making a unit use an ability via triggers

[Anonymouse]

I was a bit unclear on my precious thread, what i need help with right now is how to make a unit use a custom ability it has using a trigger. I cant find it hidden anywhere in the actions.

 

[UreDe4D]

make it cast the dummy ability?! its a unit action, issue order targeting a point/unit/whatever, depends on what kind of ability you have

 

[Anonymouse]

Events: unit is attacked
Conditions: Random integer between 1 and 10 equals 6
Unit is not owned by team 1 or team 4
Actions: ??

In other words, whats the action for making a unit fighting one of mine cast an ability that it has but wont use on its own.

 

[Pharaoh_]

It depends; what ability?
The actions to custom-cast an ability are:

• Unit - Issue an order targeting a unit
• Unit - Issue an order targeting a point
• Unit - Issue an order with no target

If your ability is targeting a unit, have the first action, if it is a point target ability, the seconds and if it has no target (e.g. Howl of Terror), the third action.

 

[HailFireer]

Each ability has its proper name. Look for it in object editor. Then just use 1 of the commands Pharaoh provided.

 

[DocDude]

he is talkin about a custom abilty, and for as much as i know this command dosnt do that job (it even uses the defoult values for the original abilitys).

 

[Child_0f_Bodom]

''Issue Order Targeting A Unit/Point/No Target'' can cast custom abilities.

For example:

• Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Orc Raider - Ensnare (Attacked unit)

This function will order <Last Created Unit> to cast any ability based on ''Ensnare'' (or channel with ''ensnare'' Base Order ID) on <Attacked Unit>

If you convert this in JASS, you will get this:

call IssueTargetOrderBJ( GetLastCreatedUnit(), "ensnare", GetAttackedUnitBJ() )

Each ability has ''Text - Order String Use/Turn On'', so that function orders unit to cast ability with ''ensnare Order''

 

[DocDude]

hmmm.. i dont get it, if i have ensnare and a custom ability with the same order string, which will it cast?

and is it possible to just write a new order string?

 

[Maximilianx]

You never want to have two abilities with the same order string.. causes ugly things to happen in game.

 

[HailFireer]

hmmm.. i dont get it, if i have ensnare and a custom ability with the same order string, which will it cast?

and is it possible to just write a new order string?

Well, unit can only cast ability it has. So if it has only one of the abilities nothing bad will happen. If unit has both then bad things happen.
Fix it by changing order string on one of em. Preferably custom ability.