Check if unit is channeling

[Striker21]

Hello there,
I've been back for around a day after around 1 year of leaving warcraft now. And yet, i wanted to make something as i got addicted again
Well, the problem is, i'm making a channeling spell, but i need to know if he's channeling or not and then do some actions. How can i do that perfectly

 

[FUJI]

Check if it's current order of the unit is equal to ( Order Id of the Spell )

 

[Striker21]

so you mean to loop every 0.01 second to check that? hmm... could be possible but how about stun and such, they won't perform other actions means they won't do any other order

 

[edo494]

stun actually gives unit special order that seems to be faking hold position + stop until the buff is lost

Yes, you can just loop every lets say 0.05 - 0.1 secs(that should be enough) and check if units order is the same as in the last cycle and is not something like smart or move, and if it is, it is channeling.
The other way but similar is when unit starts the effect of ability, set some variable to current order, and then again periodically(0.05 - 0.1 secs) if the order is the same as the one in variable, the unit is still channeling

 

[FUJI]

^ No you don't need to loop that, you would need a Event - Unit begins channeling of an Ability

Edit: Edo beat ^^.

EDIT2:

You need two triggers: one for the Execution and Loop, the execution will be the event of - Unit Starts the effect of abil or begins channel abil, then the looping trigger will check if the unit's current order is still ( Order Id )

• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • (Current order of WoS_Caster[WoS]) Not equal to (Order(flamestrike))
  • Then - Actions
    • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
  • Else - Actions

 

[Striker21]

so how do you know when he's stop channeling? ^ Just make a trigger event is "Unit - A unit stops casting an ability" ?

 

[chobibo]

Yeah, stops casting an ability detects when a channeled spell is interrupted.

 

[FUJI]

I'd already post it the trigger ^^, the event for that trigger is Periodic event every 0.50 seconds or 0.03.

 

[Maker]

I would use the events.

 

[defskull]

@Maker
If you use the Event, you would lose the ability to access the indexing directly.
You can however use Event in accordance with a Hashtable, but not for Indexing.

I would use UnitCurrentOrder if it's Indexing, Event if it's Hashtable.

 

[chobibo]

You just need to attach the data to the unit so you won't lose it when the event fires. A unit indexer could also be used.

 

[defskull]

You just need to attach the data to the unit so you won't lose it when the event fires. A unit indexer could also be used.

I was referring to an indexing method which doesn't use the UnitUserData or so to say, doesn't use the Custom Value of Unit.

 

[chobibo]

I know, I wasn't talking about indexing, I was talking about the alternative method that doesn't use a periodic check.