Editing Purge

[Rykon-V73]

I want Purge to become Surge, the spell with the same dispelling effect. but it's for friends and can increase movement speed. I edited Data - Movement Frequency Update to -5, so that friendly units gain speed for a short time, but not only that it's not working, but Purge seems to be lacking other effects. Anyone knows the reason here?
Also, I would like to add an effect to the unit that allows itself to gain mana after an attack has been done.

 

[streetpunk]

I think you will need to trigger the whole thing out

 

[Rykon-V73]

I know for the second effect, a trigger I need, but I need an event, too. As for the first one, I don't know how a trigger would look like there.

 

[Damage]

You're going to need to use an indexing system.
Here's how I'd implement a spell that gives 100% movement speed for 5 seconds (which slowly decays) and then returns the unit to its normal speed after.

First, create some variables.
An integer variable. (eg. "Index")
A unit array variable. (eg. "SurgeTarget")
A real array variable. (eg. "SurgeTimer")
Another integer variable. (eg. "SurgeCount")

Now create 2 triggers.

First trigger: "Casting"

• Events
  • A unit starts the effect of an ability.
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) equal to (Surge)
• Actions
  • Set SurgeCount = (SurgeCount + 1)
  • Set SurgeTarget[Surge Count] = (Target Unit of ability being cast)
  • Set OriginalMovespeed[SurgeCount] = Base Movement speed of (Target unit of ability being cast)
  • Set SurgeTimer[SurgeCount] = 100.00
  • If ((SurgeCount) equal to 1) then (Turn on (Surge Loop Trigger)) else (Do nothing)

Second Trigger: "Surge Loop Trigger" (Initially TURNED OFF Trigger)

• Events
  • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time.
• Conditions
• Actions
  • For Each Integer (Index) from 1 to (SurgeCount) do:
    • If / Then / Else (Multiple Functions)
      • Conditions
        • [SurgeTimer[Index]] not equal to 0.00
      • Then
        • Set SurgeTimer[Index] = (SurgeTimer[Index] - 1.00)
        • Unit - Set movement speed of SurgeTarget[Index] = ((SurgeTimer[Index] / 100) + 1) x Base movement speed of SurgeTarget[Index])
      • Else
        • Unit - Set movement speed of SurgeTarget[Index] to (Base movement of SurgeTarget[Index])
        • If (SurgeCount equal to 1) then (Turn off (This Trigger)) else (Do nothing)
        • Set SurgeCount = (SurgeCount - 1)

By hive's standards, it's not that good, as I'm not recycling the indexs, but for the most part this should do its job. If you want to change the "100%" movement speed to something else, then change this:

• Unit - Set movement speed of SurgeTarget[Index] = ((SurgeTimer[Index] / 100) + 1) x Base movement

to match whatever you need.

 

[Rykon-V73]

In the first code, I set the variable, but it ends with X=! How can find the button with '?'?

 

[Damage]

Um, the buttons don't mean anything. It's just a visual thing.
It's only showing as a "?" button in my code above because I didn't write "Set" with a capital S. In your map, it won't matter.

I've edited the above post anyway to fix it now.

 

[Damage]

As for the mana regain:

• Events
  • A unit is attacked
• Conditions
• Actions
  • For Each Integer (Index) from 1 to (SurgeCount) do (Actions)
    • If / Then / Else (Multiple Functions)
      • If (Conditions)
        • (Attacking Unit) equal to (SurgeTarget[Index])
        • (SurgeTimer[Index]) greater than 0.00
      • Then (Actions)
        • Unit - Set mana of (Attacking Unit) to ((Mana of (Attacking Unit) + 25))
      • Else (Actions)

Again, change the value of 25 at the end to whatever amount of mana you want to use. However, this system is abusable - if you spam the "Stop" command on a unit that was affected by surge, it will repeatedly generate mana. This is because "A unit is attacked" is trigger whenever the unit ATTEMPTS to attack, not when it LANDS the attack. In order to fix that abuse, it's WAY beyond what I can code from memory, and you'll need to look into a Damage Taken system (there's a lot on Hiveworkshop, but they're probably too complex for you to understand).

