

Basically you make a trigger that gives the unit abilities when the unit picks up an item and removes them when the item is lost.

 

[Almia]

You could give them alphabetical keys,though with Inventory A+ tool

 

[best_player_88]

You could give them alphabetical keys,though with Inventory A+ tool

if example map, +rep.

 

[Almia]

Silly,its just an alternate name for Dota Hotkey

 

[Arhowk]

if example map, +rep.

its not a map its just a program that types the numpad button when u type the corresponding char.

 

[Almia]

Also,i have mistaken. Its just an alternative for the numpad item key because dota players hated this kind of way to use an item

 

[Greenwhy]

its not a map its just a program that types the numpad button when u type the corresponding char.

just to be clear, would I be correct in saying that it is up to the client to download this tool and that it cannot be embedded into the map file at all?

 

[Almia]

it can be used by all maps that are running if Inventory A+ is running too.

 

[Arhowk]

just to be clear, would I be correct in saying that it is up to the client to download this tool and that it cannot be embedded into the map file at all?

correct.

 

[ZiGOR]

In my map, I have items that you can pick up and they will appear in your hand. I want these items to have abilities bound to them that you can cast. For example, when you press "Q" it would play the animation for and cast the ability for one of the items. I gave the item the ability and set both the item hotkey and ability hotkey to Q, but when i try to use it, Q does not do anything and I have to click on the item and then click on the target and no animation is played. How can I fix this? Rep for helpers.

• testitem
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Orb of Frost
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add Storm Bolt to (Triggering unit)
    • Player - Disable Storm Bolt for (Owner of (Triggering unit))

• Null Talisman lose
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Loses an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Orb of Frost
  • Actions
    • Unit - Remove Storm Bolt from (Triggering unit)

try this

 

[UndeadImmortal]

^Did you test it before posting? It seems that it won't work 'cause you disable the ability when the item is picked up.

 

[Arhowk]

• testitem
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Orb of Frost
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add Storm Bolt to (Triggering unit)
    • Player - Disable Storm Bolt for (Owner of (Triggering unit))

• Null Talisman lose
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Loses an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Orb of Frost
  • Actions
    • Unit - Remove Storm Bolt from (Triggering unit)

try this

please test things before you post them, the ability is disabled so it cannot be cast... only abilities on the command card may be casted via hotkey