Not Visible Buff

[WhiteDeath]

Can I make an ability that gives a buff to a unit but without showing the buff icon in the unit's status bar ( the unit must retain the effects of the buff)?

 

[zulrivers]

Just set the Buff Art - Icon to NONE and remove the Tooltips.

 

[WhiteDeath]

Tried that it leaves a black space when there are a lot of buffs and it says tool tip missing! Level 1.
I want it to show nothing and no black space.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Base it off a spell that has no buff, e.g. Channel or Chain Lightning. What do you need it for?

 

[watermelon_1234]

@Pharaoh_
I think he wants the effects of the buff to be there, just the icon to be hidden.

You cannot actually do this as buff icons will show up regardless of what you do. (Leaving spaces for description will solve that missing tooltip bug though.)

The best way is just to have buffs or use other abilities that would simulate the effects without having buffs. (Like giving Item Armor Bonus if you wanted to raise armor.)
In other words, you'll need to use other abilities for the effects/trigger it yourself.

 

[Garfield1337]

Whatever effect you want,you can use triggers to execute 'em.
And for buffs you can attach special effects.

 

[Pharaoh_]

@Pharaoh_
I think he wants the effects of the buff to be there, just the icon to be hidden.

You cannot actually do this as buff icons will show up regardless of what you do. (Leaving spaces for description will solve that missing tooltip bug though.)

The best way is just to have buffs or use other abilities that would simulate the effects without having buffs. (Like giving Item Armor Bonus if you wanted to raise armor.)
In other words, you'll need to use other abilities for the effects/trigger it yourself.

I know what he wanted. That's why I suggested Chain Lightning or Channel, because I thought of the exact solution you gave him (item abilities instead of Roar-type abilities, which apply a buff). But, since I was unsure of the effect he wanted to achieve, I asked what he needed this for )

 

[watermelon_1234]

I know what he wanted. That's why I suggested Chain Lightning or Channel, because I thought of the exact solution you gave him (item abilities instead of Roar-type abilities, which apply a buff). But, since I was unsure of the effect he wanted to achieve, I asked what he needed this for )

Oh that's what you meant. Sorry for the misunderstanding then.

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

If you need the buff to find certain units you will instead have to use a unit group in which you add the unit.

 

[WhiteDeath]

I wanted to make an aura that reduces enemy units' attack and armor. I can do this by creating a devotion aura that gives negative armor and a command aura that gives negative damage bonus, but i do not want to have two buffs because it doesn't look very good.