The Channel Ability... {won't show up on a unit's ability buttons}

[Element of Water]

Hi all,

Usually, when I'm making JASS-enhanced spells, I find it really hard to find a good ability to base my spell off. I figured a good ability to use every time would be Channel, since it has so many options. One problem - I can't get the ability to show up. I've checked Options >> Visible BTW, so that's not my problem.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks,

 

[I3obo]

What do you mean by "it doesn't show up"?
Doesn't it show up as an icon on the unit?
Did you add the ability in the object editor to a unit or
did you add it via functions?

I have to know that, to help you!

~I3obo~

 

[Vegavak]

Disable Other Abilities - False.

 

[Element of Water]

What do you mean by "it doesn't show up"?
Doesn't it show up as an icon on the unit?
Did you add the ability in the object editor to a unit or
did you add it via functions?

I have to know that, to help you!

~I3obo~

It doesn't show up on the unit. I added it via the object editor, not triggers.

Disable Other Abilities - False.

Have done that, but why should it have anything to do with whether Channel shows up?

 

[Eleandor]

Try another base order id...

Does the icon not show up or rather the targeting image of the spell?
Are you sure you haven't disabled the ability in a trigger?
Are you sure the raw data id is unique?

 

[Element of Water]

The icon doesn't show up. And I'm trying to make a custom attack system atm so I changed the base order id to "attack".

 

[Eleandor]

That might be the problem. Change it into something else.

 

[Element of Water]

My unit doesn't have an attack anyway so I don't see why that would be a problem, but changing it now anyway...

EDIT:
Lulz it turned out I hadn't added the ability to the unit - I thought I had. Sorry for wasting your time... +rep anyway for trying to help.

 

[KepTiN]

I have the same problem but I did add it to the unit, under Abilities - Normal Doesn't show up. Didn't change any of the channel data other than Hero Ability = False (doesn't work if its True either). I'm not disabling the spell in my triggers and it has a unique base order ID. The icon doesn't show up on the unit. =/

 

[Eleandor]

Make sure channel is "visible" (data - properties or something like that)

 

[KepTiN]

Make sure channel is "visible" (data - properties or something like that)

Thank you thank you; Didn't really know what that field was for. +rep

 

[Element of Water]

Necromancers...

 

[Jirinal]

Aslong as people solved their problems its a good thing.

 

[Lord_of_sausage]

I purge you with holy water, undead scum!

Oh wait, i just necroed the post... aargh, the death is taking over me... aaargh... i have become my own enemy! AAaaaaaaaaarrrghhhhh *Dramatic death and turning into a necromancer*.

SOrry, had to

 

[Element of Water]

@ Jirinal
I guess

@ Lord_of_Sausage
Your message under your name says it all...

 

[Eleandor]

I wonder which is worse... The necropost that was still on-topic or the fact half of this thread is about necrowhining.

 

[Element of Water]

And so Eleandor continues the Necrowhining. Just leave this post dead already!

 

[D!ma]

Need some help, made a custom ability based on runed braces that do 33% reduction to spells. Made it into a hero ability and disabled it as item ability, given it to hero, i can see it in research, cannot see it once i select it on his hotbar. My goal is to give a hero a passive ability w specific spell reduction percentage. Resistant skin doesn’t have a slider. (No triggers)

Normally what id do if it was a building is make two abilities: one the ability that is invincible and another an icon. Idk how to go ab it in hero ability select doe. Unless there is another ability that has spell reduction toggle?

 

[Duckfarter]

Need some help, made a custom ability based on runed braces that do 33% reduction to spells. Made it into a hero ability and disabled it as item ability, given it to hero, i can see it in research, cannot see it once i select it on his hotbar. My goal is to give a hero a passive ability w specific spell reduction percentage. Resistant skin doesn’t have a slider. (No triggers)

Some item abilities dont show any icon in the hotbar. Its simple to make a dummy ability to show an icon in the hotbar and add the real ability with triggers. Item icons can be restored with engineering upgrade but its a bit more convoluted so its seldom used if ever. On the other hand the ability Elunes Grace has a magic resistance option that stacks with regular magic resistance. Normal magic resistance does not stack, neither does Elunes Grace but they stack together.