[General] detecting mana reduction

[kazenokage]

is there any triggers or events that can detect mana reduction for example... 100 mana - 25 mana = 75 mana.. i want to detect the 25 mana.

 

[Wietlol]

mana reduction from what?
Spellcasts?
(negative) Mana regeneration?

What will you be using it for in the first place?

 

[kazenokage]

yup spellcasts ... well i will use to add mana base on the deducted mana

 

[Wietlol]

You are able to do this by calculating the difference between before and after cast.
What you have to do is start a timer that expires in 0 seconds on the event "A unit starts the effect of an ability".

When that timer expires, the mana has been taken, when you start that timer, the mana is not yet taken.
So you will store the mana amount when the timer starts and calculate the difference when it expires.

JASS is much more powerfull with timers than GUI can in its current state.
Do you have any experience with JASS?

 

[kazenokage]

sorry nope... i use gui
EDIT:hey do i need hashtable to store the mana amount???

 

[Wietlol]

Hmm... lemme take a look at GUI

Also... do you have JNGP?
If you do, you can do it without creating a hashtable yourself.

EDIT:
Anyway, if you havent got JNGP... download it

This might be working quite well.

 

[kazenokage]

sorry for the late reps.. (got busy these days im a student lol) well +rep /...