[Solved] Rooted Ancient Abilities

[PotatoMeister]

I want ancient buildings to have increased regen when rooted, is this possible somehow? Can this be done with triggers?

 

[Uncle]

Since these buildings will always be rooted by default, simply add the Life Regeneration ability to them in the Object Editor and then use this trigger:

• Life Regen Ancient
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) is An Ancient) Equal to True
    • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
      • Conditions
        • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(unroot))
        • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(root))
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Level of Life Regeneration (Tree) for (Triggering unit)) Equal to 0
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Add Life Regeneration (Tree) to (Triggering unit)
      • Else - Actions
        • Unit - Remove Life Regeneration (Tree) from (Triggering unit)

Alternatively, you could add/remove the ability based on the issued order instead of checking ability level (untested):

• Life Regen Ancient
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) is An Ancient) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(root))
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Add Life Regeneration (Tree) to (Triggering unit)
      • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(unroot))
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Remove Life Regeneration (Tree) from (Triggering unit)
          • Else - Actions

 

[PotatoMeister]

Nice, thanks for the tip! 10/10

 

[Pyrogasm]

Can't you just disable/enable the ability instead of removing it? Or does that not work for fully passive abilities?

 

[Harold Grey]

Can't you just disable/enable the ability instead of removing it? Or does that not work for fully passive abilities?

I would presume you are correct, otherwise the use of the disabled spellbook to hide passive abilities would not be a thing.
But, doesn't disable/enable affect all units on the team that have that ability? I think removing it is so that it can apply to individual units.

 

[Uncle]

I would presume you are correct, otherwise the use of the disabled spellbook to hide passive abilities would not be a thing.
But, doesn't disable/enable affect all units on the team that have that ability? I think removing it is so that it can apply to individual units.

I'm sure you can disable it just fine:

• Unit - For (Triggering unit), Ability Animate Dead, Disable ability: True, Hide UI: True

Doesn't really make much of a difference though.