[Spell] Channel Necromancy Spell

[Ghostly Sallet]

I'm trying to make a spell that raises an undead unit based on the corpse's unit type. It's based on the Channel ability because I want it to allow you to select the corpse. Is it possible or should I just use Raise Dead?

 

[The_Silent]

Sadly, you cannot select corpses in warcraft 3.

 

[Devalut]

You can emulate a similar way to "Selection" by getting dead units under the player's cursor, but yeah blizzard doesn't want anyone to have fun.

 

[DoomBlade]

Well I don't know what was your main goal to achieve here, but you can select dead units and their unit-type persists trough dead.
So I made this AoE custom Animate Dead, hope this helps you

• Animate Dead
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead (Channel)
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet TempCaster = (Triggering unit)
    • Set VariableSet TempPlayer = (Owner of TempCaster)
    • Set VariableSet TempLoc = (Target point of ability being cast)
    • Set VariableSet TempGroup = (Units within 175.00 of TempLoc matching (((Matching unit) is dead) Equal to True).)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set VariableSet TempTarget = (Picked unit)
        • Set VariableSet TempLoc2 = (Position of TempTarget)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempLoc2 using Abilities\Spells\Undead\AnimateDead\AnimateDeadTarget.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of TempTarget) Equal to Footman
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Create 1 Ghoul for TempPlayer at TempLoc2 facing Default building facing degrees
          • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of TempTarget) Equal to Peasant
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Create 1 Acolyte for TempPlayer at TempLoc2 facing Default building facing degrees
          • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of TempTarget) Equal to Rifleman
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Create 1 Crypt Fiend for TempPlayer at TempLoc2 facing Default building facing degrees
          • Else - Actions
    • Custom script: call DestroyGroup (udg_TempGroup)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempLoc)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempLoc2)

 

[Warseeker]

Alternatively, you can just remove the animated unit if it doesn't match with the unit type you want to revive.

• Remove Spawned Unit
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Spawns A Summoned Unit
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Summoned unit)) Not equal to Footman
  • Actions
    • Unit - Remove (Summoned unit) from the game
    • Unit - Set mana of (Summoning unit) to ((Mana of (Summoning unit)) + 75.00)
    • Unit - For Unit (Summoning unit), Set cooldown of ability Animate Dead, Level: 1 to 0.00

 

[Deserted]

Well I don't know what was your main goal to achieve here, but you can select dead units and their unit-type persists trough dead.
So I made this AoE custom Animate Dead, hope this helps you

• Animate Dead
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead (Channel)
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet TempCaster = (Triggering unit)
    • Set VariableSet TempPlayer = (Owner of TempCaster)
    • Set VariableSet TempLoc = (Target point of ability being cast)
    • Set VariableSet TempGroup = (Units within 175.00 of TempLoc matching (((Matching unit) is dead) Equal to True).)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set VariableSet TempTarget = (Picked unit)
        • Set VariableSet TempLoc2 = (Position of TempTarget)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempLoc2 using Abilities\Spells\Undead\AnimateDead\AnimateDeadTarget.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of TempTarget) Equal to Footman
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Create 1 Ghoul for TempPlayer at TempLoc2 facing Default building facing degrees
          • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of TempTarget) Equal to Peasant
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Create 1 Acolyte for TempPlayer at TempLoc2 facing Default building facing degrees
          • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of TempTarget) Equal to Rifleman
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Create 1 Crypt Fiend for TempPlayer at TempLoc2 facing Default building facing degrees
          • Else - Actions
    • Custom script: call DestroyGroup (udg_TempGroup)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempLoc)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempLoc2)

Idea is quite nice, but this trigger leaks if there are more than 1 unit in TempGroup.
Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempLoc2) should be used at the end of the loop.

Also, solution from this thread ([Spell] - Resurrecting Enemies?) might come in handy, just adapt it for ability targeting point.

 

[DoomBlade]

Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempLoc2)
should be used at the end of the loop.

Yea my bad, made in a hurry

Also where is the leak @Deserted
Other than the location.