Detecting when Bladestorm ends?

[Caedrus]

Sorry if this is a newbie question, but how would I detect when the effect of the spell Bladestorm ends in GUI triggers? I've tried detecting when a unit no longer has the buff "Bladestorm (Caster)" but, after finding that this didn't work and doing some further testing, it seems that the unit doesn't actually *get* the Bladestorm (Caster) buff during the effect of Bladestorm.

As is I'm reduced to just guessing when it ends using a timer...

 

[Catch_ya]

Okay, first you maybe say "Bladestorm duration = 10 seconds" in the object editor. Then you detect when the spell is cast like this:

• Start
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Bladestorm
  • Actions
    • Countdown Timer - Start YOUR_TIMER as a One-shot timer that will expire in 10.00 seconds

• End
  • Events
    • Time - YOUR_TIMER expires
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- Do your actions here: --------

I'm not sure if this is MUI though. But It should work.
Have fun.

 

[Caedrus]

Okay, first you maybe say "Bladestorm duration = 10 seconds" in the object editor. Then you detect when the spell is cast like this:

• Start
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Bladestorm
  • Actions
    • Countdown Timer - Start YOUR_TIMER as a One-shot timer that will expire in 10.00 seconds

• End
  • Events
    • Time - YOUR_TIMER expires
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- Do your actions here: --------

I'm not sure if this is MUI though. But It should work.
Have fun.

Yeah... that's what I'm already doing, as mentioned in the first post. Thanks for the reply though

 

[Anachron]

You could also use a buff-system and check for the unit having the buff.

 

[Pharaoh_]

A timer will not be MUI enhanced. Try this:

• Trigger1
• Events
  • Map Initialization
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
  • Set Hashtable = (Last created hashtable)

• Trigger2
• Events
  • Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to Bladestorm
• Actions
  • Hashtable - Save 60.00 as (Key(timer)) of (Key(Triggering unit)) in Hashtable
  • Unit Group - Add (Triggering unit) to Temp_Group
  • Trigger - Turn on Trigger 3 <gen>

• Trigger3
• Events
  • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game-time
• Conditions
• Actions
  • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • ((Temp_Group) is empty) Equal to True
    • Then - Actions
      • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Temp_Group) and do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • Set Timer1 = (Load (Key(timer)) of (Key(Picked unit)) from Hashtable
          • Hashtable - Save (Timer1 - 1.00) as (Key(timer)) of (Key(Picked unit)) in Hashtable
          • If (All conditions) are true then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
            • If - Conditions
              • (Timer1) Equal to 0
            • Then - Actions
              • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from Temp_Group
              • Hashtable - Clear all child hashtables of (Key(Picked unit)) from Hashtable
            • Else - Actions

The "60.00" value you save is your spell's duration. Save a formula based number to be exact. If, for example, Level 1 lasts for 30 seconds, level 2 for 45 seconds and level 3 for 60 seconds, then save "(15*(Real(Level of (Ability being cast) for (Triggering unit)))+15)"

For more info,
[•] http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/trigger-gui-editor-tutorials-279/hashtables-mui-133407/