Is autocast on?

[stan0033]

Is there a way to detect if an autocast ability is switched on?

 

[HappyTauren]

If you want to check it for a specific ability, then tracking the "abilityon" and "abilityoff" orders can let you track whether it is on or off.

For example, if it is a faerie fire based ability, when faeriefireon order is used, it means that unit has turned on faerie fire autocast, then you can save this this bool somewhere (associated with the unit obviously), when it uses faeriefireoff, just change it to false.

 

[Jampion]

The problem with this approach is stuns or other pausing effects.
1. you get stunned
2. you order fearie fire on, but it will only happen after the stun. However the variable is set to true.
3. you order stop, to overwrite the last order
4. stun expires, unit uses "stop", but not "faeriefireon". The variable is set to true, but autocast is off.

You can use the fact, that order functions return whether they are succesful.
If you order a unit to "feariefireon" and it is succesful, you know that the unit previously had faerie fire deactivated.

If you combine HappyTauren's method with this idea, it will also work, if the unit is paused.

 

[Flux]

What kind of autocast? An attacking autocast (e.g. Frost Arrow, Searing Arrow) or a non-attacking autocast (Frost Armor, Phase Shift, CryptLord Beatle)?
If it is an attacking autocast, there is a possible workaround.

 

[stan0033]

Both.