How to make a spell target only Tauren-type units?

[WerBackIII]

And before you answer "go to targets allowed", it isn't there. I checked the Spirit Walker's tauren reviving spell, but also, no sight of taurens in it. If someone is able to answer: I'm waiting.

 

[UreDe4D]

looks like its hardcoded in the ability as there is nothing which refers to the taurentype unit

 

[lnfernal]

Give a all tauren units a special classification. Then add that classification to targets allowed of the spells. Not sure if that would work.

Or use triggers which I suggest. Give all tauren a special ability, and when a unit cast a spell, check if the targeted unit got the ability, else don't do anything.

 

[Eleandor]

Infernal, the original post is 1 line long and yet you blindly look over it...

 

[lnfernal]

And before you answer "go to targets allowed", it isn't there

There ARE no Tauren in targets allowed, that's why I suggest him to give a special classification in it.

I looked, and I do know there are no tauren in targets allowed. What I mean is like, if he don't have any air units in his map, he can give flying classification to all tauren units and later make thoose abilities to only work with air.

 

[WerBackIII]

There are 4 other classifications : Giant, Undead, Ancient and Mechanical. From that I can rename by the gameplay constants menu. Debris, Trees and other won't show under unit's name. So I have to use Tauren. The other will be used.

My question was to see if there's a way through the OE, but it seems after all that I have to use triggers. I hate using dummyspells. All I needed was a simple "charm" made for taurens only, bu-u-ut... whatever. Thanks, however.

PS: If somebody can proove us wrong and show a way through the OE, don't wait. Please.

 

[Razorbrain]

Infernal is on the right path, its just that none of you understand

Tauren is not in the Targets Allowed(i think), but there are some that are like never used, like Suicidal, Bridge, Invulnerable

just change all the Taurens to be Targeted as Bridge or something like that, and then change the spell to only target Bridge

 

[Eleandor]

There ARE no Tauren in targets allowed, that's why I suggest him to give a special classification in it.

I looked, and I do know there are no tauren in targets allowed. What I mean is like, if he don't have any air units in his map, he can give flying classification to all tauren units and later make thoose abilities to only work with air.

I'm pretty sure he needed the tauren EXACTLY for that reason... because all other classifications are already used for similar reasons

 

[WerBackIII]

Aren't sucidal the one with the "Kaboom!" ability? And I wonder how you can make any harm to an Invulnerable unit. And bridge is surely used.

But I have to check.

Thanks to both Infernal and Razorbrain then.

 

[Razorbrain]

only becouse they are targeted as Suicidal doesnt mean they can kill themselfs, and they are not Invulnerable only becouse they can be targeted as one

 

[AJalex]

base your ability on the spirit walker ressurect ability and base all your units on the tauren unit and voila your spell only targets tauren

 

[Numerion]

no it cant because ancestral spirit targets only DEAD taurens, not living

 

[Avator]

You can try to add a condition

• (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Tauren

The bad side is that this will still cause the ability to be cast (and thus drain mana), but won't have any effect. It's the best solution I can think of.

 

[Numerion]

if you want then make abbility like not manacost when target is tauren then i have solution
event:
unit begins casting abbility
condition:
abbility being casted equal to charm
(Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Tauren
action:
your actions...
set mana of casting unit to mana of (casting unit) + (manacost of charm)

 

[Avator]

You made a little mistake there. You best make 2 If/Then/Else Actions like this

• Actions
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Not equal to Tauren
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) + 0.00)
    • Else - Actions
      • Do nothing
  • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Tauren
    • Then - Actions
      • <YOUR ACTIONS>
    • Else - Actions
      • Do nothing

You accidentally made a trigger that would not work if the targeted unit was a Tauren. This trigger (based on numerion's idea) should cause your ability to take effect when it is cast on a Tauren, but will do nothing when it is another type of unit.
This will still allow the player to cast the ability, but all effects should be neutralised.

 

[WerBackIII]

thanks, that works. +rep to both of you for doing my job. *shy*

 

[Eleandor]

Avator, pretty useless to check for the same condition twice. In the case a unit is a tauren, then the unit will not "not be" a tauren... You could simply use the "else - actions" part of your if/then/else statement.

For instance:

• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Tauren
  • Then - Actions
    • <YOUR ACTIONS>
  • Else - Actions
    • Increase mana by spellcost

 

[Eleandor]

I was merely correcting Avator's pointless second if/then/else statement.

 

[WerBackIII]

hm, Eleandor, with this trigger I could do nothing to bring the cooldown to zero...

 

[Avator]

You can add to both Eleandor's and my trigger (it's not much of a difference) the Action 'Unit - Reset Ability Cooldowns'.

The problem is that this will recharge all abilities of the unit. If you want to prevent this, you will probably have to ask for a JASS command.

 

[WerBackIII]

well, for me JASS sounds more like a music genre typo than a world editor addon abilitie. Will go with that I can make.

 

[Avator]

JASS is the advanced way of triggers. The trigger you use are GUI (don't remember what it stands for anymore though, maybe someone else can answer that question). They are actually made by JASS. JASS is the programming language used by Warcraft III. So if you can't do it with JASS, then it is not possible. JASS is the very base, but a lot more complex then GUI triggers. with JASS you really type out the entire command. Some people know this programming language, and others don't bother to learn it. You can get pretty far with GUI triggers, but sometimes (at moments like this) you have to insert a JASS part if GUI triggers don't go that advanced.

But don't think everything is possible with JASS. It still has it's limitations. That's why you will have to ask someone who knows about JASS if it's possible, and if so: Ask him/her to make a JASS command for you. (It is usually common manners to mention the person helping you with big JASS problems in your credits )

I have browsed some for you and I passed this thread which has something in common with your problem. And if I may believe Daelin in this thread, there is something about it in the FAQ.


I think that removing and adding the ability again is probably the best option if there is no JASS for this issue. You just have to make a few more actions after 'Unit - Add Ability' to set the ability level to the same it was when the ability was cast. It's getting too late here, so I'm not bright enough to think of an exact trigger for this for the rest of the day

Maybe you can find anything in the links. Good luck

 

[AJalex]

no it cant because ancestral spirit targets only DEAD taurens, not living

its hardcoded to target taurens and the dead thing is deselectable form targets allowed