[Solved] Attachments

[AlwaysAndForever]

How to attach weapons to units with triggers?!
For example, add a peasant weapon to the left hand of villager male.
I cannot find that weapon in the special effect.

 

[Chaosium]

You have to create an ability with the attachment (based on item damage +X for instance), set your weapon model in the "Art - Target" field, set the attachment point to the one you want, and then add this ability to your unit via trigger.

Note that you'll have to import the weapon model first, you can't just edit model parts from the editor alone.

 

[AlwaysAndForever]

I knows that method, I used ability or buff without trigger before, But now I'm using trigger without ability or buff.
Example:

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• Wings
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to (==) Vampiric-Sword
  • Actions
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the chest of (Hero manipulating item) using war3mapImported\BlackWings.mdx
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

I think that the standard weapon is somewhere in WE. So I can use it like this?!

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• Weapon Builder
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (==) Security Helper
  • Actions
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the left hand of (Hero manipulating item) using abilities\weapons\TuskarSpear\TuskarSpear.mdl
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

 

[Tasyen]

If you destroy the effect, it is gone.
You need to save it for the unit and destroy it when it is not needed anymore.

But you need it until the item is droped.

 

[Chaosium]

I think that the standard weapon is somewhere in WE. So I can use it like this?!

Nope, weapons are directly part of their respective unit models, you can't use them as standalone models.

 

[Tasyen]

No, you create a special effect "the wings".
As long the special effect displaying the wings is not destroyed the wings will be shown.

-> Remove the drop item and destroy Effect lines.


Problem is how you can destroy the "wings"-effect later?

 

[AlwaysAndForever]

good question, when the item sold or drop or looses.
I think something like this!

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• Wings
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
    • Unit - A unit Loses an item
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to (==) Vampiric-Sword
      • Then - Actions
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the chest of (Hero manipulating item) using war3mapImported\BlackWings.mdx
      • Else - Actions
        • Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to (==) Vampiric-Sword
          • Then - Actions
            • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
          • Else - Actions

 

[Tasyen]

Yeah, on the Acquire-Event you create the effect.
On the Lose-Event you destroy it.
But you should split them into 2 triggers.

1. On Acquire
2. On Lose

But there is a problem, if you create another effect during this 2 events "Last created special effect" will not point to the "wings"-effect.

Thats why you need someway to save the effect.

hashtable might be your friend here.

 

[AlwaysAndForever]

I don't know anything about hashtable.
Mybe this one work fine?!

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• Wings
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to (==) Vampiric-Sword
  • Actions
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the chest of (Hero manipulating item) using war3mapImported\BlackWings.mdx
    • Set SpecialEffect[1] = (Last created special effect)
    • Trigger - Turn on Wings2 <gen>

• Wings2
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Loses an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to (==) Vampiric-Sword
  • Actions
    • Special Effect - Destroy SpecialEffect[1]

 

[Tasyen]

How many vampire swords are there?
How many units per player have an inventory?

depending on that answers you can simple down the variable reference usage.

If there is only 1 vampire sword overall, you can use a non array variable.

If there is 1 vampire sword user per player, you can use the players number.

1 per unit: well you need some advanvced stuff, Either hashtable or unit Indexer.

 

[AlwaysAndForever]

I did this one, and I have no idea what going on ;d

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• Wings Copy
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to (==) Vampiric-Sword
  • Actions
    • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
    • Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Item being manipulated) as (Key (Name of (Owner of (Item being manipulated)))) of (Player number of (Owner of (Item being manipulated))) in (Last created hashtable)
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the chest of (Hero manipulating item) using war3mapImported\BlackWings.mdx

• Wings2
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Loses an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to (==) Vampiric-Sword
  • Actions
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Load (Key (Name of (Item being manipulated))) of (Player number of (Owner of (Item being manipulated))) in (Last created hashtable))

 

[AlwaysAndForever]

How many vampire swords are there?

1 Vampiric-Sword, but there is more sword in the game.

How many units per player have an inventory?

1 hero per player, only hero can buy item the other units doesn't have an inventory.

 

[Tasyen]

So one user per Player, you can use number of player.

• Set Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created special effect)

If a hero get an second vampire sword without dropping the first one, you need to destroy the old effect before overwritting the variable.

 

[AlwaysAndForever]

ty works, but it take 10 second to destroy.

If an hero get an second vampire sword without dropping the first one, you need to destroy the old effect before overwritting the variable.

doesn't need that, because only 1 Vampiric-Sword per hero, but maybe in the future.

 

[Tasyen]

the used model has no "death" animation, therefore it will finish the current played animation before it is destroyed.

 

[AlwaysAndForever]

ty