[Spell] Spellbook (Destroyer Form)

[Plasm Spasm]

I made this hero that carries a spell book. In the command panel the player can choose which chapter he wants to go to (Destruction Chapter, Healing Chapter, Back to Index and so on), the hero transforms into a different unit and more spells are available in the panel.

I used Destroyer Form for this.

The problem is that I'm unable to use multiple Destroyer Form abilities.

Well let me give an example:

I have abilities "Chapter 1" and "Chapter 2" in the same command panel. I press Chapter 1 and it works fine, the hero transforms into unit 1.

So Chapter 2 should transform the hero into unit 2

But if I press Chapter 2, Chapter 1 is activated instead and the hero transforms into unit 1.

I'm not entirely sure why it does that.

 

[Veritas 117]

Make sure you are not using the same base spell for chapter 1 and chapter 2. You will have to make them dummy spells and trigger the transformation

 

[KILLCIDE]

In addition to what Veritas said, it has to do with the Text - Order String data field in the object editor. If a unit/hero has more than one ability with the same Order String, things will get janky.

 

[Wwallace_]

Ooh, i've read it wrong also.

Mind that you cant have a unit morphing into x and y
and y morph into x or vice versa
you would need to back to the base unit, then morph to those

 

[Xonok]

There's actually a very handy way that you can give unit a unlimited morphs. Make a dummy ability based on whatever you want(I'd use channel) and then use this technique for the actual morph.

 

[Wietlol]

As stated here before, you can use one dummy unit (can also be the base unit) and you can switch to the base unit and then to an alternative unit to save a lot of abilities.

Because lets say you have your base unit and 5 different forms, you would need "Number of different unit types * number of different unit types" (5 * 5) abilities. (25 in total.)
When using the base unit, you only need "Number of different unit types * 2" (5 * 2) which can save numberless abilities exponentially.

Also... "Hero Passive Transformation", can someone rename that?
1, It also works on non-heroes and it works between heroes and non-heroes as well.
2, It is not necessarily "Passive".
Instant Unit Transformation would fit better imo.
But ofcourse I come 5,5 years too late with that