[General] Condition: Unit has an activated 'Defend'

[Ardenian]

How can I check in GUI/ GUIJASS whether a unit has 'Defend' activated ?

 

[Arad MNK]

You may have a UI, and when somebody casts defend, set a boolean to true, then false.

Got it?

 

[Ardenian]

Hm, I think I understand, thanks. I prefer another work-around though.

 

[Ceday]

If you do not want to use boolean variable, there is another similar solution.When a unit orders "defend", add it an useless hidden ability and when "undefend"(or whatever order is) remove that ability.You can check if unit has ability to see its in defend state or not.

 

[Ardenian]

Thank you, I chose another approach, but this information is surely going to be useful for me in future times!

 

[RobertMKD]

Or you can add every unit that casts defend into a unit group and later check if the unit is in the unit group.

 

[Ardenian]

Thank you, I tried to find a solution without adding something new, like a variable or a unit group to my trigger, therefore I chose another solution ( looping through some stuff and adding unit-type requirement)

 

[Chaosy]

check if unit has buff defend?

I think there is one.

 

[Arad MNK]

Defend has a Buff??!?


If so you SHOULD remove it, Ardenian, cuz it will tell the opponents that theyre being tricked.

 

[Avahor]

GetUnitCurrentOrder(Hero) == OrderId("defend").
It worked for me with "drain"...

 

[defskull]

The event is "A unit is issued an order with no target" (War3 Editor not with me atm).
The condition should be your OrderCondition (in this case, it's "defend" string for activation and "undefend" string for deactivation).

 

[Flux]

^ But he will still need to keep track of it (using boolean) which he doesn't want.

 

[defskull]

Oh, so the simple way (like others mentioned before) is to add the unit in a Unit Group, then make a check if the unit is in the Unit Group or not.

Did he already get what he wanted ? Post #7.

 

[Flux]

Yes post #7 but I don't understand what solution Ardenian did.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Oh, so the simple way (like others mentioned before) is to add the unit in a Unit Group, then make a check if the unit is in the Unit Group or not.

Did he already get what he wanted ? Post #7.

Just check for the buff.

 

[RobertMKD]

To check with a boolean, he will need dynamic indexing, therefore unit group is the most simple solution.

 

[Ceday]

Yes, unit group solution is better than boolean and ability.

 

[Chaosy]

Checking for the buff is the best solution here. Provided that he didn't remove the buff from the default ability.

 

[defskull]

Can 'Defend' buff be dispelled ?

 

[Chaosy]

That would not make sense, so I doubt it.

 

[Ardenian]

check if unit has buff defend?

I think there is one.

I thought so, too, but either I am too dumb or I did not see any. Manashield has one, but strangely Defend seems not to.

Defend has a Buff??!?
If so you SHOULD remove it, Ardenian, cuz it will tell the opponents that theyre being tricked.

Ah, the unit is invisible while it is under the activated Defend, so this would not be a problem, but thanks for paying attention

GetUnitCurrentOrder(Hero) == OrderId("defend").
It worked for me with "drain"...

The event is "A unit is issued an order with no target" (War3 Editor not with me atm).
The condition should be your OrderCondition (in this case, it's "defend" string for activation and "undefend" string for deactivation).

I use this for the initial check, if the ability is casted, but I need to know whether it is activated when other abilities are casted.

Checking for the buff is the best solution here. Provided that he didn't remove the buff from the default ability.

I did not find a buff for Defend, there is also no initial for the default ability for me. I don't know, I tried to add a custom one based on Manashield's one for Defend, but it did not work, afaik ( only checked for the visible icon, but not whether it triggers)

 

[defskull]

Simplest Solution: Add the unit to a Unit Group.
JUST. DO. IT. ✔