[Spell] Item spell "Steal"

[Prince Aerrus]

If anyone here is familiar with the spell steal which is under spells>Special>Items, it allows you to steal an enemy units mana, regardless of whether the percentage box says yes or no it will not take a percentage. Now it works fine when you set it to steal mana, however when you try to steal health, it damages both the target unit as well as the casting unit, I was wondering if there was any way around this besides triggers, and even then this would be messy because the caster might not survive casting the ability.

 

[Pyrogasm]

You can trigger the effect you want yourself:

• Set ManaSteal = Min((Current Mana of TARGET), (0.35 x (Maximum mana of TARGET))) //gives 35% max mana, not exceeding the current mana of the target
• Unit - Modify CASTER current mana: add ManaSteal //this is called "unit - set property"

 

[Prince Aerrus]

?
I'm confused, that's that easy?
Will copying and pasting that code into the editor actually make it work?

 

[Pyrogasm]

I also forgot the line to modify the targeted unit’s mana, but yes it’s that simple. You can’t copy trigger actions in, you will have to create the lines yourself.

 

[Prince Aerrus]

Ok, thanks, I assummed it will would be much more difficult, also is this campatible with patches as earlier as 1.21?

 

[Pyrogasm]

Yes, but there is NO reason you should be using such an old version. 1.24b patched a major security flaw and changed how return bug/handle ids operated.