Adding abilities

[Nightmare Moon]

So my question is how to add ability through trigger but i don't want that ability to be shown with other abilities to learn. So if i use Unit - Add ability to triggering unit, it also becomes available for learning it, but i don't want that. Can anyone help me?

 

[Yan]

Try with a unit ability instead of a hero ability

 

[defskull]

Does this ability Passive ?
Because if it is not, it will surely WEIRD....
Why ?
Because it's hidden and yet, it's Active-type spell, how the hell you're gonna activate lol
Well, I suppose this spell is PASSIVE, you can use Spell Book ability for that

 

[Nightmare Moon]

This ability isn't passive but it also has levels... Maybe if remove 3 levels and create 3 abilities it will not be shown??

 

[defskull]

You want this ability to be un-learnable but can be leveled up automatically ?

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Well, kinda... I need it to be un-learnable as you said. But i set levels of it in other triggers.
Anyway the concept is:
first i have 1 ability - Power Changer [Base] (i need to learn it and it has 3 levels). When i learn it i remove it and replace it with ability Power Changer [Strength], when i use Power Changer [Strength] i replace it with Power Changer [Agility], when i use Power Changer [Agility] i replace it with Power Changer [Intelligence] and Intelligence into Strength again. When i replace ability i also set its level to level of Power Changer [Base].

 

[defskull]

Does it works like Power Thread Str/Agi/Int in DotA ? (hope you play DotA =D)

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Yeah i play it. But what do you mean by Power Thread??
Here's a trigger:

Triggers

• Power Changer
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Power C|c000042ffh|ranger Base
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Remove (Ability being cast) from (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Add Power C|c000042ffh|ranger S to (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Set level of Power C|c000042ffh|ranger S for (Triggering unit) to Spells_PC_Level
        • Set Spells_PC_Agility = 0
        • Set Spells_PC_Intelligence = False
        • Set Spells_PC_Strength = 150
      • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Power C|c000042ffh|ranger S
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Remove (Ability being cast) from (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Add Power C|c000042ffh|ranger A to (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Set level of Power C|c000042ffh|ranger A for (Triggering unit) to Spells_PC_Level
        • Set Spells_PC_Strength = 0
        • Set Spells_PC_Intelligence = False
        • Set Spells_PC_Agility = (Integer(0.30))
      • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Power C|c000042ffh|ranger A
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Remove (Ability being cast) from (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Add Power C|c000042ffh|ranger I to (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Set level of Power C|c000042ffh|ranger I for (Triggering unit) to Spells_PC_Level
        • Set Spells_PC_Strength = 0
        • Set Spells_PC_Agility = 0
        • Set Spells_PC_Intelligence = True
      • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Power C|c000042ffh|ranger I
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Remove (Ability being cast) from (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Add Power C|c000042ffh|ranger S to (Triggering unit)
        • Unit - Set level of Power C|c000042ffh|ranger S for (Triggering unit) to Spells_PC_Level
        • Set Spells_PC_Agility = 0
        • Set Spells_PC_Intelligence = False
        • Set Spells_PC_Strength = 150
      • Else - Actions

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Does anyone has the solution?

 

[knight_godryu]

why not remove the hero abilities or make a unit not a hero

 

[defskull]

why not remove the hero abilities or make a unit not a hero

Problem is, I GREATLY think that this unit is in face, a HERO

 

[mckill2009]

if you dont want to learn the ability, make it to normal ability instead of hero then use Add ability & set ability in triggers...

if you want all your abilities completely invisible, make a dummy unit to cast the ability for you, use chat for dummy commands...

 

[defskull]

if you dont want to learn the ability, make it to normal ability instead of hero then use Add ability & set ability in triggers...

if you want all your abilities completely invisible, make a dummy unit to cast the ability for you, use chat for dummy commands...

CAUTION !
If the ability is PASSIVE-type ability, how the heck you wanna order the dummy to cast the ability for you ?
If it's either buff or active ability, then you can

 

[mckill2009]

CAUTION !
If the ability is PASSIVE-type ability, how the heck you wanna order the dummy to cast the ability for you ?
If it's either buff or active ability, then you can

sample...

Event
A unit is attacked
Condition
Random number between 0 and 4 equal to 2
Actions
Create dummy...
Add ability to dummy...
set ability to dummy...
order dummy...
AND SO ON...

 

[defskull]

sample...

Event
A unit is attacked
Condition
Random number between 0 and 4 equal to 2
Actions
Create dummy...
Add ability to dummy...
set ability to dummy...
order dummy...
AND SO ON...

What if the ability it Devotion Aura ?
Make it cast Devotion Aura ?

 

[mckill2009]

What if the ability it Devotion Aura ?
Make it cast Devotion Aura ?

no you cant cast devotion aura but you can make a dummy and make it a pet
your hero has no ability at all but your dummy has...

 

[defskull]

(Previous post was a... sarcastic)
Say, the dummy will have its own Devotion Aura and say, this aura will act as +armor to the Hero
What if another unit comes in contact with the hero?
Supposedly the unit will also get the aura, which will make the spell bugs as it effects other unit as well
Might as well set the AOE for 1 size (too small?)

 

[mckill2009]

im gonna make a sample map for this issue once i get home...

@EDIT:

here's a sample map defskull, a devotion PET aura & it cannot affect other ally units even heroes...

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Guys the abilities a add to hero do not have any influence they just make other abilities stronger, like Invoker's Quas, Wex, Exort. So the only thing i need is to make when i cast ability Power Changer [Agility] or other replace is with next ability and make it un-leanable, do not appear in list of learnable abilities.

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Bump... Ok lets make easier way, now i want to make the ability ONLY unlearnable when i add it, without levels, etc. I tried to make it Unit ability and with trigger: Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): added ability, but this doesn't work, any ideas?

Edit: nvm, solved the problem.

 

[LunarLite]

Bump... Ok lets make easier way, now i want to make the ability ONLY unlearnable when i add it, without levels, etc. I tried to make it Unit ability and with trigger: Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): added ability, but this doesn't work, any ideas?

Edit: nvm, solved the problem.

good,
was gonna say "make it a unit ability" and instead of "hero - learn skill" use "Unit - Add ability".

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Actually i solved this problem by making only one ability and just adding to it levels each level has different description, so when i need to add another ability i only change level
Easier...

 

[Garfield1337]

I know this is solved but...i don't see your problem - the function

• Unit - Add Ability to Unit

doesn't make it learnable. It's harder to make it learnable since it requires Engineering Upgrade.

 

[Nightmare Moon]

I understand you, Garfield1337, but it still was making skill learnable, don't know why...