ammo system (diff)

[subressor]

hi. i am trying to make a type of ammo system. (i don't need to go into detail, your all smart ^^) where the MANA is ammo. i cannot use lumber or gold. i want to make it where each SHOT fired deducts 1 mana. and you know, 0 mana = won't allow him to fire. but there isn't an option in the world editor to deduct 1 mana. will i have to call on jass? (god i hate it)

thanks

 

[UreDe4D]

why don't you just use an ability like flame arrow needing 1 manapoint per shot and give the unit 1-1 damage. then do a trigger which disables a units attack when mana reaches 0

or the other way round if you want to see the damage, give the unit the damage you like and make the ability having 1 damage, same trigger when mana is 0

 

[subressor]

my god. that just might work =D tyvm. just 1 question. in my map i have levers. if i set the normal attack to zero will it still be able to "kill" the lever?

 

[Global_idiot]

You set mana draining in object editor on base casted spell. than trigger when unit mana becomes equal to 0 remove that based ability. if u undarstand what i mean...

 

[UreDe4D]

hm i guess not, you can try, but would it be such a problem to use 1 as basic damage, you could kill your levers then
or maybe you use a secondary attack

and it should work cause i use the same thing for a map of my own

 

[Global_idiot]

Emm what are u two talking about??! about mana draining or base attack damage? and you can kill levers by setting them as (dunno like flyer)
and set ability that deals only damage to flying units.

 

[UreDe4D]

this is what i meant by using a secondary attack on the units, which enables them to attack only levers

 

[subressor]

na its ok. thats a good thing actually. coz then they have a weak attack (i'm gonna say that its the gun pressurizing air =p) tyvm both guys =D

but now i feel so stupid for not thinking of that in the first place. god i suck =(

 

[Need_O2]

Set Unit Mana to Its mana -1
and when it has no mana
stop it when it tries to attack

 

[Valcrist]

i believe this is what you want. It uses no abilities, just triggers, so the attack will stay as the units damage and will still be affected by armor

• ManaAmmo
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is attacked
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Mana of (Attacking unit)) Greater than 0.00
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Attacking unit) to ((Mana of (Attacking unit)) - 1.00)
      • Else - Actions
        • Unit - Order (Attacking unit) to Stop

The only problem with this is that doodads will not use ammo, but you can always set up another trigger that works of of them.

Also make sure to remove mana regeneration, and set you mana to a reasonable amount of ammo. Then all you need is mana potions for ammo, without the mana regain effect, so it doesnt look like magic

 

[subressor]

yer. simple but effective. i like it. (could be a bit leaky though) ty