About "Unit-Remove Ability"

[Just call me Js]

I was wondering what does the "Unit-Remove Ability" trigger do? I tried it a few times but doesnt seem to work. Does it remove the ability only if the ability is a item ability or a unit ability? Or must it be a hero ability or only certain abilities can be removed?

 

[Just_Spectating]

it will remove a learned ability from a unit.

 

[KiD-X]

in the condition did you put what ability is to be removed? and what's the event causing the ability to be removed?

 

[PurplePoot]

It removes any ability, except for Locust (well locust can be removed by it, but only by special means) fine.

 

[Just call me Js]

• My Ability
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to My Ability
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add +20 damage (+20) to (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Add life ability(Lesser) to (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Wait 30.00 seconds
    • Unit - Remove +20 damage (+20) from (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Remove life ability(Lesser) from (Target unit of ability being cast)

should this work?

 

[PurplePoot]

Target Unit of Ability Being Cast isn't saved through a wait.

 

[Just call me Js]

thanks for your help
i think i solved it by setting the (Target unit of ability being cast) to a variable

• My Ability
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Giant Growth
  • Actions
    • Set g = (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Add +20 damage (+20) to g
    • Unit - Add life ability(Lesser) to g
    • Wait 30.00 seconds
    • Unit - Remove +20 damage (+20) from g
    • Unit - Remove life ability(Lesser) from g

it worked

 

[Need_O2]

problem is when someone else casts this ability damage bonus of first caster never ends
In this point I would like to suggest you to use locals but you'll need jass for it
I'll tell ya what convert it to custom text
and add "local unit caster" to under "function Trig_My_Ability_Actions takes nothing returns nothing"
And replace "udg_g"s with "caster" (exclude nails)

 

[PurplePoot]

Or he can just do this, Need_O2:

• My Ability
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Giant Growth
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local unit udg_g
    • Set g = (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Add +20 damage (+20) to g
    • Unit - Add life ability(Lesser) to g
    • Wait 30.00 seconds
    • Unit - Remove +20 damage (+20) from g
    • Unit - Remove life ability(Lesser) from g
    • Set g = No Unit

 

[Just call me Js]

Or he can just do this, Need_O2:

• My Ability
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Giant Growth
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local unit udg_g
    • Set g = (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Add +20 damage (+20) to g
    • Unit - Add life ability(Lesser) to g
    • Wait 30.00 seconds
    • Unit - Remove +20 damage (+20) from g
    • Unit - Remove life ability(Lesser) from g
    • Set g = No Unit

oh yeah thanks to Need_O2 for telling me theres a bug and it would cause the buff to last forever.

Purple, i dont really understand how your trigger solves the problem. A bit of explanation please?

 

[Just_Spectating]

basicly it will just remove the leaks and make it MUI saving some memary space.

 

[PurplePoot]

Doesn't remove any leak he would have had otherwise, but Just_call_me_JS, the local thing basically means every separate execution of the trigger has its own variable g. However, a bug in the WE allows us to name the local the same as the global, so we can "use locals in GUI"

 

[Just call me Js]

ahhh i see, so the Custom script: local unit udg_g creates a local variable so that it wouldnt all use the same variable?

 

[YoshiRyu]

yes, that's it
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