Mana/Life Siphon Color (Help!?)

[Crepracon]

Hey, guys

I was wondering if i could get some help. I'm trying to figure out how to change the color of "soul suck" (custom move which is based off of "mana siphon", just edited). I believe you have to use triggers to do this.. i'm just lost. I'm currently been able to make it so that when my hero casts "soul suck" a certian area around him snows and it has worked. However, like stated before i'm just trying to change the color of the move to preferably purple.

Any help would be great
tyvm
Crepracon

 

[Ironside]

You mean you want to change the color of it's lightning effect? if yes you can't without importing becouse there isn't any existing purple lightning effect.

 

[ALiEN95]

I don't know if this is possible for default spells, but "Lightning - Change color of (Last created lightning effect) to (1.00 1.00 1.00) with 1.00 alpha" does the job for that.

he would need to create lightning with triggers
form casting unit to targeted
unit....

 

[krisserz]

I think the triggered version is the best thing, that you can do so far.

 

[Anachron]

Yeah I agree... Trigger it, even when it needs a bit more work.

 

[Super-Sheep]

So, this would work?

• Start cast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Siphon Mana
  • Actions
    • Set Point1 = (Position of (Casting unit))
    • Set Point2 = (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast))
    • Lightning - Create a Drain Mana lightning effect from source Point1 to target Point2
    • Lightning - Change color of (Last created lightning effect) to (1.00 1.00 1.00) with 1.00 alpha
    • Set Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Casting unit)))] = (Last created lightning effect)
    • Custom script: call DestroyLocation(udg_Point1)
    • Custom script: call DestroyLocation(udg_Point2)

• End cast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
    • Unit - A unit Stops casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Siphon Mana
  • Actions
    • Lightning - Destroy Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Casting unit)))]

 

[krisserz]

Yea, it should.

 

[Crepracon]

Thanks everyone

And ya I finally figured out. All of your ideas basically work, and super sheep sums it up in a visual diagram which works. However the triggering I used as a bit lighter and slightly different, it works.

tyvm
Crepracon