[Trigger] Detecting Mana Loss

[Kaizer]

Hello people of Hive!

I have created a spell in which an arrow is fired towards an enemy unit and drains 50/100/150 of their mana, the problem is when the enemy's mana is less than the amount of mana to be drained the caster still gets the amount of mana to be drained.

ex. I used the skill while on level 3 (suppose to drain 150) but the enemy's mana is only 80, the amount of mana I gain is still 150.

how do I gain equal to the amount of mana drained?

Thanks in advance

 

[rulerofiron99]

Use a unit indexer or hashtable so that you can store a CurrentMana real variable for each unit in the map (or maybe just each hero) to keep track of their current mana.

Every 0.03 seconds, you compare each of those values to the unit's current mana, the difference is the change.

ACTUALLY:
Now that I read your problem again, why can't you just calculate the target's current mana when the spell is cast?

 

[Kaizer]

ACTUALLY:
Now that I read your problem again, why can't you just calculate the target's current mana when the spell is cast?

will this work for a level 1 skill? (the amount of mana to be gain is 50)

• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • (Level of Mana Arrow for MA_Caster) Equal to 1
  • Then - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Mana of MA_Target) Less than or equal to 49.00
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of MA_Caster to ((Mana of MA_Caster) + (Mana of MA_Target))
      • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Mana of MA_Target) Greater than or equal to 50.00
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of MA_Caster to ((Mana of MA_Caster) + 50.00)
      • Else - Actions
  • Else - Actions

 

[rulerofiron99]

Yes that should work. Why don't you test it for yourself and see?

PS: You should rather us "Less than 50" instead of "Less than or equal to 49", in cast the unit has 49.45 mana.

 

[Kaizer]

PS: You should rather us "Less than 50" instead of "Less than or equal to 49", in cast the unit has 49.45 mana.

Is that even possible?

It works now, thanks alot man

 

[defskull]

Since your spell has more than 1 Level, you should turn it to variable, making it easier to calculate instead of mass IF/THEN/ELSE

I would do this;

• Mana Arrow Setup
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set DrainSetup[1] = 50.00
    • Set DrainSetup[2] = 100.00
    • Set DrainSetup[3] = 150.00

• Mana Arrow Cast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Mana Arrow
  • Actions
    • Set TempInt = (Level of Mana Arrow for (Triggering unit))
    • Set Drain = DrainSetup[TempInt]
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Mana of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Greater than or equal to Drain
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) + Drain)
      • Else - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) + (Mana of (Target unit of ability being cast))

This trigger would work for multiple levels.

And I was wondering, if the word "Drain", why don't you decrease the target's Mana ?

 

[Kaizer]

I am decreasing it, I only had a problem on the gaining part

 

[defskull]

So you're making it 1-level ability now ?
Sad.

Oh I see.