Check for Spell shield in trigger?

[JakeTheSnake]

I have a problem with spell shield.. I have several spells that have a triggered part that deals damage. The problem is that when the target has a spell shield item ( blocks a spell every x seconds) The spell effect gets blocked but not the triggered part of the spell. I've tried to check if the unit has the spell shield buff but that does not seem to work since the unit itself does not have the buff but rather the item.

Anyone have a suggestion?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Then use the Boolean comparison

• ((Triggering unit) has an item of type Spell Shield) Equal to True

 

[JakeTheSnake]

Wouldn't that cancel the effect even if the item was on cooldown?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Yes. You can add the unit in a Unit Group, which constantly substracts an amount from a specified Integer variable, e.g. 60 (let's say that 60 is the cooldown of you Spell Shield spell) every 1.00 seconds (Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game-time) and, when it comes to 0, remove that unit from the Unit Group. So, you will create a fake timer. If you do it that way, you can instead use that check:

• ((Triggering unit) is in Unit_Group) Equal to True

 

[JakeTheSnake]

Seems like I might have to rethink my idea here since I was thinking of having several different items with spell shield and different cooldowns. Looks like a lot of work to implement that functionality

 

[MortAr]

Make a unit-group with array, then make each item that has the ability with different level.
When adding a unit to a group, check the item level and add it to the specified group (eg. Level 1, 60 cooldown, group[1], Level 2, 50 cooldown, group[2], etc.)

 

[JakeTheSnake]

Allright I will try that, thanks for helping!

 

[Pharaoh_]

P.S. Watch out with arrays on Unit Group variables and Timers, they really tend to bug or make your map stop working.

 

[Bloody_Turds]

may be just a little late.. but, you could always make the un-coded part, actually do something lets say base it off drunken haze, with 0% debuffs, and then check if the buff is on the unit, otherwise the spell was deflected.. (or some priest freakishly despelled almost instantaniously after it was cast)