Casting Spellbook Spells?

[Davy Jones]

How can I make a unit cast a spellbook spell? I made Cast Spell-*Spell it originally was *the spell is in a disabled/hidden spellbook and yet it won't work. What must I do?

 

[Adiktuz]

How can I make a unit cast a spellbook spell? I made Cast Spell-*Spell it originally was *the spell is in a disabled/hidden spellbook and yet it won't work. What must I do?

I dont think you can cast something from a disabled spellbook... But your method would work in a spell inside an enabled spellbook...

 

[Davy Jones]

So if I want to make an hidden spell how do I do that?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Possibly you could enable it, force UI key (force the key for whatever the spellbook's hotkey is), cast the spell, and then disable the spellbook but I haven't tried it. =P Although, you would have to track somehow when they want to cast the spell so that idea is partially flawed already.

Just a thought. Otherwise, I think the whole "hidden spells" thing has been an urban legend. People have talked about hiding a spellbook with a spell in it, and casting the hotkey for the spell to trigger, but as far as I know, that doesn't work.

EDIT: Yeah, I tested the whole hotkey myth thing, and it doesn't work. My suggestion is also very inefficient. You need at least ~0.56 seconds for the spell to be actually cast so it can't be instantaneous, and the unit must be selected. Yeah, you can work around it with a lot of work and illusion but it is overall not worth it.

 

[Adiktuz]

So if I want to make an hidden spell how do I do that?

don't make a hidden active spell... why would you need it anyway?

If you want you can use triggers to unleash the spell you want using a dummy caster... that way you can cast any spell... I can give you a sample trigger if you tell me when you would want to cast the spell...
(btw you cannot make the unit cast a "visible" channeling spell this way, the dummy will channel but not the real unit)