[Spell] Can you assist me about making some spells?

[stan0033]

Hi all, I have questions in inventing how to create these custom spells:

1.Battle Shout(AP bonus) or Commanding Shout(armor bonus):
I wonder if I can make a temporal buff - for only 15 seconds, that applies every unit in a close range, like the auras, but not permament.
I know there are spells like Devotion aura, but I'm not sure if I set a duration on the aura will it work? If not, what origin spell do I use then?

2. Mind Control: A nit takes player unit under control for 30 seconds.

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
• (ability bwing cast) equal to Mind Control
  • Actions
    • Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) and Retain color

then how do I give their control back?(after 30 secs) Something like this?

• Wait 30.00 seconds
• Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Previous owner) and Retain color

 

[Kino]

1.Battle Shout(AP bonus) or Commanding Shout(armor bonus):
I wonder if I can make a temporal buff - for only 15 seconds, that applies every unit in a close range, like the auras, but not permament.

Why cant you use Roar or any AOE buff ability?

2. Mind Control: A nit takes player unit under control for 30 seconds.

You need to set the original owner as variable and save it.
Start a timer that expires in 30 seconds, when it expires you change the ownership back to the saved variable.

 

[stan0033]

Using Roar - OK, this is the battle shout. What about Commanding shout, which gives ARMOR bonus?

 

[Rheiko]

Roar too, there is an armor bonus.. just fill the value as your wish

 

[IcemanBo]

Don't forget to use locals, to make it MUI.

Tutorial

 

[Rheiko]

^this is for mind control, just to clarify that

 

[Kino]

Using Roar - OK, this is the battle shout. What about Commanding shout, which gives ARMOR bonus?

You do realise that Roar has an armour bonus?
If you don't want to use roar, theres also armour scrolls.

 

[stan0033]

OK, I dealed with the shouts.

Now, for mind control. The spell has 2 ranks - lasts 20 secs, and 35 secs(I did it to balance 15 levels). Mind control gives the target debuff which indicates it is controlled. How to detect with trigger when the debuff fades so I return the control to the orginal player?

 

[chobibo]

You could use a timer for that, But I'd rather use the timer to remove the buff than check for the buff's existence.

 

[stan0033]

Thhen how will you detect the spell's rank? The two ranks have different duration.

 

[chobibo]

Well you don't need to, on cast, you set the timer's timeout to which rank and if you want or need to, you could attach the rank on the timer so you could tell what rank it is.

 

[stan0033]

How to attach the spell's duration to a timer?

 

[chobibo]

Use a hashtable.
EDIT: Wait what? You don't need to attach the duration to the timer, since the timer will count the duration. Or maybe you mean you want the duration to be remembered, you can use a hashtable for that.

 

[stan0033]

Lighten me please in this "timer counts duration". Whatever of the above you told me about this timer I don't know how to construct it.

• Mind Control
  • Events
    • Unit - Shadow Hunter 0008 <gen> Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Mind Control
  • Actions
    • Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to Player 9 (Gray) and Change color
    • Game - Display to (All players) the text: ((Name of (Target unit of ability being cast)) + |c00FF0000is now controlled by the Shadow Hunter.|r)
    • Countdown Timer - ???

 

[chobibo]

• Countdown Timer - Start SpellTimer as a One-shot timer that will expire in SpellDuration seconds

That's the action in GUI.

 

[stan0033]

Still don't understand how to put the spell's duration into the timer or the variable as you stated. How do you handle these two variables spellTimer and spellDuration? especially spell duration? how the variable SpellDuration is equal to the duration of the spell??

 

[chobibo]

You initialize them on map init.

• Spell Init
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- You set the duration of the buff according to the level(rank) of the spell --------
    • Set SpellDuration[1] = 25.00
    • Set SpellDuration[2] = 30.00

Regarding the timer use, I forgot you can't use timers like that in GUI, sorry about that, I think a tutorial would be better at explaining this than me. I think you need to use a periodic trigger here. Better consult the tutorial...

 

[stan0033]

OMG man... how do you make the connection between the variable and the spell duration??

explain the variable TYPE and how do you define it to be the duration of the spell

 

[chobibo]

Well, when your unit casts the ability, you check for the ability's level, then you use that as index for the SpellDuration array. The array indices hold the appropriate value per level (rank?). That's why I suggested you to consult a tutorial haha xD, I don't know much.

EDIT: The type is a real array. The definition is the one I posted (post #17) earlier.

 

[stan0033]

It seems like you can help me only on theory. The prob is I don't have much practice. SO you don't hep me much right now.

So what if you set real arrays = 15.00? where is the spell in this, or the spell rank?

-------- You set the duration of the buff according to the level(rank) of the spell --------

wtf, the buff duration is fixed. I dont wanna change its duration. Better check it.

the solution will be either to check buff/spell duration or spell rank
. Since you can't help me(by suggesting a tutorial), let another dude post in this topic.

 

[chobibo]

Yeah, that's why you set it at map init, so you can reference it later when the unit casts. The duration is indeed fixed.

 

[stan0033]

Stating the obvious? I need a SOLUTION, not a theory. please stop posting,chobibo.

