Caster Upgrade Properties

[Kam]

I have units that have ability upgrades that are researched individually. With upgrades such as Shaman Adept Training the upgrade number that is displayed on the UI tells which abilities have been unlocked. If you do individual upgrades you are still able to increase the number, but the text description will not necessarily match the order you research. This means it might list a spell other than the upgraded spell. This property is controlled in the unit properties and this can't be manipulated via triggers. The only solution I have is to have duplicates of the unit and trigger unit replacement to match the current upgrade order. This is not feasible when considering AI. Is there another solution?

 

[Solu9]

Could you try to elaborate a bit on the matter?
-Are the upgrades for single units (and not unit types as a whole)?
-Can more than one of these units belong to the same player at any moment in the game (fx. can one player have two Shamans while both Shamans have their own upgrades, or do they share upgrades)?

 

[Kam]

It's a melee map so MUI is in place.

Imagine taking Defend A and having it act as a Caster Upgrade to increase the value to 1. This works because there is only one upgrade. Now research Defend B. The value will jump to 2. At 1 the Caster Upgrade displays Defend A under spells. At 2 it displays Defend A and B. This is correct. Now research Defend B first and it will still list Defend A under spells.

This is the issue.

 

[Solu9]

But are Defend A and Defend B two separate upgrades?
Or are Defend A just level 1 of that upgrade and Defend B level 2?

 

[Kam]

They are separate upgrades.

 

[WaterKnight]

How about making a single effective research instead so you can write what you want per level. When either of the user researches are done, catch it by trigger and set the effective research accordingly.

 

[Solu9]

Myeah. You cannot decrease research levels. So once it's level 2 it can not be set to level 1 again.