[General] Giving units, of certain type, abilities.

[Pagchomp]

Hello,
I would like to ask how can you add certain abilities to units of type, that means even those that aren't on the map (like units that are trained afterwards)

 

[Uncle]

I don't fully understand your question so maybe one of these two answers will help:

Go into the Object Editor, find the unit-type that you want to edit, and click their Abilities field where you can Add/Remove abilities.

OR

Go into the Trigger Editor and create a new trigger like so:

• Events
• Unit - A unit enters entire map
• Conditions
• Unit-type of (Triggering unit) Equal to Footman
• Actions
• Unit - Add Bloodlust to (Triggering unit)

Units should only ever "enter" the map once, which happens when they're first created.

 

[Pagchomp]

Ty for the answer,
I have it like this:
There is 4 difficulties, and in the 4th one, units gain extra abilites, so I just add there this condition?

Or something else?

 

[Uncle]

That seems like a good start, but if those units can also be created with triggers/trained from a barracks-type structure then they won't receive the ability.

So I would also set a Variable that tracks the difficulty:

• Set Variable Difficulty = "Easy"
• Set Variable Difficulty = "Medium"
• Set Variable Difficulty = "Hard"

You can use a String variable or an Integer variable.

• Set Variable Difficulty = 1
• Set Variable Difficulty = 2
• Set Variable Difficulty = 3

I prefer Integer because that allows the use of Arrays which would use your game difficulty as their [Index]. This can help keep things organized and manageable.

Now whenever a Mur'gul Reaver enters the map you can use an If Then Else statement to check the state of this difficulty variable:

• If Difficulty Equal to "Easy" then Unit - Add Ability to (Triggering unit)

 

[Pyrogasm]

An easier way to do this is to give the units all abilities in the OE, but make the high difficulty abilities have a techtree requirement. When that difficultly is activated, simply research the tech for the owner of those units via triggers or create 1 of the appropriate unit hidden somewhere on the map to satisfy the techtree requirement.

 

[Pagchomp]

Yeah, i figured it out already, but thanks anyways bros.