[Solved] Creeps Above Level 6

[Hobbitrash]

Recently got into map making again and realized an issue with creeps past level 6 where they have better AI and will have a hero level resistance to abilities (e.g Banish only lasts 5 seconds instead of 10). Since a majority of my creeps are lvl 6+, reaching all the way to lvl 50 I don't really want them all to share ability resistance with a hero. Is there some way to fix this?

 

[Nichilus]

Not sure why this is even a thing - I would have expected something in gameplay constants or unit's field instead of obscurely hard-coding it.
The issue is related to unit's race, so change the creep's race to one of the standard races - human/orc/night elf/undead and it will lose it's hero/too powerful status.

Edit: Seems only units of type "Creep" and above level 5 are considered as too powerful/hero, so you can change their race to any other race available - even "None" or "Other" or "Critter", etc.

 

[Uncle]

Additionally, you can avoid the whole Level system entirely. Sure, there's a few abilities that are coded to function around Level but aside from those there's no reason you really need to use blizzard's system.

 

[Hobbitrash]

Not sure why this is even a thing - I would have expected something in gameplay constants or unit's field instead of obscurely hard-coding it.
The issue is related to unit's race, so change the creep's race to one of the standard races - human/orc/night elf/undead and it will lose it's hero/too powerful status.

Edit: Seems only units of type "Creep" and above level 5 are considered as too powerful/hero, so you can change their race to any other race available - even "None" or "Other" or "Critter", etc.

Great thank you! I had real trouble finding any information on this, I'll try it out.

 

[Hobbitrash]

Additionally, you can avoid the whole Level system entirely. Sure, there's a few abilities that are coded to function around Level but aside from those there's no reason you really need to use blizzard's system.

I do sort of like the leveling system they have in place, and I want to keep it quite simple for myself, perhaps another time ^^

 

[Devalut]

In that case perhaps modifying the duration based on whether or not it's a hero would be more suitable.

• Duration Modification
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to YourAbility (Neutral Hostile)
    • ((Target unit of ability being cast) is A Hero) Equal to False
    • (Level of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Greater than or equal to 6
  • Actions
    • Ability - Set Ability: (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast))'s Real Level Field: Duration - Hero ('ahdu') of Level: ((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Triggering unit)) - 1) to (Ability: (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast))'s Real Level Field Duration - Normal ('adur'), of Level: ((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Triggering unit)) - 1))

If it does what it says on the tin then this would allow you to keep the duration the same as the duration meant for standard units; But, I've not extensively used this trigger so it may prove fickle in use~