Remove Loscut Ability in Area

[DrTema]

Hello, I want to create spell that will remove Locust ability from Area or from Unit. But I don't know how, because when I do trigger - pick units in area of spell and remove locust ability from picked units, this thing not work.

 

[DracoL1ch]

you can't area group locusts, only GroupUnitsOfPlayer works for them

 

[DrTema]

you can't area group locusts, only GroupUnitsOfPlayer works for them

This mean I can only pick all unit that belong to player? Or I can somehow put them in variable before adding locust and then remove?

 

[Athur12A2]

Idk what you intend to do. But when creating locust, you can put them in a group. Then you can check if that unit is in the area or not.

The event unit enter region also detects locust, you can add them to locust group easier.

 

[EdgeOfChaos]

I'm not sure if removing Locust works as intended..

 

[DrTema]

Idk what you intend to do. But when creating locust, you can put them in a group. Then you can check if that unit is in the area or not.

The event unit enter region also detects locust, you can add them to locust group easier.

I'm making 2 abilities, one will add locust to units and second will remove locust. If I need to remove locust from one unit, I coulded use this ability, but it seems that I can't do that.

Maybe there is way to pick specific units from group?

 

[Athur12A2]

I'm making 2 abilities, one will add locust to units and second will remove locust. If I need to remove locust from one unit, I coulded use this ability, but it seems that I can't do that.

Maybe there is way to pick specific units from group?

Im really not about removing locust ability, but whatever... If you want to pick specific units from group, they MUST BE IN that group first. And normal pick unit group doesn't count locust units. As Dracolich and I had said, you must add them into a group beforehand, or use Pick units own by player. By then, check unit type or ability works.

 

[DrTema]

Okay, than you for answers. Guess I should work with that. +rep for answers.

 

[Pyrogasm]

I'm not sure if removing Locust works as intended..

It most definitely does not. Units will have no health bars and I believe no selection circle after being un-locusted. They can be drag selected but afaik click select won't work on them.

Locust was never intended to be removed so the game doesn't really support it. You will peobably need to find another solution to this.

 

[DrTema]

I can still select them and this is enough for me. I will use this ability in roleplay map, so people can build decorations and make the unselectable with this ability, but if someone make mistake it will be easy to fix it with removing the ability. The only problem that it will remove ability from all units so you need add ability to old units again.

 

[Fruit Forest]

I can still select them and this is enough for me. I will use this ability in roleplay map, so people can build decorations and make the unselectable with this ability, but if someone make mistake it will be easy to fix it with removing the ability. The only problem that it will remove ability from all units so you need add ability to old units again.

On Map Initialization you can create a dummy group and add all locust units one by one with "group - add unit to group" action. When you need to check locust units in area just add action:
Pick every unit in dummy area
If picked unit is on The Area then do actions else do nothing.