[False Alarm] 1.27b Bug

[maddeem]

So the update just hit and it isn't without its flaws. From what I seem to gather, you are now completely unable to change the fly height of units that aren't categorized as fly in the object editor. Crow Form no longer gives units the ability to fly. That's not all, you cannot set the rate to 0 for instant height change. This means you have to put the rate at about 99999 for "instant" height changes. Can we still use hover? No. Shit outa luck.

What does this mean?

It means a lot of maps are going to be completely broken with no way to fix them in the foreseeable future. :^)

 

[Wareditor]

Is this a joke ? Why are they changing some core mechanics that nobody asked to change ? What's the point ?
Just when I thought Blizzard made something good for once...

 

[maddeem]

I've spent the last 2 hours trying to create a work around... They sure did a fucking number on this one.

 

[Wareditor]

This is major because we will have to just accept it because Blizzard will never fix this not until next year at least.
In my opinion, it will never be fixed. They just broke a major feature that was used for years by almost every map.
Good job neo-Blizzard !

 

[Deleted member 219079]

function MyFunction takes nothing returns nothing
    local unit u = CreateUnit(Player(0), 'hfoo', 0, 0, 270)
    call UnitAddAbility(u, 'Arav')
    call UnitRemoveAbility(u, 'Arav')
    call SetUnitFlyHeight(u, 200, 0)
endfunction

 

[Ezekiel12]

Tested on 1.27b in a DotA map and a self created map, works as usual for me.

Can you upload your testmap?

 

[EdgeOfChaos]

Crow Form is still functioning for me in the current patch.

 

[Aniki]

Crow Form no longer gives units the ability to fly.

Hm, this seems to work just fine:

globals
    location loc = Location(0.0, 0.0)
endglobals

function GetUnitZ takes unit u returns real
    call MoveLocation(loc, GetUnitX(u), GetUnitY(u))
    return GetLocationZ(loc) + GetUnitFlyHeight(u)
endfunction

function UnitAddFlyability takes unit u returns nothing
    call UnitAddAbility(u, 'Amrf')
    call UnitRemoveAbility(u, 'Amrf')
endfunction

function SetUnitZ takes unit u, real z returns nothing
    call MoveLocation(loc, GetUnitX(u), GetUnitY(u))
    call SetUnitFlyHeight(u, z - GetLocationZ(loc), 0.0)
endfunction

 

[maddeem]

My map is broken .... Thanks for the replies everyone.

Carry on.

 

[Flux]

My map is broken .... Thanks for the replies everyone.

Carry on.

Good... I mean imagine if you were correct, those Missiles systems and projectile motion spells would be broken.

 

[PurgeandFire]

I was scared for a sec.

Gonna close this thread before people start grabbing their pitchforks.