How to Reverse Howl of Terror?

[SKW]

It seems that no matter what I do, Howl is always a negative damage effect.

I'm trying to make a hero-version of roar, yet all I end up with is "Neuter self"

Which value do I have to switch to change to a positive buff?

 

[Yugata]

If you want howl of terror to be a positive buff, add in the color code for green to the buff. I'm not sure if you can "make" it positive, but this at least makes it look positive.

On the other hand, why not use Roar itself?

 

[SKW]

I thought that reversing howl would be simpler than somehow turning roar into a hero ability.

 

[Chaosy]

There is a world editor setting called "allow negative values in object editor", if that's checked you can put the damage reduction to -x% which makes it a damage increase.

Just hold down shift when selecting the damage reduction ability and write a negative number.

 

[kingkwong]

There is a world editor setting called "allow negative values in object editor", if that's checked you can put the damage reduction to -x% which makes it a damage increase.

Just hold down shit when selecting the damage reduction ability and write a negative number.

Shift not shit

 

[Chaosy]

Funny actually, chrome usually picks up on typos. Too bad shit is a word

 

[SKW]

Maybe you should have told me that BEFORE I grabbed grabbed crap out of the toilet

On a actually sane note, where exactly is this magic button?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Holt shift while double clicking a field. It will open the field in a practically unbounded view. This allows you to set negative values in fields that are usually only positive. Do be aware that not all values are valid, some can cause the game to crash.

You could also just make roar an hero ability by toggling the appropriate fields. If it works as a hero ability without bugs is another question.

 

[Legal_Ease]

Man, this thread is an auto-correct Knight-mare. Set ARMOR reduction to a negative number. Like Dr. Good said.

 

[Death Adder]

Man, this thread is an auto-correct Knight-mare. Set ARMOR reduction to a negative number. Like Dr. Good said.

Afaik the default Howl of Terror only reduce damage?

Either way, guys you know he said that he wanted to use howl of terror because he thought that was easier than making roar into a hero ability, right?

Making it into a hero ability is by far much easier, there's two data fields with only two options each "true" or "false"

hero ability "true"/"false"
item ability "true"/"false"

Change the data field which says hero ability into "true" instead of "false" and voilà, you turned a unit ability into a hero ability.

You probably want to add some extra levels and things like that afterwards though.

 

[SKW]

*Headdesk*

Yeah. Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking.

In any case, the spell works, but I was using WoW's Heroism icon for it. Which never has the borders.
This is gonna be a long day

 

[teozamait]

Keep it mind that any spell based on Roar will NOT stack with the original Roar or any other Roar-based spell.

 

[Xonok]

I think you can technically use howl of terror as an additional roar type ability. Buffs from the same base ability don't stack(except with auras), but with this trick? Sure. Worth trying, at least.

 

[teozamait]

Some abilities conflict with one another even if they are based on different base abilities. Roar/Howl of Terror might be one of these unfortunate combinations. Bloodlust/Frenzy might be another one.

 

[Wietlol]

Keep in mind that when using Howl of Terror, this will also bug out when used together with the default ability... or any other ability based on Howl of Terror.

Also, Howl of Terror has a negative buff (hardcoded) which means that it will not be removed by a script that only removes positive buffs or an ability that only removes positive buffs.

Therefor, it is better to use Roar.