mana bug

[007]

i have a weird bug. a spell does not use mana when casted (although it costs 200 mana. i i dont enough enogh i also cant use it). does anyone know something about that?

 

[watermelon_1234]

Your problem isn't specific enough.
What ability are you talking about?

 

[007]

i made a spell in a map. when i test the map and i use this spell the spell works just the unit does not lose any mana. but the spell does cost 200 mana. it says there and also if the unit has less than 200 i cant use the spell.

 

[watermelon_1234]

What ability did you base the spell off?
Would you mind uploading a test map of that spell?

 

[tjordell]

Be more specific please and i will try to help you.

 

[007]

here i have a map. the paladin has the ability thunderbolt. if u use it the paladin is supposed to be teleported to the position of the target unit. in my map this spell is supposed to work only on one kind of units, they all belong to the same player thats why the condition for the trigger is owner of unit= player 2, so it should only wokr on the grunt in this case.


ah. i just realized, that, because the ability cant be used if the unit doesnt have enough mana, i can just make him lose mana with a trigger. but for that i need to know how to make the amount of lost mana be dependent of the level of the ability (with each level it costs less mana.

 

[watermelon_1234]

I didn't check the test-map yet, but I have a guess why the spell doesn't cast any mana: setting the unit's position interrupts its orders which makes it unable to finish the spell. If you removed that line, the unit would probably use up mana, but then your spell won't work.

You could fix this by using SetUnitX and SetUnitY
If you're using GUI, you'll need to use custom script. Note that these functions takes a unit and a real, not a location.

An example of subtracting mana based on level of ability:

• Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) - (250.00 - (50.00 x (Real((Level of YourAbility for (Triggering unit)))))))

 

[007]

oh your right! but ill just set the mana with the trigger you dont need to look at the map anymore. its just what u said.

 

[RoboHippo]

Here's a simpler solution:

replace this:

• Unit - A unit begins casting an ability

with this:

• Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability

Fixed! (yes, I tested it)

 

[007]

oh great! thx all

 

[007]

??? this is weird. yesterday it worked after i did what robohippo said. i didnt change anything but now nothing happens when i use the ability. ?



i also tried the test map again. there it works but i had the old problem again: he didnt use any mana! does the editor always do everything different??


i just tried random abilities in my map and none of them work? what has happened? not one ability seems to work (they also dont use mana or have to cooldown afterwards). what can have caused that?

 

[-SoulBurn]

Probably you have a bad trigger. You have any triggered "when a unit start's the effect's of an ability"? If so, post here.

 

[007]

yeah i have. is that the reason?

 

[wacik]

I didn't download your map but if you pause the casting unit immediatly without using a wait period, no mana will be used and the spell will not have a cooldown.

 

[-SoulBurn]

yeah i have. is that the reason?

I only said it's possible. But it's not sure. That's why i asked you to post the triggers here, so we can look for possible reasons for that strange issue to be happening with you.

Altough i think @ wacik already gave you the solution. In case that doesn't helps you, post the triggers here.

 

[007]

ah!! i found it! i forgot the condition in one trigger! sorry for bothering