Ability for 'doing nothing' (single click item to trigger "item being manipulated")

[whisp]

Hi all

Probably this has been asked and solved a lot of times, still i didn't find it here, at least not with the search words i tried - and they were many.

I created an item that shall loose a charge when the player clicks it in inventory. The item itself doesn't do anything directly, but it shall trigger the 'item manipulated' event. But it doesn't if it's just clicked, instead it seems to need an ability bound to it, to trigger the event. I copied some abilities and noticed, that some trigger the event but others don't. And those that do have unwished side effects. I tried heal and mana potions as a base, but this works only if the hero hasn't full health/mana. I tried others that still have a grafical effect, i even tried invisibility and set the time-value to 0, but the hero still becomes invisible after using the item. I read here in the forum, that people seem to use an ability called 'channel'. Unfortunately i have the german WC3 version and don't find the german 'channel'-equivalent. I thought it might be the bloodelf heroe's flamestrike spell, but this one brings up an area-cursor after clicking the item. Anyone who can help me with that issue?

Another problem with which i didn't test a lot yet: If the item used all its charges, the item stays in inventory. Not usable anymore, but it's still there, without a charges-number displayed anymore. But it doesn't disappear, like e.g. a heal potion would. (Did i choose the wrong base-item?)

Thanks for any help...
whisp

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Make a new spell based over "Penguin Squeek" or "Healing (lesser)"

Set health gained/Sound to 0/none

in the trigger, make in the end an "If/then/Else" that checks if charges = 0. If it is, remove the item

Btw, use the Healing Potion as base item.

 

[whisp]

Thanks lord, i'm currently at work but will try it in the evening...

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Happy working, i hope it works

 

[The_Silent]

When i do that, i normally use a modified Channel.

 

[whisp]

But what's a modified channel? In what category do i find that ability?

 

[The_Silent]

Channel is an hero abillity, that does nothing. Its a spell made specially for triggers, like the ''charge gold and lumber'' abillity

 

[UreDe4D]

it's called "Kanalisieren" in german and you can find it in neutral hostile -> hero abilities
have a look at it, you can use it for a lot of things

 

[whisp]

Thanks for all the answers. I only tried the 'chanel' ability for the item - and it worked perfectely, so there was no need for me to test the others. The only drawback is, that it doesn't seem to work for hero abilities, the icon just doesn't display in the heroes ability menu. But i guess for that reason i'll find a spell-tutorial in the tutorials section...

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

You must set a value called "Data - Options" to Visible
i had to do the same

 

[whisp]

Thanks, worked!