Making icons invisible problem

[Daelin]

Hello guys,

I need some help as well and I was wondering if anyone could give me a solution to my problem. By making some of my spells for my techtree of my campaign (see http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php?p=Spells&ID=720 for more info) I wanted to give the units some bonuses, which can unfortunately only be offered through abilities. For example, the Light Aura skill allows units at level 3 to see invisible ones. So, I made a trigger which gave all units who had the buff of the aura but didn't have the Detect ability, the ability itself.

Well, the thing is that once I give the ability, there appears an icon at the unit's control window (where you have attack, move, patrol, hold position and other abilities). Well, I was wondering if anyone could help me make passive skills invisible. To confirm my problem, please check my map and try the skills "Shemshra Move" (it is a skill of the Farie Dragon) and "Light Aura" (paladin).

Example of invisible skills are usually item skills. I personally tried to make the two skills (Detect and Evasion) item and give them no icon but so, it doesn't work. So if anyone has an idea of solving this, please post here.

~Daelin

 

[Eusira]

Then why does it still work with things like battleships, where item abilities actually do somethign like that? Have you also tried giving units the direct item ability, just ripped as a unit ability?

 

[Dr.Nitro]

I dont think its possible to make icons invisable or non-existent

 

[Daelin]

I think you misunderstood what I need Eusira. THe units have the ability but I just want its icon to be invisible, like Channel. Try giving an unit channel ability and try to look for it once the hero learns it.

 

[Eusira]

Okay. I gave a unit with a hero ability based off Mask of Death. I set the icon and everything, but the icon wouldn't appear once loaded. Hence, that. Try creating the ability directly off the item ability, and then you just set it to "unit." Usually this would remove the icon, but because you are giving them the ability as a result of an aura, I have no idea what else you can do

 

[Daelin]

I just came with a kinda cheaty idea. I will give the abilities a black icon and instead of description |cffffcc00|r. Lol, I think this will work.

 

[Eusira]

I know what you could do.
When you have the aura (learned it), create a dummy unit. Then, with all the units, give them a dummy spell book with all the passive skills in it. Whenever they are under the buff, the unit will spawn, thus completing the techtree for the passive skill

 

[Daelin]

Can you tell me more about this? I didn't completely get whom should I give the dummy spell book and what's with the dummy units. Moreover, who should have the passive skills?

 

[Eusira]

The spell book is a black icon, and within it are more black iconed passive skills, which require a dummy unit in order to be active. When you learn the skill, you create the dummy via triggers. All the passive abilities of any of those auras are inside, and the techtree of the dummy should complete it.

 

[Drain Pipe]

I thought there was the item gem of true seeing. Couldn't you use that for detecting? Last i checked it's considered an item spell which should not appear on units.

 

[Dr.Nitro]

Daelin even if you do that the tool-tip box will still appear unfortunatly, but i guess its better then before. You could allways just use a normal icon with a normal tooltip.

 

[Taur]

here's my idea

okay here's what i'd say you do. First get someone to or make your own transparent action, then you can do one of two things:

1) make a . for a desciption and name, using JASS make it the about same colour as the box and then turn in transparent.

2) leave the description, blank, go to gamplay interface find the place where it says what to do when there is no tooltip, and remove 'No tool tip' and replace it with nothing. I am not sure if it actually allows nothing though...

the box may still come up, but there will be nothing in it, so the player won't care. it doesn't work for channelled spells, since the green thing comes up, or you can override the green outline, but putting in another transparent icon.

 

[Daelin]

I actually solved it but I still have to fix a stuff. THe idea is to base it off anything that doesn't warn you about tooltip and not even a trick color is needed. All you have to do is type for both title and description |cffffcc00|r because in this case, this doesn't type anything but the box isn't empty so you practically make it believe that something will appear. Check my pack to see it for yourself.