Help with passive shadow orb ability

[sarumanthecursed]

He I've made a unit ability based off of the shadow orb item ability and I made it require an upgrade based on the adept train upgrades and while the ability successfully only works when the adept training upgrade is bought the orb attachment and Missile FX is active even though the upgrade for the ability has not been purchased. So all I want is for the FX's of the ability to only appear/show once the upgrade for the ability has been purchased

//P.S Hope explained things clear enough and thanks for any and all help

 

[Shadow Fury]

From the ability itself it's impossible. You'll have to trigger it. Once the research you want is done, you add the ability to the units you want. Just create a variable called WantedUnits and do this:

• Add Shadow Orb
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes research
  • Conditions
    • (Researched tech-type) Equal to (The research needed)
  • Actions
    • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
    • Set WantedUnits = (Units owned by (Owner of (Researching unit)) matching ((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to [The unit-type that will have this skill]))
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in WantedUnits and do (Unit - Add Shadow Orb Ability to (Picked unit))
    • Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_WantedUnits)

This is to be done if there's only one player doing that research. If there are multiple players, then create an array boolean variable of size (the number of players) named TechTypeResearched. Then add this condition from Boolean Comparison:

• Conditions
  • TechTypeResearched[(Player number of (Owner of (Researching unit)))] Equal to False

And add this action as the first one:

• Actions
  • Set TechTypeResearched[(Player number of (Owner of (Researching unit)))] = True

Remove this:

• Actions
  • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

 

[sarumanthecursed]

is there a way to copy paste this other wise its going to hell trying to find all these XD

 

[Shadow Fury]

is there a way to copy paste this other wise its going to hell trying to find all these XD

Sorry, there's no way to copy-paste triggers this way. You'll have to insert them manually. After all, nothing good comes out without a lot of efforts!

 

[sarumanthecursed]

hey i'm also try to make a sacrifice spell for a building that sacrifices 100% of a units hitpoints and converts it to mana for the building however the sacrifice spell only works on undead units when I need it to work on living orc units

 

[Shadow Fury]

You based in on Death Pact right? Try changing the targets allowed but I doubt it will work so you will trigger that too

 

[sarumanthecursed]

no on dark sacrifice and what would the trigger look like

 

[Shadow Fury]

Firstly you shall create a dummy ability based on, for example, Channel or any other spell whose target is a single unit and whose effects can be cancelled (Chain Lightning, for instance, is just perfect).

• Sacrifice Spell
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Sacrifice
  • Actions
    • Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to ((Life of (Triggering unit)) + (Mana of (Target unit of ability being cast)))
    • Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)

 

[sarumanthecursed]

and then I just put the dummy ability in the buildings command set and that's it?

 

[Shadow Fury]

and then I just put the dummy ability in the buildings command set and that's it?

Yep. Simple as hell

 

[sarumanthecursed]

Wow Thanks!

 

[sarumanthecursed]

Firstly you shall create a dummy ability based on, for example, Channel or any other spell whose target is a single unit and whose effects can be cancelled (Chain Lightning, for instance, is just perfect).

• Sacrifice Spell
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Sacrifice
  • Actions
    • Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to ((Life of (Triggering unit)) + (Mana of (Target unit of ability being cast)))
    • Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)

Ok I just can't figure out how to add the part " + (Mana of (Target unit of ability being cast))) ''

 

[Shadow Fury]

First you use the Arithmetic function to make the + but I guess you managed to do it. To do the mana part, follow these instructions:

Unit - Property ---> Change Life to Mana ---> Press Enter ---> Done already!

 

[sarumanthecursed]

Okay it works in the sense that the unit is killed but the building doesn't get its hitpoints converted into mana

 

[Shadow Fury]

Okay it works in the sense that the unit is killed but the building doesn't get its hitpoints converted into mana

Then I'm a bit confused. What does this skill do?

1- Convert the mana of the targeted unit into the hit points of the building?
2- Add the mana of the targeted unit to the hit points of the building?
3- Kill the targeted unit and swap the mana of the building with its hit points?

Or what exactly?

 

[sarumanthecursed]

Convert the Hitpoints of the targeted unit into the same amount of mana for the building

Sorry if I didn't explain it well

EDIT: so a unit with 100 hitpoints would die and the building would gain 100 mana points.

 

[Shadow Fury]

Convert the Hitpoints of the targeted unit into the same amount of mana for the building

Sorry if I didn't explain it well

EDIT: so a unit with 100 hitpoints would die and the building would gain 100 mana points.

So I understood it correctly. My trigger should do that so if it didn't work, then you did something wrong.

 

[sarumanthecursed]

So I understood it correctly. My trigger should do that so if it didn't work, then you did something wrong.

Then im not sure what I did then heres pics

 

[Shadow Fury]

Weird, it should work. Try replacing (Triggering Unit) with (Casting Unit) then.

 

[sarumanthecursed]

Weird, it should work. Try replacing (Triggering Unit) with (Casting Unit) then.

Still no effect maybe some thing with the building?

 

[Shadow Fury]

Ok, now I understood the problem and what you want exactly.
The problem is that the hit points of the building will increase, not the mana :/ Basically you should just do this:

• Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) + (Mana of (Target unit of ability being cast)))

Use the function Set Mana (To Value)
100% sure this will work

 

[sarumanthecursed]

almost right XD now it takes the units mana and gives it to the building but I want it to take the units hitpoints and give that amount in the form of mana to the building

 

[sarumanthecursed]

okay I got it to work by doing this

Sacrifice
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Sacrifice
Actions
Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) + (Life of (Target unit of ability being cast)))
Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)

 

[Shadow Fury]

okay I got it to work by doing this

I never felt so confused for a WEHZ question ye know?

 

[sarumanthecursed]

Hahaha yeah I didn't know what the hell was up and thanks a Multillion!

 

[sarumanthecursed]

wondering if I can bug you again XD but I want to swap the corpse of my unit upon death with a grunts corpse I know you have to do some thing like


A Unit dies.
Wait some seconds until he falls in the ground.
Hide the unit and create a dummy unit that would be a dead grunt

just don't know how the trigger would look and be really

 

[Shadow Fury]

wondering if I can bug you again XD but I want to swap the corpse of my unit upon death with a grunts corpse I know you have to do some thing like


A Unit dies.
Wait some seconds until he falls in the ground.
Hide the unit and create a dummy unit that would be a dead grunt

just don't know how the trigger would look and be really

I need more information. Do you want a permanent grunt flesh, a temporary one or the decaying skeleton of a grunt?

 

[sarumanthecursed]

just the skeleton part that remains on the ground when every thing else is gone and I need it to act like a corpse

 

[Shadow Fury]

Oh well try using the Create Corpse function in the Unit category, it should serve the purpose.