 

[Rykon-V73]

The index in SurgeTimer[Index] should be replaced or should I just leave it there? If I leave it there, the OK button is off.

 

[Damage]

It needs to be there, you can't enter it without specifying the [ ___ ] part. It's an array variable.

 

[Rykon-V73]

I did the 1st part of the code done, but the rest does seem confusing to me. Can you post a map with this code and mana regain code? Only if you want to.

 

[Damage]

I can't right now. I'm not at home - I'm doing this in my break time at work

 

[Rykon-V73]

Okay. I'll wait until then.

 

[Rykon-V73]

I forgot to mention: The mana regain ability is useful for the Blood Elf Paladin, not High Elf paladin.

 

[Damage]

All I did was make it so that a unit affected by the "Surge" ability would also regain mana on attack. Is that not what you wanted?

 

[Rykon-V73]

While that's a bonus, that's not what I wanted.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Yeah, I really wished Purge let you reverse /remove the slow. Being hard-coded is such a bore.

 

[Damage]

Then what do you want? Please explain in clearer detail.

 

[Rykon-V73]

I want the thing specified in the very first post, and Mana Regain for a different spellcaster. I'll use that for the Blood Elf Paladin and Surge for the Hgh Elf Paladin.

 

[Alethos]

Unit - remove all buffs from (triggering unit)

Just use clarity potion as base ability so the mana regain can be controlled how you want and also used when mana is full. Use the above for the dispelling effect and Damage's stuff for the movement.

Done.

 

[Damage]

Just use clarity potion as base ability
Done.

Except that Clarity Potion is lost if the unit takes any damage.
Plus he wants the unit to regain mana when it attacks, not just over time. Or at least, that's what I think he wants...

 

[Rykon-V73]

That's what I want, Damage.

 

[Damage]

Um.

So something really as simple as:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit is attacked
• Conditions
  • Unit-type of (Attacking Unit) equal to (Bloodelf Whatever)
• Actions
  • Unit - Set mana of (Attacking Unit) to (Mana of (Attacking unit) + 20)

I mean, if that's all you wanted, I guess you've never used World Editor before, right? This is elementary stuff.

 

[Rykon-V73]

I did use the editor, especially Trigger Editor for very simple things like killing a unit, after a spell has been done or giving him health after the attack. I can't do complex things with it.
Also, I activated it, after I researched Mana Income.

 

[Damage]

So everything done then?

 

[Rykon-V73]

Almost. I want to show you one last thing:

Notice something different?
Those 2 Unit buttons? One user did show me how to access it. New Action -> - Search for Text - -> I typed Movement Speed. That's what the user said. In my case, it doesn't work. Look above:
Is there a workaround here?

 

[Damage]

Um, it's correct, but why does it say "Last Created Unit" and "Triggering Unit". I told you to change them as I said to "SurgeTarget[Index_surge]".

Something like:

• Unit - Set SurgeTarget[Index] movement speed to (((SurgeTimer[Index] / 100) + 1) x (Default movement speed of (SurgeTarget[Index]))

and

• Unit - Set SurgeTarget[Index] movement speed to (Default movement speed of (SurgeTarget[Index]))

Surely you noticed that "Triggering Unit" and "Last Created Unit" mean absolutely nothing in your code, and so of course they don't work, right?

 

[Rykon-V73]

I did that, only to show you that the things you've done with your code isn't in my version.

 

[Rykon-V73]

I tried the code. It does work! It doesn't matter if the buff shows up. The effect is nice!

 

[Damage]

I was typing all the trigger coding by hand from memory, so that's why the wording may be slightly different.

If it's "Set (Unit) movement speed to ___" or "Set movement speed of (unit) to ____". I'm sure you're able to see they're the same thing, even if I typed it slightly differently.

 

[Rykon-V73]

Never mind. Your code does work like a charm, Damage.