[Spell] Adding Gold Cost to custom Spell

[Tompoolk]

I have created a custom spell to a neutral building that gives an affect to a single unit. This works fine except now I wish to add a gold cost to the spell, such as the spell "Reveal". I would prefer if this was not trigger based, but I am ok if you suggest a trigger based solution, as long as you tell me exactly what to do as I am quite new to this.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Use "Charge Gold and Lumber" as the base ability.

 

[Tompoolk]

Use "Charge Gold and Lumber" as the base ability.

I have tried this, and correct it dous cost the player a certain amount of resouces. But now it wont let me select a unit with the power, or apply the buff I have set it (Unholy Frenzy). Sorry if i am being a noob but i am quite new and clueless P.S I Want this power to be cast on a different unit not the unit that has the power.

 

[bisnar13]

Well it can easily be done by doing this
Events - Unit begins casting an ability
Action -
If (owner of casting unit) current gold greater than or equal to (amount)
Then do nothing
Else Make casting unit stop

hope it helps

 

[Tompoolk]

Well it can easily be done by doing this
Events - Unit begins casting an ability
Action -
If (owner of casting unit) current gold greater than or equal to (amount)
Then do nothing
Else Make casting unit stop

hope it helps

I have looked all though conditions and I cant find any Gold greater tool. If I have to right it myself somehow then that is new to me and i could use some help. Please could you perhaps tell me the steps to do this or even linking a tutorial that explains this will be greatly appreciated. P.S No rush i am currently working on mob spawning so dont need an imediate response

 

[helekiller]

that would be an integer comparison

 

[Spartipilo]

Supply Wood and Gold are Player Integers (Integers found under Player category). So Do a simple Integer Comparison, comparing Gold with the current gold the player (owner of unit) has.

 

[mckill2009]

The native native GetUnitGoldCost takes integer unitid returns integer returns the gold cost of specific unit-type, put it above the map script...

and sample:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 1.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Custom script: call BJDebugMsg(I2S(GetUnitGoldCost('hpea')))

'hpea' is the peasant raw code, see it in the object editor by hitting CTRL+D...

 

[defskull]

I don't know is it only me or is it the native script requires JNGP to compile.

 

[mckill2009]

you cant declare a native in a non-JNGP environment...

 

[Almia]

what about adding some if then elses then if the gold is insufficient,remove then add ability!

 

[defskull]

So he HAVE to get a JNGP ?
Aw shi--

 

[Elfansoer]

How about this?
(Like this...

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • -------- Check this on "Generic unit event" --------
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • -------- Check this on "Ability Comparison" --------
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to (Your Ability)
  • Actions
    • -------- Check this on "If/Then/Else Multiple functions" --------
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • -------- Check this on Integer comparison -> Player Property --------
        • ((Owner of (Triggering unit)) Current gold) Greater than or equal to (gold cost)
      • Then - Actions
        • -------- Check this on "Player - Add Property" --------
        • Player - Add (negative of gold cost) to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Current gold
      • Else - Actions
        • -------- Check this on "Unit - Issue unit With No Target" --------
        • Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Stop

)

 

[Almia]

uhhmm that cannot be cancelled if you stop it.
The effective way is this:
[trigger=]
Unit - Remove (Spell)
Unit - Add (Spell)
Unit - Set Level of Spell to Spell_Level[/trigger]

 

[Elfansoer]

Oh, yeah, you're right!
(How about "Unit begins casting an ability"?)

 

[Almia]

that cannot be read or cannot be called

 

[Elfansoer]

What do you mean?

(I have used the "stop" order, and it works... for a non-trigger spells)

 

[Almia]

See!

 

[Tompoolk]

Finally done it! Thanks to everyone who posted help, I don't think I could've done it without you.