Resource cost abilities

[Mechanical Man]

Is there any target abilities that require gold as activation? So far I found only reveal, but some fields like mana cost (not urgently needed) and range have no effect. I need such ability for a dummy ability. And please don't come with those trivial triggers for checking gold blah blah. I want to have gold and lumber icons on the description, thats why I'm searching for such ability.

Alternate solution would be if icons could be inserted in description cost, but I highly doubt it's possible.

 

[The World Is Flat]

The morph abilities can have a cost effect if thats what you mean, it takes the units cost and puts it on the ability....

 

[Mechanical Man]

I need the ability to target something. And also reveal cannot even be detected :S

 

[ikillforeyou]

I think the only way to do it is with a trigger, like

• [events]
  • unit - a unit starts the casting of an ability
• [conditions'[
  • ability - ur ability
• [actions]
  • if then else
    • if player gold (owning player of triggering unit) < your price
  • then
    • order TriggeringUnit to stop
  • else
    • set player gold - price

make the casting time like, 0.02 seconds.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Is this ability going to be used for a hero? Let me know, because I got something in my mind. Is it an ability to be learnt?

 

[Mechanical Man]

ikillforeyou, I told I don't want such solutions. I need that to show gold and lumber cost on the interface description.

This ability is for a building.

 

[ikillforeyou]

Mm, i was thinking, what if you based your ability off of "Charge gold and lumber" then when you casted it, it would add your second target ability to the unit and force the ui key for it, that's the best i can come up with.

 

[meOme]

Mm, i was thinking, what if you based your ability off of "Charge gold and lumber" then when you casted it, it would add your second target ability to the unit and force the ui key for it, that's the best i can come up with.

That would take away the resources before you choose a target. And you would even lose gold if you cancel the ability.

 

[The World Is Flat]

Unless you triggered its ruturn.

 

[mindwarper06]

well...you could trigger it,
and in the ability description, make it say that it costs X gold and X wood, if you want color the costs, so that its visible...thats how I would do it... i figure thats really really simple and fast...

 

[Titanhex]

Also you could set unused fields to reperesent the different levels for the cost. That's what I do with triggered ability tooltips. They're easy to do.

 

[Quehn]

I'm guessing you are looking for something like the Ivory Tower ability?

 

[Berb]

There is no such ability called Ivory Tower. There are abilities for constructing buildings but those do not require gold/lumber.