 

[chobibo]

Can't you wait? I'm still testing the map... Sheesh...

 

[IcemanBo]

If you don't wanna think about it by yourself but only others to create trigger for you, You should not post here.
Start a new thread in Request section, here people help you to understand why your already existing trigger doesnt work.

 

[chobibo]

Mind Control Init MC Init Events Map initialization Conditions Actions -------- duration per level -------- Set MC_Duration[1] = 5.00 Set MC_Duration[2] = 10.00 -------- hashtable -------- Custom script: set udg_MC_HT=InitHashtable() Custom script: endfunction -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- Spell timer callback -------- -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Custom script: function MC_callback takes nothing returns nothing Set MC_TimerKey = (Key (Expiring timer)) Set MC_Target = (Load 1 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT) Set MC_Owner = (Load 2 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT) Unit - Change ownership of MC_Target to MC_Owner and Change color Custom script: call DestroyEffect(AddSpecialEffectTarget("Abilities\\Spells\\Human\\DispelMagic\\DispelMagicTarget.mdl",udg_MC_Target,"origin")) Custom script: call DestroyTimer(GetExpiredTimer()) Custom script: call RemoveSavedHandle(udg_MC_HT,udg_MC_TimerKey,1) Custom script: call RemoveSavedHandle(udg_MC_HT,udg_MC_TimerKey,2) Custom script: set udg_MC_Target=null Custom script: set udg_MC_Owner=null

Mind Control onCast MC onCast Events Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability Conditions (Ability being cast) Equal to Mind Control Actions Custom script: local unit udg_MC_Target=GetSpellTargetUnit() Custom script: local player udg_MC_Owner=GetOwningPlayer(udg_MC_Target) Custom script: local timer t=CreateTimer() Custom script: set udg_MC_TimerKey=GetHandleId(t) Custom script: //call DisplayTimedTextToPlayer(Player(0),0,0,60.00,"Id is "+I2S(udg_MC_TimerKey)) Hashtable - Save Handle OfMC_Target as 1 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT Hashtable - Save Handle OfMC_Owner as 2 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT Custom script: call DestroyEffect(AddSpecialEffectTarget("Abilities\\Spells\\Human\\DispelMagic\\DispelMagicTarget.mdl",udg_MC_Target,"origin")) Unit - Change ownership of MC_Target to (Triggering player) and Change color Custom script: call TimerStart(t,udg_MC_Duration[GetUnitAbilityLevel(GetTriggerUnit(),'A000')],false,function MC_callback) Custom script: set t=null Custom script: set udg_MC_Target=null Custom script: set udg_MC_Owner=null

The testmap is attached.

 

[stan0033]

Mind Control Init MC Init Events Map initialization Conditions Actions -------- duration per level -------- Set MC_Duration[1] = 5.00 Set MC_Duration[2] = 10.00 -------- hashtable -------- Custom script: set udg_MC_HT=InitHashtable() Custom script: endfunction -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- Spell timer callback -------- -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- Custom script: function MC_callback takes nothing returns nothing Set MC_TimerKey = (Key (Expiring timer)) Set MC_Target = (Load 1 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT) Set MC_Owner = (Load 2 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT) Unit - Change ownership of MC_Target to MC_Owner and Change color Custom script: call DestroyEffect(AddSpecialEffectTarget("Abilities\\Spells\\Human\\DispelMagic\\DispelMagicTarget.mdl",udg_MC_Target,"origin")) Custom script: call DestroyTimer(GetExpiredTimer()) Custom script: call RemoveSavedHandle(udg_MC_HT,udg_MC_TimerKey,1) Custom script: call RemoveSavedHandle(udg_MC_HT,udg_MC_TimerKey,2) Custom script: set udg_MC_Target=null Custom script: set udg_MC_Owner=null

Mind Control onCast MC onCast Events Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability Conditions (Ability being cast) Equal to Mind Control Actions Custom script: local unit udg_MC_Target=GetSpellTargetUnit() Custom script: local player udg_MC_Owner=GetOwningPlayer(udg_MC_Target) Custom script: local timer t=CreateTimer() Custom script: set udg_MC_TimerKey=GetHandleId(t) Custom script: //call DisplayTimedTextToPlayer(Player(0),0,0,60.00,"Id is "+I2S(udg_MC_TimerKey)) Hashtable - Save Handle OfMC_Target as 1 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT Hashtable - Save Handle OfMC_Owner as 2 of MC_TimerKey in MC_HT Custom script: call DestroyEffect(AddSpecialEffectTarget("Abilities\\Spells\\Human\\DispelMagic\\DispelMagicTarget.mdl",udg_MC_Target,"origin")) Unit - Change ownership of MC_Target to (Triggering player) and Change color Custom script: call TimerStart(t,udg_MC_Duration[GetUnitAbilityLevel(GetTriggerUnit(),'A000')],false,function MC_callback) Custom script: set t=null Custom script: set udg_MC_Target=null Custom script: set udg_MC_Owner=null

The testmap is attached.

Yep, this definetely worked. I just tested your map. Thanks, you have +rep from me.