Locust Swarm ability where the locusts attacks (heals) nearby friendly units

[tdrsmynm]

How do i make locusts attack nearby friendly units? I can simply use bribe's damage detector to change their damage to heal so its no problem but i kinda want them to attack so it stacks a bit

 

[Uncle]

Not too sure if it's hardcoded... You may be out of luck.

You could try changing the owner of the Locusts. Not sure if you'll have issues getting reference to these units though. I would first try to see if they fire a "A unit enters map" Event to see if you can get them like that. I know you can't find them using Pick Every Unit. One potential fix to this would be to Remove the Locust ability from them in the OE then in the Enters map trigger change their owner and add Locust to them.

I don't think this will work though. You would probably be better off creating the spell from scratch yourself.

 

[Chucky]

Shouldn t be too difficult but coding all those locust movements might cause lag and fps drop if there are too many units using the spell

 

[tdrsmynm]

Not too sure if it's hardcoded... You may be out of luck.

You could try changing the owner of the Locusts. Not sure if you'll have issues getting reference to these units though. I would first try to see if they fire a "A unit enters map" Event to see if you can get them like that. I know you can't find them using Pick Every Unit. One potential fix to this would be to Remove the Locust ability from them in the OE then in the Enters map trigger change their owner and add Locust to them.

I don't think this will work though. You would probably be better off creating the spell from scratch yourself.

They can be detected by "A unit enters map", and changed ownership, but my problem with the simple changed ownership (to Neutral Extra) technique is that units "attacked" by locusts run away.
Its a tad bit annoying, so I probably just add a small unholy aura in the locusts. even if it doesnt stack

 

[Uncle]

Could you catch the attack with the "A unit is attacked" event and interrupt it/heal in response?

 

[tdrsmynm]

Could you catch the attack with the "A unit is attacked" event and interrupt it/heal in response?

I did. I used Bribe's Damage Engine and made the attack to be a heal, but annoyingly, units run away from the locusts.

 

[Uncle]

I did. I used Bribe's Damage Engine and made the attack to be a heal, but annoyingly, units run away from the locusts.

Yeah, the units flee because damage is being dealt. I said to interrupt the attack so it never happens.

 

[tdrsmynm]

Yeah, the units flee because damage is being dealt. I said to interrupt the attack so it never happens.

Now the problem is that they stick to just one unit, and focus fire it.

 

[Uncle]

Try Disarming them for a couple of seconds as well. I'm not sure how it's coded so it's hard to say what will happen but maybe it'll work.

 

[Harold Grey]

Alternatively, what comes to my mind, you could remove the attack of the locusts altogether, and add a customized heal ability. I don't know if they will cast it, but if they do, you can set the locust swarm ability to target allies (as previously noted), the attacks will do nothing (so hopefully they just move to allied units), then they can use a short distance heal ability.
If you decide to try this, let us know if it works!