Deny a hero to pick items? How?

[stan0033]

Okay, so I have this issue in my map Electrum mines where when an invisible unit picks the flag, i force it to drop it aand when he does he also moves like 25-50 AoE in random direction. I don't know why that is, but I am looking for another way to handle this:

Is there another way to deny a hero to pick items?
- Removing Inventory ability is a bad idea
- forcing him to drop the item resulted in a bad idea
- putting some dummy items might be a good idea, but it becomes messed up.. Where is the image for empty slot in the MPQ?
- transformation in another unit temporarily is a bad idea, and does complications
- any other method?

 

[A]mun]

I guess you want:

• ItemPickDenied
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Crown of Kings +5
      • Then - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
              • Conditions
                • ((Triggering unit) has buff Wind Walk) Equal to True
                • ((Triggering unit) has buff Invisibility) Equal to True
          • Then - Actions
            • Set temp_point = (Position of (Item being manipulated))
            • Item - Move (Item being manipulated) to temp_point
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_temp_point)
          • Else - Actions
      • Else - Actions

 

[stan0033]

I tried exactly this and uts not helping

 

[A]mun]

That's not what i could gather from your post.
You described the issue being "hero - drop item", because that would allow the manipulator to move the item inch by inch.

That's why i presented the option to instantly move the item back to its origin?!

Puzzled to what you want to achieve now.

 

[ShaDowPoWeR]

the problem with invisibility is that for some reason blizzard made it so that items collision affects units/heroes with wind walk active.
instead of item you could make it a dummy unit and when you get near it you pick it up, otherwise just move the flag behind the hero or a bit away from the hero.

 

[ZiBitheWand3r3r]

Use event "unit is issued target order" check if OrderTargetItem != null then check if this unit is able to pick this item-if not, add to group, run 0.00sec timer and on timer expire "pick all units in group" and order your unit to stop.

 

[Wark]

I have an off-the-wall suggestion:
Why not make the flag a powerup, set the flag carrier to a variable, and make the flag an attached special effect on the carrier?

 

[stan0033]

sure, it's something.
anyway i dealt with the problem in another way, topic closed.