Metamorphosis?

[Preskooldude]

When you add the ability Metamorphosis onto a unit, via the following trigger

• Begin Morph
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to MetaMorph
  • Actions
    • Unit - Add MetaMorph (Morpher) to (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Night Elf Demon Hunter - Metamorphosis

The game acts like the unit who casted MetaMorph is already in metamorph form. This ends up with the unit having a metamorphosis timer that doesn't really do anything, apart from delaying the timer of the Metamorphosis by its own.

If this isn't clear for you, lemme clean this up with a symptom timeline:
0 seconds - Unit casts a spell, trigger fired
0.1 seconds - MetaMorph (Morpher) is added onto the triggering unit
0.1 seconds - The game thinks the triggering unit is metamorphosized: begin a timer counting down the MetaMorph's duration. (5 seconds) The unit in reality is actually still in its normal form.
5.0 seconds - Metamorph is finished. Switch the triggering unit's unit-type to its normal form (Which are currently both the same type)
5.1 seconds - The action for metamorphosis is activated: begin metamorphosis by switching the unit to its alternate form (This part I want), and start a timer
10.0 seconds - Timer expires: Switch the unit back to its normal form (Which are different this time)

The steps in bold are the parts I need to get rid of. Any suggestions?

 

[PurplePoot]

As far as I know that only happens if the unit is not one of the two correct metamorphosis forms?

Otherwise, just reverse the Alternate form and the Normal form and it should work fine?

 

[Preskooldude]

Did your second suggestion and the parts affected were removed, but when the morph ended, the unit was in the wrong form .

I'm also sure that I used the right units.

 

[PurplePoot]

You could also always use "Replace Unit" (or a custom equivalent).

 

[Preskooldude]

A custom equivalent.... I might be able to move experience and such over, but permanent item effects you can't detect. Any other suggestions?

 

[PurplePoot]

You could always log permanent effects.

Or just make the base ability be the metamorphosis?

 

[Preskooldude]

If I did that, then I couldn't make it auto-cast...

 

[robot-dude]

Try and tweak the ability so it would be auto-cast.

 

[Preskooldude]

Any suggestions on how? Last time I checked, auto-casts were only given to certain abilities.

 

[Pyritie]

Replacing the unit wouldn't work because buffs would be removed.

 

[Preskooldude]

I just solved this problem: The unit that this unit is transforming to must have, in the object editor, metamorphosis.
(I thought giving the ability to the base unit would be enough -.-)

+Rep for everyone who helped (Except Poot, because it says I have to spread it around before I can give it to you. Same with Py... I'll see if I can rep someone else to give it to you)

 

[PurplePoot]

Try and tweak the ability so it would be auto-cast.

Auto-cast metamorphosis? =o

 

[Pyritie]

Tested out the spell... the autocast doesn't work. I have to cast it manually.

That and after the caster morphs back it plays its death animation.

(I'm attaching the map because it's a relatively simple spell)

 

[Just_Spectating]

referring to your first spell, couldnt you make it a variable, add a wait, then do your actions?

 

[Pyritie]

Why would that help?

 

[Just_Spectating]

so it wont do the metamorph faster than the trigger as he explained.

 

[Pyritie]

No it's metamorphing fine now. The problem now is that the autocast doesn't work and it's playing its death animation when he morphs back into his regular form.

 

[Just_Spectating]

well, does basing it off something like bloodlust then checking when casted, metamorph, doesnt work?

 

[Preskooldude]

Actually, I based it off Searing arrows. And checking if Searing Arrows is being cast doesn't work, if it goes off automatically.