Build Dispencer together :D

[Jorka2099]

How to make buildings that are constructed for the mana? not for gold or wood.

I have engineer in the map(like in Team fortress 2) and he can build dispencer. He need to heal and give mana(ammo), but i don't know how to make him build this for mana(metal).

And second problem... i want make him to heal and give ammo, but original abilities dont have options. i tried to make it like obsidian statue, but it cant do 2 actions together.

 

[Sinizi]

You can use the Fountain of Health/Mana aura's to make the dispensers healing and mana ability.

Not sure, but I think you can use the item ability where you build a building (Purchased from the new buildings added in Frozen Throne, don't remember their names sorry) Not sure but just my guess.
If not, you could just base the buildings on summon abilities such as Serpent Ward or Channel + triggers.

Good luck
-Sinizi

 

[Tleno]

You know there are items that build human buildings in editor (The ones from Blood elf campaing)? You can use those as a spell to make your dispenser (Just make it unit casted, set mana use and spawned unit type). If you want all buildings to be in one menu, you can use the "Spellbook" ability, just once again change it from "item" to "unit" and add spells you need.

You can use that nightelf's food buildings (Moon well or whatever). It regenerates both life and mana in exchange for mana.

If you want the buildings to be build, you can set that if a unit start building then set his mana lower with trrigers.

 

[Jorka2099]

I should check it out.

EDIT:Yeah it works thanks, but My Dispencer have 3 lvl. how to make upgrade for mana?

 

[Jorka2099]

hey?

 

[Tleno]

Please don't double-post.

Mana upgrade for what? Oh, you mean so your dispenser has different levels and higher ones have more mana?
Well there are lots of ways. Like if you want a permament upgrade that all dispensers would already have more maa, you can use upgrades.
If you want that only the one dispenser that you upgrade would be modified, you can just give him "upgrades into something" or give him an ability and use trrigers to replace it into better dispenser unit when it uses ability.

 

[Jorka2099]

It like towers. you can upgrade it to other tower (stronger) but you need pay for this gold. and i want to pay mana for this.

oh yes and not building's mana, if Builder have this mana, he can upgrade 2 next lvl

 

[Tleno]

Well that's quite simple. Just... one player has one hero each, right?
Also that quite depends if you want so the dispenser gets upgraded when engineer uses ability on it or just upgrades like all buildings.

 

[Jorka2099]

yeah like all buildings.

 

[Tleno]

That's a bit more complicated but simple to do with trrigers. You just have to make a trriger which, when your dispenser starts upgrading, would pick your Engineer unit and would check if his mana is not smaller than required to build. If it's enough, then set Engy's mana to current one - cost of dispenser, and if not enough cancel the dispenser from building.

 

[Jorka2099]

Okay. thank you

 

[Jorka2099]

Excuse me, can you create an example please. I'm newby.

 

[Tleno]

Sorry, I'm quite bussy now, I've got SC2 beta to try to fix, then few other things, not to mention I have things to do in my personal life, but if I'll have some free time I'll try to make it for you.