Make unit's upgrade like a building?

[TheSporeGA1]

Hello I was wondering how can you make a ability that costs money and turns the unit into different one, and it's not a building. I can't really explain it right. So it's pretty much a ability that costs gold and ONLY transforms the casting unit.

 

[Vizel]

I would assume you would have to trigger it.

Use If/Then/Else to determine if the player has enough gold. If he does, subtract the gold and allow the usage of the ability.

If he doesn't, don't allow it to do anything except maybe give an error message "You don't have enough gold!"

And don't forget to make it visible somewhere how much the cost is,

 

[TheSporeGA1]

I have no idea how to do the do that D:

 

[Vizel]

Something along these lines:

• YourAbilityName
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to (==) (Your Ability)
  • Actions
    • Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Player 1 (Red) Current gold) Greater than or equal to (>=) 100
      • Then - Actions
        • Player - Set Player 1 (Red) Current gold to ((Player 1 (Red) Current gold) - 100)
        • -------- Then use the ability --------
      • Else - Actions
        • -------- You can leave this blank which is the same as "Do Nothing" but more efficient. Or do the following if you wish. --------
        • -------- I'm not sure the following will actually work correctly. I have not tested this. --------
        • Game - Display to (Owner of (Triggering unit)), at offset (0.00, 0.00) the text: Not enough gold!

Remember to replace "Your Ability" with the name of the ability.
Change the gold cost as you see fit, and don't forget to balance it!

The action for the text is "Text Message to Player (Auto-timed)". Not regular "Text Message"

 

[TheSporeGA1]

Thanks ill try it. +rep

 

[defskull]

A test map worths thousand.
Any question, feel free to ask =D

 

[The_Silent]

Instead of making an condition that checks for gold and lumber, you should use the abillity "charge gold and lumber" instead which is kinda like channel but with less options but with cold and lumber cost.

 

[defskull]

Instead of making an condition that checks for gold and lumber, you should use the abillity "charge gold and lumber" instead which is kinda like channel but with less options but with cold and lumber cost.

What is the advantage of using this... ?
And if it serves the same function, why do you need so hard to think of doing other way ?

 

[The_Silent]

What is the advantage of using this... ?
And if it serves the same function, why do you need so hard to think of doing other way ?

You still have to make a trigger, but its simpler and it looks better ingame because you get the resource icons on thew abillity and so forth.

 

[WaterKnight]

Temporarily turn the unit into a building in object editor. Change the upgrade entry to your desired unit, then reset the building-state. Your unit will be able to upgrade to the other one despite being no structure, though, won't show a progress bar.

 

[defskull]

Temporarily turn the unit into a building in object editor. Change the upgrade entry to your desired unit, then reset the building-state. Your unit will be able to upgrade to the other one despite being no structure, though, won't show a progress bar.

Progress bar can be done by using Upgrade/Research
Use this:

• Triggered Upgrade
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes an upgrade/research
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Replace (Triggering unit) with a Unit B using The new unit's max life and mana

You can either use Upgrade event or Research event
This will show the progress bar

 

[The_Silent]

Progress bar can be done by using Upgrade/Research
Use this:

• Triggered Upgrade
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes an upgrade/research
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Replace (Triggering unit) with a Unit B using The new unit's max life and mana

You can either use Upgrade event or Research event
This will show the progress bar

Thats a problem if he wan'ts multiple units of the same type owned by the same player to be able to upgrade.

 

[defskull]

That's why INDEXING exist in Warcraft III Modding =D
To solve the problem, it's called MUI (Multi-Unit Instanceablity)

 

[WaterKnight]

This has nothing to do with indexing, just that researches can only be done once per player and that they cannot be unlearnt. To show a loading bar, you could also use training a unit, but either have differences to normal upgrading. Researching and training have other captions above the bar and are queued, upgrading blackens out the command card (only cancel icon), already takes the new type's model and icon. Replacing the unit via trigger as shown might change the unit's handle id and can erase other things as well.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

you can use the object editor for it. (i certainly do.) you need to set is a building for that unit to true. then you add in the unit you want it to transform into. after that you can set is a building to false again.(and it still works ingame.)

 

[defskull]

I don't understand why people starts to explain that the base unit is a... BUILDING ?

...So it's pretty much a ability that costs gold and ONLY transforms the casting unit.

Furthermore:

...turns the unit into different one, and it's not a building...

Basically this unit is NOT a STRUCTURE

 

[andreasaspenberg]

is a buildings is simply a switch that enables certain options like upgrading into things. i use it for all regular units in my blood and magic project. (if you dont believe me you are welcome to check out the project yourself.)

 

[TheSporeGA1]

A test map worths thousand.
Any question, feel free to ask =D

Theres a bug with that through. When I have 2 of those types of abilities for the same unit.. it only spawns one type of unit. Okay like if I wanted to upgrade the unit into a footmen, but there was also a upgrade ability for the knight on the same unit. It would only spawn the knight no matter which ability I picked.

 

[defskull]

Use Condition for that =D
Second test map attached

 

[TheSporeGA1]

Use Condition for that =D
Second test map attached

Damn more triggers....

Okay I tested it it's still not working for me somehow...

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the method i use works almost perfectly. the only issue is that the upgrade progress isnt shown, though there might be a way to make that show through scripting.

 

[defskull]

...it's still not working for me somehow...

Okay, WHAT is your problem NOW ?