Convert Ability to AbilityId?

[Jozz]

I'm trying to make a spell that creates a temporart copy of an enemy Hero to use. I can easily get all their stats, no problem.

However, I want to take it a step further and copy all of their skills as well so that I can set the ability levels of the summoned copy accordingly.
It seems possible to use

native BlzGetUnitAbilityByIndex                    takes unit whichUnit, integer index returns ability

but that brings 2 problems already. Firstly, I don't know if it can recognize Hero abilities, and secondly, I can't debug it.


Anyhow, this expedition seems failed since I can't find a way to get the Hero abilities from a Hero.

 

[Warseeker]

You can check if a hero has a specific ability by detecting the level of the ability if it's greater than 0

• Hero Copy Spell
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Hero Illusion
    • ((Target unit of ability being cast) is A hero) Equal to TRUE
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Level of Blizzard for Target) Greater than 0
      • Then - Actions
        • Hero - Learn skill for (Copy_Hero): Human Archmage - Blizzard
        • Unit - Set level of Blizzard for (Copy_Hero) to (Level of Blizzard for Target)
      • Else - Actions

You can also use Game Cache to store the enemy hero then create a copy of it by restoring it to the owner of the casting unit.

• Game Cache
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Hero Illusion
    • ((Target unit of ability being cast) is A hero) Equal to TRUE
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Set VariableSet Point = (Position of Target)
    • -------- Create Game Cache --------
    • Game Cache - Clear MyCache
    • Game Cache - Create a game cache from MyCache.w3v
    • Set VariableSet MyCache = (Last created game cache)
    • -------- Store Hero --------
    • Game Cache - Store Target as Target of HeroCache in MyCache
    • -------- Save Game Cache --------
    • Game Cache - Save MyCache
    • -------- Load Game Cache --------
    • Game Cache - Restore Target of HeroCache from MyCache for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Point facing Point facing Default building facing degrees
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point)

However, I don't know if this works on Multiplayer...