[Trigger] Gate Open/Close problems

[tyeeeee1]

Ive been trying a trigger like this

event
A unit starts to cast a spell

condition
(Ability being cast) equal to open

action
Replace (Casting unit) with a open gate using old unit: Rel. life and mana
Play (Last replaced unit)'s Death Alternate animation, using only common animations

and to close the gate

event
A unit starts to cast a spell

condition
(Ability being cast) equal to close

action
Replace (Casting unit) with a closed gate using old units: Rel. life and mana

But every time i try to use it nothing happens, i made the custom open and close abiltiys out of the footman defend ability. Do i need more custom stuff or something?

 

[Vampiro320]

Well, I'm no expert myself, but i think it might not work because you are using units. Try using gates, and doing this.
If you just want to make it so that people can walk in, and out of a gate you could make four regions two really thin ones in front of the gate, and two really thin ones behind the gate. For the quick diagram i am about to show -=region and |=the gate
so it looks like this (Assuming they are east to west.) --|--

And i will just number them 1-4 from east to west.

trigger 3
Event: Mat initialization
Action:turn off trigger 2
Action:turn off trigger 1

Trigger 4

Event: A Unit enters region 1
Action: Open gate
Action: Turn on trigger 1

Trigger 1
Event: Unit enters region 3
Action: Close gate
Action: Turn off this trigger

Trigger 5
Event: Unit enters region 4
Action: Open gate
Action: Turn on trigger 2

Trigger 2
Event: Unit enters region 2
Action: Close gate
Action: Turn off this trigger,

 

[tyeeeee1]

Yes i have thought of that but i need to be able to build gates and open/close them with an ability like in castle builder stronghold and stuff like that.

 

[graystuff111]

Instead of using defend, use another ability like channal (that would be my preferance), but you could use beserk also. Also, you could use bearform and not even use triggers, that would probably work.

 

[tyeeeee1]

how would bearform work with opening and closing?

 

[leet.firefox]

bearform transforms one unit to another, so just set normal form to closed gate and morphed form to open gate. or whichever you want

 

[Sparten1one7]

Well the "bear" is an open model of the gate, with the open gates pathing and everything
And the "Normal Unit" is the closed gate model. Just change the ability 'alternate unit' to the open gate, and the 'normal unit' to the closed gate.

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

1. Create the unit which looks like the gate.
2. Give it the ability.
3. Create a "dummy" gate. No model, no shadow
4. place the "dummy" gate where the unit stands.
5. Create the triggers:

Event: Unit uses ability
Condition: Ability = open
Event:
Play unit death animation (if that is the open animation)
Destructible - Open Gate "dummy" gate

And the same thing with close.
That causes the dummy gate to be open when you cast the ability.
Units can't go through the "dummy" gate when its closes ALTHOUGTH it has no model.

 

[tyeeeee1]

1. Create the unit which looks like the gate.
2. Give it the ability.
3. Create a "dummy" gate. No model, no shadow
4. place the "dummy" gate where the unit stands.
5. Create the triggers:

Event: Unit uses ability
Condition: Ability = open
Event:
Play unit death animation (if that is the open animation)
Destructible - Open Gate "dummy" gate

And the same thing with close.
That causes the dummy gate to be open when you cast the ability.
Units can't go through the "dummy" gate when its closes ALTHOUGTH it has no model.

Its a good way to do it, but with that way i hafto have already placed the gate (whell thats what it looks like). I hafto be able to "Build" the gate and be able to use the open/close things after its built by the player anywhere on the map.

 

[tyeeeee1]

any more suggestions?