Problem with cloud spell

[jw232]

I'm trying to use the Dragonhawk Rider's cloud ability as a kind of silence that prevents attacks. However, when I change targets allowed to "enemy", the cloud still affects player units. I tried it on all players and it seems like the cloud uses player 1's enemies as its targets. So if you are player 2 and you are player 1's enemy, then the cloud will affect you, but it won't affect player 1's allies, even if they are your enemies! I attached this map so you can see if you have the same problem. For all players besides player 1, cloud will prevent your own unit's attacks because it's player 1's enemy. Meanwhile, can anyone think of another way to temporarily remove a unit's attacks?

 

[Martin Barbov]

You may try silence instead of cloud. Just change the magic attacks field into ranged or melee attacks.

 

[jw232]

Is there a way to make that so that it has to be channeled?

 

[Unscrewed_Magic]

you could trigger a channeling effct...

 

[jw232]

How do I do that?

 

[gavdaman88]

Base it off something like tranquility, but remove any data from the actual ability. Trigger the rest to summon a dummy unit that casts silence on all units not owned by the casting unit, and when the channel stops kill off the dummy unit?

 

[jw232]

Hmm... is there a cleaner way to do it? Cloud is an AOE channeling, if you walk in you're affected, if you walk out, you're not. Since silence has a duration, you could walk out and still be affected for a bit.

 

[Need_O2]

you can make it 0.1 ^^ and
make base ability channel, blizzard or rain of fire
so you can channel an area
then make an arrayed boolean value set it true when unit begins channeling and false when unit stops/finishes casting
and make a trigger like a dummy appears and casts silence in area in every 0.1 second etc etc etc
(You may store the silence point in a variable too)

 

[Frostery]

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