Item Stacking

[Hazop / Sarven]

I have made custom items, based off of "Claws of Attack" but they stack! and it gives an unfair advantage, how can I stop this?

 

[DrakkarovCh]

can you please be more specific. What are the claws suppose to do? How do they stack up? They stack up if you pick more than one?

 

[Hazop / Sarven]

can you please be more specific. What are the claws suppose to do? How do they stack up? They stack up if you pick more than one?

Damage stacks up, so for ex: I have a Brass/Bronze (idk) Sword it provides 45 damage, then I have a Iron Sword (55 damage) when the hero equips both, it adds up total damage

 

[UreDe4D]

well yeah, that's supposed to be that way. if you don't want this effect you can for example only allow the heroes to pick up one weapon type at a time.

this requires some triggering.

Check this: TaaZ's Item System

 

[Abyssion]

Here is a solution if you want weapons that don't stack damage. No triggers required.
Create an ability based off of command aura.

In the ability options do the following:
- Remove the Art Special Effect
- Change the Area of Effect radius to 1
- Change Targets Allowed to *Self* only
- Change the damage to *Flat Bonus*
- Make a buff named after your weapon (Bronze Sword or w/e) and use that as the buff of your ability (That way your unit wont have the command aura buff).
You cannot simply remove the buff as it causes problems with stacking damage.
- Give this custom ability to your item.

I've tested this on my test map and it works so this is not a theory. The weapon with the highest damage is chosen.

Note*
You will have to make multiples of this ability for all of your custom items. (I.E bronze sword, silver sword, master sword)
This only works with stats that are affected by auras and passive abilities.
This Includes:
Armor (devotion Aura)
Movement/Attack Speed (Endurance Aura)
Mana Regeneration (Brilliance Aura)
Crit Chance (Critical Strike)
Dodge Chance (Evasion)
and so on...

A potential problem with this is if your hero has an ally with these auras it will not stack any of his weapon auras if they are stronger.

Hope this helps.

 

[Hazop / Sarven]

Here is a solution if you want weapons that don't stack damage. No triggers required.
Create an ability based off of command aura.

In the ability options do the following:
- Remove the Art Special Effect
- Change the Area of Effect radius to 1
- Change Targets Allowed to *Self* only
- Change the damage to *Flat Bonus*
- Make a buff named after your weapon (Bronze Sword or w/e) and use that as the buff of your ability (That way your unit wont have the command aura buff).
You cannot simply remove the buff as it causes problems with stacking damage.
- Give this custom ability to your item.

I've tested this on my test map and it works so this is not a theory. The weapon with the highest damage is chosen.

Note*
You will have to make multiples of this ability for all of your custom items. (I.E bronze sword, silver sword, master sword)
This only works with stats that are affected by auras and passive abilities.
This Includes:
Armor (devotion Aura)
Movement/Attack Speed (Endurance Aura)
Mana Regeneration (Brilliance Aura)
Crit Chance (Critical Strike)
Dodge Chance (Evasion)
and so on...

A potential problem with this is if your hero has an ally with these auras it will not stack any of his weapon auras if they are stronger.

Hope this helps.

So this wont apply to items... Well I'll try to see how I could incorporate this, thanks for the help and effort

 

[Abyssion]

So this wont apply to items... Well I'll try to see how I could incorporate this, thanks for the help and effort

What do you mean it wont apply to items? You GIVE the custom ability to your sword item. That's it. Damage will not stack as you requested.

Edit:
Here is my test map with the weapons so you can see for yourself.
The item damage will not stack.

 

[Hazop / Sarven]

What do you mean it wont apply to items? You GIVE the custom ability to your sword item. That's it. Damage will not stack as you requested.

Edit:
Here is my test map with the weapons so you can see for yourself.
The item damage will not stack.

My utmost apology I meant the Item Ability. Thanks for the help

 

[Abyssion]

My utmost apology I meant the Item Ability. Thanks for the help

Your welcome!
I hope I answered your question fully.

 

[Hazop / Sarven]

Your welcome!
I hope I answered your question fully.

Here have a look for some reason it keeps stacking :/
I copied the abilities and buffs and renamed them, however it still seems to be not working, same for the Armors I am currently trying to do

 

[Abyssion]

Here have a look for some reason it keeps stacking :/
its the swords

My apologies I forgot to tell you to make sure the swords have the cooldown group (command aura)

Here have a look for some reason it keeps stacking :/
I copied the abilities and buffs and renamed them, however it still seems to be not working, same for the Armors I am currently trying to do

I apologize I forgot to tell you that the items must give the same buff! So all weapons should have the buff *weapon equipped* for example.
Anyway I fixed the weapons on your map,
I noticed that you were working on a trigger that only allows the hero to pick up 1 sword, so I made the trigger for you, and added 1 for shields and armor so
all heros can only have 1 armor 1 shield and 1 weapon. Take a look at the triggers and let me know if you have any questions.

Edit: I just realized something after tweaking your map.
You don't even need to use the aura trick for your items because you can only carry 1 of each type of item anyway! So you can go back to using the claws of attack ability if you like! That way you can get rid of the weapon buff completely and benefit from friendly auras!

 

[Hazop / Sarven]

My apologies I forgot to tell you to make sure the swords have the cooldown group (command aura)


I apologize I forgot to tell you that the items must give the same buff! So all weapons should have the buff *weapon equipped* for example.
Anyway I fixed the weapons on your map,
I noticed that you were working on a trigger that only allows the hero to pick up 1 sword, so I made the trigger for you, and added 1 for shields and armor so
all heros can only have 1 armor 1 shield and 1 weapon. Take a look at the triggers and let me know if you have any questions.

Edit: I just realized something after tweaking your map.
You don't even need to use the aura trick for your items because you can only carry 1 of each type of item anyway! So you can go back to using the claws of attack ability if you like! That way you can get rid of the weapon buff completely and benefit from friendly auras!

Thanks for all the Help! As I usually do (or I at least try) I am going to have you incorporated into a story as a character, most likely "Officer Abys" you fine with that?

 

[Abyssion]

Thanks for all the Help! As I usually do (or I at least try) I am going to have you incorporated into a story as a character, most likely "Officer Abys" you fine with that?

Lmao doesn't matter to me!

 

[Hazop / Sarven]

Lmao doesn't matter to me!

Omfg you do not know how you just saved me, my comp crashed, corrupting my old file, with this map you sent me I can get a head start and get back on track.

 

[Abyssion]

Omfg you do not know how you just saved me, my comp crashed, corrupting my old file, with this map you sent me I can get a head start and get back on track.

Lol I saw your thread and was about to send you the map again LOL