Passive with cooldown.

[CreatorD3292]

How can i make a Passive ability with cooldown. like orb chain lightning effect.
Example: The unit will active ability "Rage" when unit HP is lower than 60%. Last 15s. cooldown 30s.

 

[Adiktuz]

For attack based: Make an ability based on Orb of lightnings orb ability... then make it use your Rage ability

For totally passive: Just make a trigger which creates a dummy caster whenever your unit hits HP < 60% that casts Rage on your unit... then for cooldown, you'd have to use a timed loop to store cooldown time for every unit so that it won't run when its on cooldown

Though the thing for the totally passive one is that it won't show cooldown on the UI...

or maybe you can try to do it the attack based way, but set chance to 0 so that it doesn't trigger when you attack, then on your HP trigger, just order the unit to cast the Rage ability

 

[Meticulous]

Though the thing for the totally passive one is that it won't show cooldown on the UI...

When the passive is triggered, replace it with a dummy ability that doesn't interrupt orders (Berserk) and have the unit cast it; remove it and re-add the passive when the timer expires.

 

[Adiktuz]

Which would require quite a bit more logic... Plus if it's a hero ability, removing it only sets it to unlearned

 

[Meticulous]

Which would require quite a bit more logic... Plus if it's a hero ability, removing it only sets it to unlearned

Then the learn ability would also have to be a dummy ability.

 

[CreatorD3292]

For attack based: Make an ability based on Orb of lightnings orb ability... then make it use your Rage ability

For totally passive: Just make a trigger which creates a dummy caster whenever your unit hits HP < 60% that casts Rage on your unit... then for cooldown, you'd have to use a timed loop to store cooldown time for every unit so that it won't run when its on cooldown

Though the thing for the totally passive one is that it won't show cooldown on the UI...

or maybe you can try to do it the attack based way, but set chance to 0 so that it doesn't trigger when you attack, then on your HP trigger, just order the unit to cast the Rage ability

if i use trigger to order unit cast rage ability.
will the UI show the cooldown?

 

[Adiktuz]

While inside the OoL ability? I'm not sure... It was just a suggestion that you can try to do...

 

[Meticulous]

Can a unit actually cast a spell contained in an orb other than through an attack?

 

[Adiktuz]

IDK, which was why I said:

maybe you can try

 

[Meticulous]

I just did and didn't work, but I wasn't sure if you knew something I didn't

 

[Adiktuz]

then he can't do that... XD