[JASS] Release devoured cargo?

[Titanhex]

Alright I have a unit with the devour ability. What I need is some way for that unit to release the unit it is devouring. I've tried giving it unload and I've tried adding and removing the cargo.

I could of course simulate it via hide/unhide but I'd need to set some sort of visual to tell the player how damaged the unit it's devouring is, and playing with that stirkes me as a last resort.

Any help?

 

[Bribe]

If you have a trigger to replace the unit, will the devoured cargo drop?

 

[Titanhex]

Do you mean remove and re-add the current unit?

I'd have to try it out but I'm pretty sure it will remove the devoured unit. :X The unit devouring is a hero too, so that would complicate things.

 

[Bribe]

You could kill the hero and in the same instant revive without graphics? As long as the hero doesn't have an Ankh or Reincarnation, that makes it look like the hero never died, and should also release the devoured cargo.

Edit - before killing the hero, store its HP and MP in variables then set them as the HP and MP of the revived hero.

 

[Ciebron]

Think this is what you a looking for http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=104480

 

[Titanhex]

Thanks but that one doesn't share vision, and also uses 2 extra systems that would only be used for a single spell, which isn't appealing.

I imagine I could program the vision in myself to it, but I would hate to detour myself that much on a single spell.I guess there is presently no way to release cargo other than killing a hero off, which would conflict greatly with the other systems in my map.

 

[Bribe]

How about making a summoned unit for him, instead, which has devour?

 

[Titanhex]

Could work with an updated timer that moves the unit to the caster periodically. The only problem is that the caster wouldn't know how far devoured the unit is.

I'm thinking my only choices at the moment are to live with the default devour or grab some systems to make a devour bar show up.