Making an upgrade unit based on the sphinx form of obsidian statue, bear form and stoneform

[Kikinsin]

Im making a unit (Militia) that it can be upgraded to a footman,pikeman or archer.

Their gold cost is like 50, 70, 70 or something like that

Spoiler: Gold Cost

They used to work fine (atleast their upgrade cost was right, it only had weird descriptions on the tooltip about the cost of the unit.

Talking in discord there it seems to be a problem with this ability, I always have trouble with this but now it shows as -25 gold for some reason.

Is there a way to do this saffely? it doesnt seem that this ability is reliable. Maybe I can use some triggers. Has anyone done this?

Spoiler: Spell

 

[Chaosium]

You can use the ability Charge Gold and Lumber, it has a resource cost to use (you can input how much you want), and then trigger the transformation into another unit easily, and you can have several copies of this ability with different order IDs on a single unit, unlike other abilities

 

[Kikinsin]

I will try with that ability, thanks!

 

[Duckfarter]

It sounds it may be related to the latest patch. It was reported that the latest patch changed the default Gameplay Constant - Gameplay - Use Relative Upgrade Costs to False whilst historically it has been True.

Build 22490 - Guide to Fix Custom Map Upgrades "Bug"

The latest build, 22490, has broken nearly all custom maps that balances a map’s gameplay with custom values on upgraded units or buildings. The reason is due to the “Use Relative Upgrade Costs” being forcibly changed from “True” to “False.” TRUE = Use the cost of the new unit/building only...

us.forums.blizzard.com

 

[Kikinsin]

It sounds it may be related to the latest patch. It was reported that the latest patch changed the default Gameplay Constant - Gameplay - Use Relative Upgrade Costs to False whilst historically it has been True.

Build 22490 - Guide to Fix Custom Map Upgrades "Bug"

The latest build, 22490, has broken nearly all custom maps that balances a map’s gameplay with custom values on upgraded units or buildings. The reason is due to the “Use Relative Upgrade Costs” being forcibly changed from “True” to “False.” TRUE = Use the cost of the new unit/building only...

us.forums.blizzard.com

That did the trick, thanks!