Mana Ability Triggering

[SnowYell]

Hey! I wanna make casting hero gain 100 mana each second after casting this ability on an enemy unit.

• Arcane Feast P1
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Arcane Feast (Wrath of Destruction)
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Owner of (Casting unit)) Equal to Player 1 (Red)
      • Then - Actions
        • Set ArcaneFeast_1 = (Casting unit)
        • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
        • Wait 1.00 seconds
        • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
        • Wait 1.00 seconds
        • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
        • Wait 1.00 seconds
        • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
        • Wait 1.00 seconds
        • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
        • Wait 1.00 seconds
        • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
        • Set ArcaneFeast_1 = No unit
      • Else - Actions

But it doesn't work for some reason. It gives like mana, but the other mana triggers won't follow. And if I choose to repeat casting, nothing happens at all. So it actually only works ones.
But, the mana the first cast gathers, is strange.
If I have got 80 mana, I suddenly gain 40 mana.
If I have got 10 mana, I suddenly gain 90 mana.

Also, I just found out that it actually repeats the trigger of Percentage of mana of ArcaneFeast_1. So it keeps repeating the percentage, but does not add the 100 mana.
I have a total of 500 mana. But whatever I set the triggers to, I keep ending at 135 mana. If I regenerate over 135, it will degenerate to 135 and keep it up until the trigger ends.

What should I do?

-Alex

 

[DESTROYER123]

Does the spell consumes mana over time or requires mana to be casted??

 

[SnowYell]

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Does the spell consumes mana over time or requires mana to be casted??

It is free to cast and burns 0 mana.

 

[Doomlord]

Why don't you just use a periodic trigger?

 

[SnowYell]

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Why don't you just use a periodic trigger?

Could you give an example?

 

[Doomlord]

Something like this, sorry if I get it wrong somehow 'cuz I am not really proficient with GUI

• Untitled Trigger 002
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
    • Duration Less than or equal to 5.00
  • Actions
    • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
    • Set Duration = Duration + 1.00

 

[SnowYell]

Re

Something like this, sorry if I get it wrong somehow 'cuz I am not really proficient with GUI

• Untitled Trigger 002
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
    • Duration Less than or equal to 5.00
  • Actions
    • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
    • Set Duration = Duration + 1.00

Well looks quite nice. But I would need a casting unit trigger to activate this then. It was ment to activate on cast.

 

[SnowYell]

Re

Something like this, sorry if I get it wrong somehow 'cuz I am not really proficient with GUI

• Untitled Trigger 002
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
    • Duration Less than or equal to 5.00
  • Actions
    • Unit - Set mana of ArcaneFeast_1 to ((Percentage mana of ArcaneFeast_1) + 100.00)
    • Set Duration = Duration + 1.00

Cant get this to work at any point sorry.

 

[Doomlord]

I will try to show you how in pseudo-code

1. Unit casts ability
2. Fire Start effect trigger, set duration = 0.00
3. Turn on periodic trigger
4. Use an if-then-else in the periodic trigger to add mana and turn the trigger itself off when duration >= 5.00

 

[SnowYell]

Could you give me an example in trigger mode?
Cuz I have tried 100 of things... And it just keeps bugging up..
I even tried, doing this:

• Unit - Set mana of Hero1 to ((Percentage life of (Casting unit)) + 0.00)

 

[Doomlord]

Wait I think I know what is wrong with your trigger. It is supposed to be (Mana of ArcaneFeast1) not (Percentage Mana).

 

[The_beast_of_doom]

I made a Test map using dummies to gain the mana it should work fine for what you plan to do.