Cooldown Bug with a Spell

[Aoen]

This is the spell:
When you're above X health event Y happens
Otherwise, event Z happens

The spell itself is easy to code, the problem is I would like the icon to change when the unit goes underneath X health from above X health, or goes above X health from under X health. The way I have it now there are two abilities, each with a different icon, and when one of the two above described things happen, the other ability is removed and the new one is added. The problem is these two skills do not share a cooldown, and I would like them to.

Summary: When one ability is removed and another ability is to be added, how can you keep the cooldown of the second ability the same as the first?

 

[aznricepuff]

You can't...unless they both have the same BaseOrderID (although I'm not even sure that would work...). BaseOrderID does NOT equal order string, so you can't just change order string to make it work. You would have to make both the abilities based off the same ability, or use two spells based off Channel, make their BaseOrderID's the same, and then completely trigger the effects of both spells (if that is possible).

 

[Aoen]

They are currently based off the same ability, and both have their effects completely triggered.

 

[Need_O2]

Tip: Create 4 abilities based on same
give them to same unit
try to cast them

You need each with different based ability

 

[Aoen]

They aren't on the unit at the same time...

 

[Volvox]

even if they are with the same base id, once replaced, the new spell will have no cooldown. To solve this, you could try setting the spell cooldown via timer or something like that.

 

[Aoen]

AFAIK you can not SET a spell's cooldown...

 

[Volvox]

What exactly is AFAIK? If it's a trigger based spell, you can stop the spell from taking effect for a certain period of time.
I googled afaik...
For your own sake, don't use such'words'

 

[GhostWolf]

What exactly is AFAIK?
I googled afaik...
For your own sake, don't use such'words'

Err ? I just googled it myself and it was just "As Far As I Know"

 

[Volvox]

That's why i wrote 'words' instead of words. We kinda got off topic...

 

[Aoen]

O_O. Anyways I don't want to stop the effects, I want the cooldown to appear properly...

 

[Volvox]

Oh, that is a problem indeed...