how to put something on cooldown without casting

[Nasai]

how can i make a spell go on cooldown without the unit ever casting the spell?

 

[Ghan_04]

You could try making the unit cast some dummy ability with no effect that has the same Order Id as your spell. (Based from the same ability)
That might work.

 

[04gusigo]

Sorry man, I think you will need a Jasser for such a thing..

 

[Ghan_04]

> here is a trigger man to make all of his abilities on cool down:

That actually makes all the abilities ready to cast....

 

[04gusigo]

xD lol man I will change it..

 

[Need_O2]

I need that too (specially for passives, possible to make a cooldown but not visualy)

I think I have an idea
firstly make it active
Make a trigger like
if unit is ordered to use that ability
pause it - order it to stop - unpause

Whenever you want to start cooldown
Disable first trigger
order unit to use that spell
enable first trigger

Not so efficient

 

[Nasai]

i think im just gonna make it remove the ability from the unit with triggers, fire a timer, and then give the ability back after the timer expires... really the only way

 

[darkrider]

hum... if it is a triggered ability you may disable the trigger that causes the ability to work... but you will have to activate the skill somehow

 

[Wonderbooze]

You could try making the unit cast some dummy ability with no effect that has the same Order Id as your spell. (Based from the same ability)
That might work.

This is what I would do.

If that doesn't do it, you could try removing the original ability, making a dummy ability with the same icon and tooltip, having the dummy ability fire, and then when the cooldown is over replace it with the real ability.