Creating Custom Spells

[Crazy_Sage]

Hey guys, I used to be a huge WE fan and recently bought SC2 mainly for the map making however noticed its a bit more difficult then I first expected. Anyways I've been mucking around in it watching tutorials and so on however I haven't had any luck finding a tutorial on how to make a custom spell. Any help would be appreciated.

A solid tutorial from start to finish would be great including:
button
ability
effects
special effects via actors

It would be sooooo much help, I just need some kind of reference to get me started:

 

[Darkness-4ever]

There is a youtube vid tutorial that covers most of that I believe, just try typing Making Abilities in Starcraft 2 in youtube search.

 

[gT.ReD]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tutorial-submission-660/ability-tutorial-177751/

still in submission stage but it does cover everything you listed, albeit very basic. Hope it helps

 

[Crazy_Sage]

Thanks heaps guys, learnt a few new things.

Im thinking i'll stick with trigger based maps for now and keep practicing the basics of making units and spells.

 

[AionCannonzSC2]

the big step from WC3 to SC2 custom abilities is that in SC2 you can sort of embed triggers in your spells with behaviors/validators/actor events so you don't need the trigger editor as much