[Spell] Hero Root/Uproot

[Darkey]

I'm working on a hero based off of the Ancient of Lore. His niche would be that he's able to root/uproot himself at command.

Uprooted he would be unable to attack but able to move. Able to cast spells.

Rooted he would be unable to move but able to attack. Able to cast spells.

This is working so as I want it so far. It's a normal ability he'll start with.

But whenever you use Root he plays his animation of morphing into a building but then starts playing the Birth animation until he attacks or uproots again.

Is there a way to fix this so when he's done playing his Root animation he'll just stand around instead of playing his Birth animation until you prompt him to attack to cancel it? Making a trigger so that when he's casting the ability it'll queue Stand Alternate doesn't work.

*EDIT*

I forgot to mention I based this ability on the Bear Form ability.

 

[Rigborn]

You can use play unit animation action.
When unit starts the effect of an ability ,first play unit's stand animation and add whatever animations you want to queue.

 

[Darkey]

It seems using the event

• Events
• Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability

instead of

• Events
• Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

fixed the problem for me.

I do have an additional question relating to this hero. How do I increase the range of his abilities when he's rooted, and revert them back to their original range when he's uprooted again? Do I need to make duplicate of each of his spells and switch them out each time he casts Root/Uproot, and if so, how do I do that reliably?

If not, what options are there?

 

[Rigborn]

Yes, you nees to make duplicate of each spell, then store abilites when your hero learns an ability, after that when your hero uses root/uproot replace the learnt abilities with new ones

 

[Darkey]

Alright, thanks for the help. How do I detect which form he currently is in to make the proper switch of spells each time?

 

[Rigborn]

By using a boolean variable. like set = demon from true.