Dummy caster help

[Numbernine]

I have a trigger so that every time a unit casts Anti-Magic Shell, a dummy pops up, casts AMS on the caster and then disapears, so its as if you cast it on yourself and the target at the same time.

Events
Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Is issued an order targeting an object

Conditions
(Issued order) Equal to (Order(antimagicshell))

Actions
Unit - Create 1 Dummy Caster for Player 1 (Red) at (Position of (Triggering unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
Wait 0.20 seconds
Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Undead Banshee - Anti-magic Shell (Triggering unit)
Unit - Remove (Last created unit) from the game

This works perfectly until the very end, when both my units that I want have the buff, but the dummy isn't removed! I've tried playing around with this but no matter what way I change it, either I get 2 dummys, all my units get removed or best of all my game crashes.

Any help is welcome.

 

[UreDe4D]

try using a little delay between casting and removing the unit which is 0.01 sec longer then the casting time of AMS and use a variable for the dummy

other possibility: use a second trigger, sth like
event: a unit enters playable map area
condition: triggering unit unit-type is equal to dummy
action:wait 1 sec
remove triggering unit from the game

 

[Volvox]

Set the dummy unit in a variable before the wait. Stuff like last created unit get erased from the memory very fast, it is possible that after the wait, warcraft has no idea on what is the last created unit. Btw, wait is always a bad option.

 

[UreDe4D]

yeah guess you are right, but the variable thing alone could solve the problem, try it and tell us

 

[Volvox]

Well, simply declare a lical variable using this custom script,
say your unit variable is called dummy; write it this way: local unit dummy
There is a bug that checks local variables be4 globals so it should make the spell mui. On the bottom of actions, add a custom line: set dummy = null to prevent memory leaks. This is tricky but should work.

 

[Eleandor]

It's not a bug.

Either way, why not add a 0,2 seconds generic expiration timer to last created unit?

 

[Volvox]

Elanor, that would never cross my mind, great idea, +rep.

 

[Gilles]

It's not a bug.

Either way, why not add a 0,2 seconds generic expiration timer to last created unit?

I always just add a generic timer to my dummy units. Works fine.

 

[Numbernine]

Thanks everybody I got it working now. For those interested final trigger was :

• Events
  • Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Is issued an order targeting an object
• Conditions
  • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(antimagicshell))
  • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Medic
• Actions
  • Unit - Create 1 Dummy Caster for Player 1 (Red) at (Position of (Ordered unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
  • Set Unit = (Last created unit)
  • Unit - Order Unit to Undead Banshee - Anti-magic Shell (Triggering unit)
  • Wait 1.00 seconds
  • Unit - Remove Unit from the game
  • Set Unit = No unit

 

[tartarus]

I just want to say that I also add a phoenix hitpoint regeneration rate (-25) to my low-hit points dummy units.