Pause Ensnared Units

[madman9800]

I would like a trigger that will prevent ensnared units from attacking. This is what i have come up with so far.

• PauseEnsnaredUnits
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • ((Picked unit) has buff Ensnare (Ground)) Equal to True
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Pause (Picked unit)
          • Else - Actions
            • Unit - Unpause (Picked unit)

Is this an efficient way to do this? Is there a trigger that would use up less memory/cpu while accomplishing the same task?

 

[Raven0]

There's some problems with pausing units so if the Ensare has a fixed duration I would reccomend creating a dummy unit and stunning the target for however many seconds you want (remove the swirly effect and re-name the buff ensare)

As far as the pause/unpause thing goes if you still choose to do it that way, I would reccomend you add any unit that gets ensared to an ensare group and pause them. Then periodically check those within the group to see if they have the ensare buff and if they don't unpause them and remove them from the group.

Hope I helped somewhat and didn't just confuse you ^-^

 

[madman9800]

You gave me two very efficient, useful and clear options. Thank you very much for your help. I think I am going to try the first option, it sounds a bit more efficient. Thanks again for your help.

 

[defskull]

Use Entangling Root-based ability
Change the Entangling Root's Buff
From the Buffs/Effects Tab in Object Editor, search for Entangling Root
Change the "Art - Target" to "Ensnare (General) <Target>, Ensnare (Ground) <Target>"

By using Entangling Roots ability, the unit that is affected CANNOT move/attack but still can cast spell
If you want the Missile Effect (a net is thrown from the caster's position), just use dummy unit for that and use the real Ensnare ability (ONLY and ONLY for the ANIMATION/EFFECT)
Make sure to change the effect ti 0.01 (this is ONLY for the net to fly from the caster's position towards the targeted unit)

 

[Noobsmoke]

I would like a trigger that will prevent ensnared units from attacking. This is what i have come up with so far.

• PauseEnsnaredUnits
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • ((Picked unit) has buff Ensnare (Ground)) Equal to True
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Pause (Picked unit)
          • Else - Actions
            • Unit - Unpause (Picked unit)

Is this an efficient way to do this? Is there a trigger that would use up less memory/cpu while accomplishing the same task?

I suggest you to make a unit group and check if the unit is in that group

• PauseEnsnaredUnits
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • ((Picked unit) has buff Ensnare (Ground)) Equal to True
          • Then - Actions
            • If - Conditions
              • (Unit is in unit group(Mygroup) Equal to False
                • Unit - Add to group(My group)
                • Unit - Pause (Picked unit)
              • Else - Actions
                • Unit - Remove from group (My group)
                • Unit - Unpause (Picked unit)

Still need help ? replay me, and if you want i can make this spell for you