Force Cooldown

[defskull]

Is there a way to force an ability/item to go on cooldown without actually activating the ability ?

 

[rulerofiron99]

Items have a field - ability cooldown group.

Only way I can think is to maybe add a dummy item with the same cooldown group, and then force the hero to use that item. Although this will require an empty inventory spot, and you'd have to add a new item for each item in your map...

For non-item abilities, have you tried adding dummy abilities that use the same order string?

 

[Mr_Bean]

As rulerofiron99 said, you should probably create dummy abilities that trigger when players cast them, but don't when you issue the unit to cast it (perhaps by the use of a boolean or something).

 

[Spartipilo]

You could add a hidden dummy ability based on the same ability, and order with trigger the cast of the dummy ability, that will make both go on cd.