Order String

[Draemiel]

Okay dumb question. I scanned the tutorials but didn't find anything of use.

What are these?

Text - Order String - Activate
Text - Order String - Deactivate
Text - Order String - Turn Off
Text - Order String - Use/Turn On

 

[Need_O2]

They are order strings of abilities
You use them for ordering someone to cast a spell
Well if you are using GUI there are rigided ones like Undead Lich - Frost Nova
But in jass you order them with these strings
For example call IssueTargetOrder(<someone>,"frostnova",<otherone>)
Undead Lich - Frost Nova = "frostnova" in GUI for short ^^

 

[Draemiel]

I see, so for someone not using Jass or GUI they would be pointless?

 

[PurplePoot]

I'm pretty sure it also determines how the AI uses them (but that could just be the spell base itself...)

Also, two abilities on one unit can't have the same orderstring or base orderid.

 

[Draemiel]

Well usually I just set them to "None" in the Object Editor. However, the main reason why I'm asking about it is because I'm trying to base a spell off the Fire Lord's Incinerate, but I don't think the damage bonus is quite working.

:EDIT: Also, any ideas on how I might get the spell to work? It looked simple enough from the outside, just doing what I've done before. Copy the spell, rename it, change the stats, and put a trigger to work with it if necessary (in this case not so much, as the new spell is pretty much a carbon copy of Incinerate except without the explosion on death). Except that the bonus damage doesn't work.

 

[wd40bomber7]

Ok modifying them has no effect except on the ability channel. They are used for the internal workings of the abilities. If you were able to modify them, and you set them to none, your ability wouldn't work. The order string determines what order you give your unit when you press the button. If two units share the same string the game won't know what to do, and it will run both abilities. If you want bonus damage, I suggest you use an item ability.

 

[PurplePoot]

Buffs can sometimes weird it up, make sure the buff is based off the Incinerate buff... some spells don't like to use the buffs of other spells.

 

[Draemiel]

Everything is a direct copy from the base Incinerate spell. I copied Incinerate, Incinerate (Arrows), and all the buffs that were associated with them and just changed the name and removed the AoE damage from the "Incinerate" spell. That's all, but it doesn't work.