Show cooldown on item

[SAUS]

Is there any way to show a cooldown on an item without it being activately used?

I have items with passive abilities that are cooldown based (when you hit an enemy, cast a spell, 5 second cooldown). Is there any way I can make it so the item shows a cooldown like normal?

My current idea is to use charges - 1 charge means it is off cooldown. It will work for what I want it to do, but it won't look as good as showing the cooldown.

 

[edo494]

charges sound nice actually, because you can change the stack every second, so it is visual + you can actually hook yourself into it as system writer, so you can actually check how many seconds remain

 

[SAUS]

Oh man charges as the number of seconds remaining is brilliant. I didn't think of that. I was thinking more like 1 charge = cooldown is done, 0 charges = on cooldown.

Thanks for that idea!

 

[edo494]

well, I have to be honest, I read only like 1/4 of the post, and this is what I thought you were talking about

 

[SAUS]

It's awesome though. You could even make variable cooldown items. Might need to have a version of the item that doesn't have the active ability, though (assuming you use it for active items as well as passive items that have a cooldown for something).

 

[edo494]

true, you will have to switch active items for passives, didnt think of that