[Spell] Priest Shadowform ability

[mihaiul]

Im making a warchasers-style map. Im building it from the ground up, starting with an empty map, not any pre-made things. One of my heroes is a priest. His "ultimate" ability is shadowform, which gives me intellect and health.

I first based my ability off Avatar, but then I realised theres better ways to do it (especially the enlarging of hero... I couldnt fix it even via trigger scaling value unless it was timed to reset size AFTER the "growth" stopped)

So I based it off the Tauren Chieftain "War stomp" ability. "Simple, right?" I think. I just disable the stun and damage etc then make a few triggers. Heres what I have (not i am not the most efficient nor the best at this, so please tell me how to optimize etc my triggers)

• ShadowformACT
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to R - Shadowform
  • Actions
    • Animation - Change (Casting unit)'s vertex coloring to (15.00%, 0.00%, 14.00%) with 0.00% transparency
    • Unit - Add Shadowform Health to (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Add Shadowform Intellect to (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Add R - Normal Form to (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Add #BuffPlacer to (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Remove R - Shadowform from (Triggering unit)

• ShadowformDISACT
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to R - Normal Form
  • Actions
    • Animation - Change (Casting unit)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
    • Unit - Remove Shadowform Health from (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Remove Shadowform Intellect from (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Remove R - Normal Form from (Triggering unit)

(assuming HIDDEN is the same as SPOILER tag, how do I use it?)

Ok. Note again that I am not the best at triggers please

So I have 2 abilities, both based off of war stomp. R - Shadowform triggers ShadowformACT and R - Normal Form ShadowformDISACT. In previous tests where I only had activation trigger, it went smoothly. Not this time tho. I am trying to remove abilities (which Ive yet to do). But, once I remove R - Shadowform, the priest is unable to move, cast etc. and will stay like that. Can someone point to me what Im doing wrong and why is the unit freezing? Could you also point me a better ability to use?

 

[MortAr]

Try this, its much more simple.

Also, to use hidden tags you need to specific their title when used like this:
[hidden="TITLE"]Your text here[/hidden] will give this:

TITLE

Your text here

 

[mihaiul]

Nice, I didnt think about doing it like that. Anyway mine was very inefficient of course. Thanks +rep and also, so THATS what it meant by "title"

 

[mihaiul]

Quick question, im no longer on my computer so i cant look at the triggers, i have a hero select, can i enable the abilities another way? Like unit enters region? You used owner of unit, but my unit is created when chosen. I was thinking of creating a dummy when unit enters region, then enable for owner if dummy. Whats a simpler way?

I can show you my map if needed, to give you an idea of it and make thingd simpler.

 

[MortAr]

When you create the unit, put those actions there and enable/disable the abilities for the owner of the created unit.

 

[sentrywiz]

Base your spell on the Metamorphosis in Night Elf > Heroes. You can define an end-type unit, base type-unit even a casting time if you want it channeling for some point before morphing. No need for triggers

Just modify the unit's Intelligence, Strength, Agility etc how you want it and use the "Alternate Form Hit Points" for the bonus health you want to temporarily add.

 

[mihaiul]

How can I save the ability level of the unit? Using an integer variable? Because I plan on removing the abilities available, then adding new ones for when you are in shadowform, but when you exit shadowform, you get your original abilities with their levels.

 

[Chaosy]

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Actions
    • Set Level = (Level of (Triggering unit))
    • Hero - Set (Triggering unit) Hero-level to Level, Hide level-up graphics

 

[mihaiul]

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Actions
    • Set Level = (Level of (Triggering unit))
    • Hero - Set (Triggering unit) Hero-level to Level, Hide level-up graphics

ABILITY level. For example i have 1 point in devotion aura and 2 in holy light and i remove them to add new abilities. When i switch back, i need to set level of aura to 1 and 2 in holy light. I know i use unit - set level of ability, but how do i store the level so i can later set it?

 

[MortAr]

You can again just disable/enable those abilities when switching forms just like with the example I gave you. They will keep the level and everything.

 

[mihaiul]

You can again just disable/enable those abilities when switching forms just like with the example I gave you. They will keep the level and everything.

Ah, so thats what it does... I never used that before. Now i see.

 

[sentrywiz]

Again - why with triggers?

You have two units. First unit has Fireball, Devotion Aura. The second one has Death Coil and Unholy Aura.

When you modify a Metamorphosis ability, you can specify which unit the first turns into, for how long, and other things. When the unit is out of shadowform, it is the first unit. When it enters shadowform, it is the second unit. The only thing that the units share is the level.

 

[MortAr]

Since triggering appears to be much more efficient than the methamorphosis ability which also removes buffs upon tranformation,
and it requires two units (more data from object editor than from the trigger itself) and it may cause unusual unit behavior.

 

[mihaiul]

Well, firstly, as you see I am changing color of unit to get a shadowform effect. To achieve the same effect I may need a whole new model, right?

Metamorphosis basically removes unit one, then adds unit 2. I think that could cause bugs. If needed I would use it.