How to make items attack?

[Lafeet]

If anyone have played BattleShips/BattleTanks/NavalCombat, i was wondering if someone could tell me how the items can attack like that automatically.Can someone help me?

 

[meercat]

That's pretty simple, they used the skill phoenix fire.

Create a modified phoenix fire and add it to the skill of your item, change the missle art and it's done.

 

[Lafeet]

well anyways...just like in battletanks and so...how do i put it where they can change vehicles and it auto sells there current vehicle and then gives them the one they bought and it spawns where they bought it from?

 

[meercat]

This one involves trigger.

• Events :
• A unit acquires an item
• Conditions :
• (Item-class of (Item being manipulated)) equal to ******
• Actions :
• Unit - Replace (Hero manipulating item) with a ****** using the ol'd unit's relative life and mana.

 

[Lafeet]

what kind of item should it be? and will it be removed when the hero does get the item? will the items that the hero have still be there when it changes vehicles? because i dont understand this trigger

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Phoenix fire? i've never heard of that .. the phoenix uses the skill? for what?

 

[Mini-Me]

Im not one to useally discourage people from learning, but maybe you are strecthing bit too far in here Lafeet. It's a pretty simple trigger, and your questions are basic. Maybe you should first explore the editor on your own, try to create something and get a better feeling how triggers work before attemting something like this.

Thewandmirro: lol

 

[The_wand_mirror]

Im not one to useally discourage people from learning, but maybe you are strecthing bit too far in here Lafeet. It's a pretty simple trigger, and your questions are basic. Maybe you should first explore the editor on your own, try to create something and get a better feeling how triggers work before attemting something like this.

Thewandmirro: lol

Yeah ok lol .. very stupid question >.< .. but anyway i've never heard of 'Phoenix fire' ..

 

[Lafeet]

Im not one to useally discourage people from learning, but maybe you are strecthing bit too far in here Lafeet. It's a pretty simple trigger, and your questions are basic. Maybe you should first explore the editor on your own, try to create something and get a better feeling how triggers work before attemting something like this.

Perhaps if u would just tell me i would learn right?

 

[l33t5up4h4x0r]

Replacing units in editor, you would have to first check if the item he got is the correct one, like TankX then replace his older unit with a new one by using "Unit - Replace (Hero manipulating item) with a TankX using the old unit's relative life and mana."

The items will be removed because you switched units, the type of item that triggers the switching of vehicles can be any kind of item.

 

[meercat]

Phoenix fire? i've never heard of that .. the phoenix uses the skill? for what?

Yes it does use that skill. It's functions are auto attacking.

Just change the missle art of phoenix and u'll notice the difference between phoenx fire and normal attack.

 

[Lafeet]

I want it where when a human player purchases a hero, it removes the current hero that the player has then replace it with the hero the the player has just purchased having the same item and the new hero that the player purchased will spawn in front of the shop of where they bought it from.

 

[Karzvitch]

Phoenix Fire is the skill where the unit shoots fire automatically (Does not appear in inventory / spell inventory, looks like a red ribbon / laser.)

 

[ChirusHighwind]

Transferring items between units.

If you want to transfer the items between a hero to its replacement, you'll have to set all of the items to variables via triggering (use an array). Then you'll have to drop them from the hero, replace the hero, and give them back.

If you want to see exactly how the entirety of the trigger would be done, I will create a template map for you.

 

[Deep Sea Kraken]

No, you dont have to do that. Do this:

• Events
  • Unit - A aquires an item
• Conditions
  • (Item being manipulated) equal to Hero Morph Item
• Actions
  • Unit - Replace (Triggering unit) with a Morphed Hero using The old unit's relative life and mana
  • Selection - Select (Last replaced unit) for (Owner of (Triggering unit))
  • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 1) to (Last replaced unit)
  • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 2) to (Last replaced unit)
  • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 3) to (Last replaced unit)
  • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 4) to (Last replaced unit)
  • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 5) to (Last replaced unit)
  • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 6) to (Last replaced unit)

 

[ChirusHighwind]

Triggering Unit not working?

Have you tested that? I thought that once you remove/replace the triggering unit, it becomes null. Maybe its different for heroes. I'll have to try it out later, and if I was wrong I apologize.

