Storing Hero Skills and random use of it

[kdh.]

Hi guys im trying to find a way to store my hero skills im not sure how do i do it but my guess is

• Set HEROSKILLS = (Learned Hero Skill)

after i store the skills, the idea of my spell is to cast a random skill stored that my hero has ( it has 4 skills ) and cast it on enemy when he has been hit..
my problem is i have no idea how to pick my skills on random after i stored it

my guess is that it is not possible, the only way i thought it is pre set the skills that my hero has on variables then random pick it for use

thanks guys !

 

[defskull]

So you have only 1 dummy spell at your unit that act as a trigger to initiate at random, 4 of those saved spells ?

So I assume all 4 spells has same target-mechanism ?

If Target-unit, all must be Target-unit.
If Point-target, all must be Point-target.
If Instant-target, all must be Instant-target.

Is it ?

 

[kdh.]

Yes, all 4 skills have the same mechanics(area) and 3 levels .Yes, i have a dummy that will cast a random skill that was saved. but how do save the exatly level of my hero skill and use it later?
Example:
my hero has
Ice lvl 1
Fire lvl 3
thunder lvl 2

he randomly cast ice(lvl1) or fire(lvl3) or thunder(lvl2)

 

[Arisato]

Make an integer when the hero learned it,

A hero learned skill

OR-
Learned ability Ice
leared ability fire
Learned ability thunder

ACtion

If learned ability equal to ice
then
set ice[player number of owner of (triggering unit)] = ice[player number of owner of (triggering unit)] + 1
else
If learned ability equal to fire
then
set fire[player number of owner of (triggering unit)] = fire[player number of owner of (triggering unit)] + 1
else
If learned ability equal to thunder
then
set thunder[player number of owner of (triggering unit)] = thunder[player number of owner of (triggering unit)] + 1

to make the ability cast the spell when attacked you should make atrigger that checks whether he is attacked, then create a dummy to cast the spell to the position of the attacked unit.

 

[defskull]

Wait, when your Hero learns a spell, where does it go ?
You said the unit only has 1 dummy spell at the unit, nothing else.

And how does your Hero learns a skill ?
By default Warcraft III method ? (you know, press red marks and click the spell you want to learn/level up)

If by doing that method, your spell should have appear on the UI of that unit.

 

[Arisato]

Use "Spellbook" to hide the skill and when the hero is attacked make a trigger to cmmand it to cast the spell, i tried it, an active skill in a spellbook, and it's hidden within a spellbook, we can't manually cast it, but it can be cast using triggers, even if it's hidden.

if that's what you meant defskull, i don't really know the point though :/

 

[defskull]

Use "Spellbook" to hide the skill and when the hero is attacked make a trigger to cmmand it to cast the spell, i tried it, an active skill in a spellbook, and it's hidden within a spellbook, we can't manually cast it, but it can be cast using triggers, even if it's hidden.

if that's what you meant defskull, i don't really know the point though :/

Does not answer my question at all.

What I meant was, okay let's say you have a dummy spell that will randomly cast one of 4 from your spell.

So, at your unit, there can be only 1 spell (which is the dummy) is used to cast at random one from those 4 spells.

Okay, you said that these 4 spells have levels, do they ?
If they have levels, certainly they can be learned, right ?

I just want to know how/what method did you use to let the unit learn/level up those spells.

If you use the default method (learn/level up via red mark over at the UI of a unit), the spell would appear on the UI of that unit, therefore the unit has 2 spells now (where it should have only 1 (dummy spell)).

 

[Arisato]

Oh, then wait for him to answer.