Replace unit after Reincarnation

[MN Lahmar]

Hello guys, is there a possible way to replace the unit that died and has Reincarnation ability with another unit, after the reincarnation delay?

 

[Jampion]

To detect the use of reincarnation use: GUI Unit Event v2.3.0.0
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/gui-unit-event-v2-3-0-0.201641/
Replacing it should be no problem then.

 

[Lord Aiden]

I think there's a better way to do this, but you can check if the unit which has been killed has reincarnate and if so whether its alive (reincarnate has worked) a few seconds later and then replace it

 

[Jampion]

I think there's a better way to do this, but you can check if the unit which has been killed

Unfortunately a unit with reincarnation does not die, if it is not on cooldown, so it won't fire the "a unit dies"-event. If you use the event from GUI unit event instead it should work.
Apart from that, this is how I would do it as well.

 

[Lord Aiden]

@Jampion I didn't know, what about ability finished casting = reincarnation would that do?
Or trigger that checks if a unit got attacked then checks if its hp is below 1

 

[Kaijyuu]

If it's going to be replaced anyway, why even use the reincarnation ability? Let the unit die normally which is very easy to detect with triggers, play the reincarnation special effects, spawn the new unit after a delay, and remove the old unit's corpse.

 

[Marcos_M]

I mean, GUI Unit Event is the easiest way to do this by far. Since the aank effect and else will already occur and you only would be Replacing after it revives

If you use a dummy abil and Unit dies event, then you have to create the sfx of the aank, remove the corpse, save needed values, use timers to wait, and then creating the new unit
It just too long.

 

[TheAyalalalalon]

what about hydra ability?

 

[Jampion]

finished casting = reincarnation would that do?

Does not work either. Passive abilities usually don't have cast events. The only reason for GUI unit event to exist is to emulate events, that are not possible through normal events, but are very useful.

Or trigger that checks if a unit got attacked then checks if its hp is below 1

A unit is attacked event fires, when the attacker starts the attack animation, so you can still cancel it and no actual attack happens. You can use: attack-stop-attack-stop.. very quickly to fire multiple attack events in one second.
You usually use a Damage Detection System (DDS) to detect if a unit takes damage, because it's much more reliable. However this still does not work, because units can die without taking damage. Examples are instant kill skills (at least I think they don't deal damage): death pact, dark ritual, transmute
And negative regeneration: phoenix, unholy frenzy

If it's going to be replaced anyway, why even use the reincarnation ability? Let the unit die normally which is very easy to detect with triggers, play the reincarnation special effects, spawn the new unit after a delay, and remove the old unit's corpse.

This is a good solution, unless it's important, that the unit does not die. As I said reincarnated units do not fire the death event, so it won't be counted as a kill and it won't give gold or experience. Same problem with the hydra ability.
So basically if you actually wan't the unit to die (give gold, drop items, give experience, fire death event) and after that replace it you can use hydra ability or Kaiyuu's solution.

 

[Lord Aiden]

I was gonna say use the pheonix's morphing ability to morph the unit then replace whatever it got morphed into, but the hydra thing seems way better

 

[Tasyen]

If you don't want to use Unit Event and your effect is only for specific Units there is another solution:
Event Life drops below 0.5; aka death
Event Life rises over 0.5; aka revive

For MUI effects Bribes Unit Event is the way you should choose.