how can i create an item ability that requires research and cloaks anything

[andreasaspenberg]

i am working on a map where people can get technology from one race by building the town hall of that race. i want the shadow meld ability to form the basis of a cloaking device. i want it to work on building as well as units. please help me out.

 

[Chaosy]

To make it easy I would use the hide unit action and check if research lvl is greater than 0

 

[Faith]

Rather than using a trigger:

Abilities have a field called;
Techtree - Requirements [research here]

You can put your custom research here and then the units won't be able to use that ability,
until the research has completed.

 

[Chaosy]

Yes, but he still got to order the unit to use the ability with a trigger so hiding it straight awey is better

 

[Faith]

Yes, but he still got to order the unit to use the ability with a trigger so hiding it straight awey is better

Unless it's AI controlled, why would you have to use a trigger to activate the ability?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

since the cloaking device cloaks the unit as long as it is worn making the item require research should work. the big question is how i can make it work constantly without any leaks.

 

[Arhowk]

Yes, but he still got to order the unit to use the ability with a trigger so hiding it straight awey is better

hiding it will just delete the unit O_O

and no, theres a passive ability for cloaking...

e/ just put the damn shadow meld ability on the item

 

[Faith]

since the cloaking device cloaks the unit as long as it is worn making the item require research should work. the big question is how i can make it work constantly without any leaks.

Now you're saying you want an item to do this? >_>

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i did write cloaking device. what made you think that that wasnt an item. shadow meld only works at a specific time and requires the unit to stand. it also doesnt work on buildings.(i have already tested that.)

 

[Faith]

i did write cloaking device. what made you think that that wasnt an item.

The fact that you said you wanted this when you built a race's town hall.
Lol.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

it isnt my fault that you misunderstood but i will explain again. what i want is to create a researchable item that provides permanent invisibility to a the person that holds it. wether that is a unit or a building. it will need to be detectable by units and buildings that detect invisible stuff.

 

[Faith]

it isnt my fault that you misunderstood but i will explain again. what i want is to create a researchable item that provides permanent invisibility to a the person that holds it. wether that is a unit or a building. it will need to be detectable by units and buildings that detect invisible stuff.

A research-able item? Uhm what?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

that isnt my problem. my problem is to create the item ability.

 

[Faith]

There's a passive ability that will make your unit invisible.
It's a unit ability, called Permanent Invisibility.

The same one seen on the undead unit, the Shade.
The unit will remain invisible, so long as it doesn't attack, and has the item that has this ability.

 

[Xonok]

For the research you can add a techtree requirement to the item.

For the invisibility use permanent invisibility and if you want it to be unbreakable, then also ghost.

Also note that for the techtree to work you must put the item in "Items made" field, not "Items sold".

 

[andreasaspenberg]

how can i make the building appear cloaked to the controlling player. (it is only invisible to the enemy.) i also need suggestions for the correct icon.

 

[Faith]

how can i make the building appear cloaked to the controlling player. (it is only invisible to the enemy.) i also need suggestions for the correct icon.

A thanks would be nice for these people who have gone out of their way to assist you.

Also, try just adding the ability to the building as you would a unit. If that doesn't work, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the building equips the item directly and it is invisible to the enemy but, i do want it to show to the controlling player that it is invisible like it do with the unit. i still need a good icon for it though.

 

[Faith]

Or not.

Buildings don't have a fade animation like units.. and I'm fairly certain you can't make them shadowmeld.
As for icons...

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/pastebin.php?id=zw84pt

Take your pick.
1, 2, and 3, in order.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

that just leaves the cloak generator.(a building that cloaks anything within range.)(it was planned all along but i forgot about it until today.) is there a way to create an aura that makes stuff invisible.