 

[Deep Sea Kraken]

Or if that doesnt work. You can use Replace - when replacing heros with heros it transfers the inventory. Or do:

Unit: Set collision size for triggering unit off (or turn collision off or something like that)
Unit: create one Hero(morph) at position of triggering unit
Wait 0.1 seconds

then do the thing with the inventory, and then remove it.

 

[Lafeet]

wow, your pretty smart...im gonna go try this..

 

[Lafeet]

O wait nvm, when i try to do this it crashes the wc3 , i did change up the triggers a little, but can u tell whats wrong?

• Buying Hero3
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Type-4G2 BattleSuit
  • Actions
    • Unit - Replace (Triggering unit) with a Type-4G2 BattleSuit using The old unit's relative life and mana
    • Selection - Select (Last replaced unit) for (Owner of (Triggering unit))
    • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 1) to (Last replaced unit)
    • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 2) to (Last replaced unit)
    • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 3) to (Last replaced unit)
    • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 4) to (Last replaced unit)
    • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 5) to (Last replaced unit)
    • Hero - Give (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 6) to (Last replaced unit)

 

[ChirusHighwind]

Setting to a Variable...

Its like I said before.
The triggering unit has been removed/replaced, and when thats done, its no longer usable as a variable. Plus, the items the triggering unit was holding no longer exist.

You should create a temporary variable like "TempItem" with an array of at least 6, and try this:

• Buying Hero 3
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Type-4G2 BattleSuit
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 6, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set TempItem[(Integer A)] = (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot (Integer A))
        • Hero - Drop TempItem[(Integer A)] from (Triggering unit)
      • Loop - End
    • Unit - Replace (Triggering unit) with a Type-4G2 BattleSuit using The old unit's relative life and mana
    • Selection - Select (Last replaced unit) for (Owner of (Last replaced unit))
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 6, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Hero - Give TempItem[(Integer A)] to (Last replaced unit)
        • Unit - Order (Last replaced unit) to move TempItem[(Integer A)] to inventory slot (Integer A)
      • Loop - End

Its really not that much harder and it provides more grounds for other functions.

 

[Spyda Man]

well as a member of 13sG(battleship gods) and a mapmaker myself i can try and help, there are 2 ways for items to attack auto, one which is pheonix fire and another is to use dummy units should u want the items to slow,deal splash or stun or w/e.

-Pheonix fire is self explanatory from previous posts

-For dummy lets say u want a slowing poison weap with a 3 sec cd
1)look up the "factory" spell(not pocket factory),its a passive spell that spawns a unit/dummy every few secs(time is changeable)
2)create ur dummy with magic attack if u want inital damage and set the range to w/e ur weaps range is
3)give the dummy a poison skill(slow poison,envenomed weaps etc) and set the damage and slow to ur choice
4)set the aquisition range to the weap range and set the ms to 10(as long its slow cuz u dont want the dummy to run somewhere)
5)give locust to dummy
6)set units spawned by factory=dummy
7)set the cd of factory to 3 secs
8)give the item factory skill
There voila u have a slowing weap(note that this will not attack random targets and i have still been trying to make it do that with GUI)

I will post the triggering that transfers the item from one hero to another tmr bcuz atm im very busy...

 

[Oblivion9]

As I found out ages ago... you can do a buff compare (periodic event), the only problem is that the unit group leaks (ie Pick Every Unit ==> picked unit has buff then do stuff). Now if you wanna assign that group to a local variable, then you could probably get away with doing it, just as long as you destroy that group. GL HF and may the best triggered weapon win.

 

[zilogan]

Hey the attack thing dont work plzz tell me how to do or make a map of it plzzzzzz

 

[Just_Spectating]

unit hero loads buying hero and exchanges items like Kraken said or hide the buying hero.

 

[zilogan]

hi i can make it but do you know how 2 make so that it only shoots 1 shop at 1 unit? every * sec? now it shoots like 14 shots if there is 14 units...

 

[Just_Spectating]

raise the cooldown. thats what makes it attack faster and more. also for the duriation make it like only 1 or .5 seconds, so you can attack the same unit more than once every like 12 seconds.

 

[Dr Super Good]

zilogan, please do not necro post.

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