'Morphed unit' condition?

[Abelhawk]

I'm making a sci-fi map with a marine who has an ability called "Jet Boots" that allows him to fly with the Storm Crow ability. I want to make it so that when he turns the jet boots on, they burst with an Incinerate special effect. Originally this was wired to the ability itself, and it worked fine, except it also burst when he turned the ability off and landed, which didn't look right.

The problem is, since Storm Crow Form is only one ability, I don't know what condition to use to check whether he's taking off or coming in for a landing. Is there a way to check the status of a unit on whether it's morphed, whether the ability being cast is being turned on or off, etc.? How could I make this work?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[IcemanBo]

Unit type can be checked.

 

[Abelhawk]

I tried that, and nothing happens...

 

[ZerGreenOne]

Try this?

• ((Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) is A flying unit) Equal to True

Unit classification check in boolean comparison.

Also, if that doesn't work, try uploading a map with only the required data, so I can see if I can make it work.

btw Unit type check != unit classification check, as Dehua seems to imply

 

[Spacebuns]

You can also do a "Current order" check. Since Crow Form activation and deactivation have 2 different order strings.
Order(crowform) = Activate and Order(uncrowform) = Deactivate, I think.

 

[Dehua_Darbuya]

I tried that, and nothing happens...

That's odd, it should do the job as IcemanBo and ZerGreenOne have stated. The only other option is to try what dtnmang has posted just above me. As he has said, there's a crowform and uncrowform order for activating and deactivating the ability respectively. Either of the two methods should work though.

The two methods

• Morph Cast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Metamorphosis
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Flying Marine
  • Actions
    • -------- Add actions here --------

• Morph Order
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(metamorphosis))
  • Actions
    • -------- Add actions here --------

 

[IcemanBo]

ZerGreenOne's suggestion was right with checking for orders. So you need an other events.

Event - Unit Issues Order Without Target

If - (IssuesOreder == "ravenform")
If - (IssuesOreder == "unravenform")

^These are the conditions to use. Can be done in GUI.