Spell Books

[Shendoo2]

Lets say a unit use's X ability thats in a spell book, is there anyway to close that spell book? Thanks

 

[MeKC]

Yes....

I think under players og game in the GUI triggers, there is a way
to force the player to hit "ESC" button

 

[Metov]

set the "Share Spell Cooldown" value in the spell book ability to True. then itll automatically exit whenever any spell from it is used.

 

[Shendoo2]

Thanks Mekc

 

[Shendoo2]

Also does anyone know an ability that i could change that would do nothing to any unit, and it cost's gold?

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Set mana cost to 0, and a trigger like this:

• Gold Cost
• Events
  • Unit - starts the effect of an abillity
• Conditions
  • (Abillity being cast) equal to (Your abilliy)
• Actions
  • If All conditions are true then do (then actions) else do (else actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • Player - Current gold of (Owner of (triggering unit) greater than or equal to <the gold cost of your abillity
    • Then - Actions
      • Do nothing
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit - Issue (Triggering Unit) to Stop
      • Game - Display to (Player group(Triggering Player)) the message Not enough gold for 30 seconds

 

[Jerrin]

I'm told 'do nothing' leaks, and besides that's where you'd want whatever effects the spell should have.

Making the unit stop serves no need as far as I can see.

Lastly, color code the tool tip so that it'd be clear to the player that the spell would cost gold instead of mana.

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Do nothing was only to show it should do nothing, just dont put anything in there.

Making the unit to stop, so it wont cast it, when it dont have enough gold.

It was just an example, was too bored to find the collorcodes.

 

[Jerrin]

I'm thinking that he wouldn't want a regular spell to cost gold, meaning that it would probably be a spell with triggered effects, besides the gold cost, which is why the spell effects would go where do nothing is.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "starts the effect of an ability" happen after the ability is cast, rendering unit - stop useless (unless the spell is channaled)?

Of course, if he just wants the spell to be regular but with a gold cost the thing you outlined would be fine.

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Nope, it's not. Starts effect of abillity, is very usefull. Happens after manacost and cooldowns, unless the unit is stopped the same time (where triggers will work). So no, it wont be useless.

 

[Wazzz]

Lord of Sausage is right. Starts the effect of ability is possibly the best way to reference when a unit starts casting an ability. I use it all the time for triggered effects, and Lord of Sausage is really great with triggers, so you're in good hands in that regard XD.

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Lord of Sausage is right. Starts the effect of ability is possibly the best way to reference when a unit starts casting an ability. I use it all the time for triggered effects, and Lord of Sausage is really great with triggers, so you're in good hands in that regard XD.

Yay! first time someone says im good with triggers
have a rep for the nice comment

 

[I3obo]

Well, Lord of Sausage may be great with triggers, but he's not completely right.

If you use:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit starts the effect of an abillity

You won't be able to avoid the unit using mana to cast the spell.

In this case, Lord of Sausage, your spell has no mana cost, but when i
reread Shendoo2's question, I couldn't find a part where he talks about
goldcost instead of manacost (tell me, if I got something wrong).

So I think you should use:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit begins casting an ability
• Conditions
  • Ability Comparison - (Ability being cast) equal to [your ability]
• Actions
  • If All conditions are true then do (then actions) else do (else actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • Player - Current gold of (Owner of (triggering unit)) greater than or equal to [goldcost of your spell]
    • Then - Actions
      • Player - Add -[goldcost of your spell] to Player 1 (Red)'s Current gold
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit - Issue (Triggering Unit) to Stop
      • Game - Display to (Player group(Triggering Player)) the message Not enough gold for 30 seconds

Don't miss the " - " to negate the gold given to the owner of the casting unit.

~I3obo~

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Also does anyone know an ability that i could change that would do nothing to any unit, and it cost's gold?

Also, you are wrong. Mana cost and cooldowns are not applied, if you order the unit to stop imideatly (If you have a 0.01 wait, there should be no problem too, think).

and yes, i forgot to reduce gold

 

[Eleandor]

I'm told 'do nothing' leaks, and besides that's where you'd want whatever effects the spell should have.

Whoever told you that must have been smoking something.

"do nothing" actually does "something", namely putting a new function on the call-stack, but nothing that affects gameplay happens. Therefor, you shouldn't use do nothing because it slows down your computer without actually doing something. But it has nothing to do with leaks.

 

[I3obo]

Well, here's the trigger I tested it with.

• Events
  • Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Unit - Issue (Triggering Unit) to Stop

I tested all standard heroes, and every single spell applied manacost (but
not cooldown, what I never said).

And yes, there is a problem if you add a 0.01 wait.
The problem is that the hero just cast the spell normally, like he did
without the trigger.

Please guys, don't post such theories without testing them.

~I3obo~

 

[yunusowic]

Spell Book Closing
Events
Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Level of Spell Book) for (Triggering unit)) Greater than 0
Then - Actions
Unit - Remove Spellbook from (Triggering unit)
Unit - Add Spellbook to (Triggering unit)
Else - Actions

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Oh. Hmm, If it doesen't then i goot fix a few things in my map

Is there a function to get manacost from a spell? else, you need some variables.

 

[Jerrin]

Whoever told you that must have been smoking something.

"do nothing" actually does "something", namely putting a new function on the call-stack, but nothing that affects gameplay happens. Therefor, you shouldn't use do nothing because it slows down your computer without actually doing something. But it has nothing to do with leaks.

Thanks for clarifying it.. <3 clarifications.

 

[DeathWind]

Uhm guys

Why the hell did someone add

• Actions
• Game - Display to (Player group(Triggering Player)) the message Not enough gold for 30 seconds

How do you know that? It cannot be put into the trigger because it will never be right? How do you think the trigger know how much gold he has and at what rate he gets gold. Even if you adjusted that it would still always go straight to hell, you just cant do that! Otherwise nice scripts/triggers.

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Uhh. what do you mean? i think you only saw the very last part of the trigger.

 

[DeathWind]

I saw the whole thing, but I just can't understand why someone added that to the end? I won't say loud what I think of that part of the trigger. I told you that the trigger as a whole was nice, but that line aint. Don't you see it?

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

I dont see a reason why it aint nice? It just tells the player that he doesen't have enough gold to cast the spell, if he dont have (So you won't keep casting spell, without knowing why it won't work).

the "for 30 seconds" is not displayed, its a part of the trigger.

 

[DeathWind]

Isn't there "message" things around looked like WTF^^Sorry for the confusion, didn't notice

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

Nope, no wraps around, just blue text

Np

 

[Shendoo2]

I don't think you know what im talking about. Im trying to make it so you use a item to build a building and it adds a expire time.

 

[I3obo]

Well, uhm, Shendoo2?
Wrong thread?

~I3obo~