[Spell] Harvest gold and lumber as hero abilities seem to be reset to level 1 on disabling

[Barade]

Hi,
I want to create a nice Goblin Shredder hero for my map who has two hero abilities: Harvest Gold (based on neutral harvest) and Harvest Lumber (based on Goblin Shredder harvest).
It seems that after skilling the hero abilities to levels above 1, and ordering the hero to harvest, they will be reset to level 1 after he has returned gold and lumber to the town hall.
How can I prevent this?
Do I have to store the skill level whenever the ability is learned, check for Tome of Retraining events if it is unlearned again (how?), and restore it after the gold and lumber has been returned?

 

[Uncle]

I would just use two abilities, one that is passive and learned from the hero skill menu and the other being the actual harvest ability. You can make the passive ability hidden outside of the hero skill menu by setting it's Normal icon button positions to 0, -11.

The harvest ability would be added/scaled in level whenever you learn (level up) the passive ability.

With this design you won't have to worry about the learned skill changing in level.

 

[Barade]

Hm okay but I still have to fix the level of the second ability then since it might also be reset to level 1 right?

 

[Uncle]

Hm okay but I still have to fix the level of the second ability then since it might also be reset to level 1 right?

Possibly, I don't know how it will behave as a non-Hero ability. If it does reset then you could adjust it periodically or in response to an event.

Luckily, you always know what level it needs to be:

• Unit - Set level of Harvest for (Triggering unit) to (Level of Fake Harvest for (Triggering unit))