My features ideas

[NewMapMaker]

I have been working on a few features for the last couple of days (as that is when I started map making or even looking at the WorldEditor program) and thought I would share with you all.

Any feedback is good feedback. So comment away.


Basically, I am working on an autocast system for units/heroes/towers/whatever. I have read through a lot of posts and discussions regarding dummy units/abilities/etc. To be honest, I was initially confused as hell about them (however they make a little more sense now).

Anyway, so what I've done to get around all that was to create a dummy ability ("AutoCast"), and then create a bunch of items with spells attached. So the items sit in the inventory slot 1 of whatever unit/hero/tower and then a trigger determines that when the unit is casting "AutoCast" ability (the dummy ability) then to "USE" the item in slot 1 (targeting same target).

This is the trigger basically:

• UseItem
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to AutoCast
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Item-class of (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 1)) Equal to Artifact
      • Then - Actions
        • Hero - Order (Triggering unit) to use (Item carried by (Triggering unit) in slot 1) on (Target unit of ability being cast)
      • Else - Actions
        • Do nothing

Seems to work well in my opinion, however any thoughts/advice regarding this is appreciated.

I'll attach a couple of images and a demo test file...


**PS. APOLOGIES IF THIS IS IN THE INCORRECT SECTION, MODS FEEL FREE TO MOVE IT TO CORRECT SECTION IF IT'S IN WRONG ONE. THANKS

 

[NewMapMaker]

Any comments/ideas from anyone?

 

[gorillabull]

its good to see someone doing something somewhere

 

[Hades17]

Kinda wrong section, but nothing mods can't fix.

OT: I don't really get what the purpose of this is. Why not use the spell from a dummy unit instead of an item? Just to avoid clicking on the item and the target in order to use it from a normal hotkey (QWER) spell?

Well, works how it's intended but yeah, I'm feeling a lack of real use ... ermm.

So far,
Hades