[Solved] Turn on the ability to auto attack with Ability for defined time

[DieBieneFranz]

[Solved] Attack interval is buggy to triggeror something. I solved the problem with this (see Attached File).

Original message:

Hey, I want to make a spell that a specific hero CAN auto attack. So by default he should not be able to attack.By pressing the ability (instant selfcast) he should attack very fast for 4 seconds, then stops again.

So far my way to achieve this was like this:
I set the attack cooldown of the hero unit to a very high level so he wont attack. Then by clicking the ability I set the "Unit - Set Attack Interval" to a desired attack speed level via triggers.

It works pretty fine, but I don't know how to stop this trigger, or how to set it back to highvalues. The "wait" action doesn't seem to work, but I guess I don't understand the system.

I am completely new to modding so please explain this like you would to a toddler.

Btw, you guys here do awesome work, I didn't know how big the modding community was. Its crazy what you have achieved here!

 

[Deserted]

Set attack interval for (Triggering unit) to low value
Wait x seconds
Set attack interval for (Triggering unit) to high value

This should work if every unit on the map can be affected by only one instance of this trigger at any moment of time.

 

[DieBieneFranz]

I tried this already but it didn't work. It sets the attack interval low, but not high after the wait time

 

[Deserted]

Hm, for me it works just fine. The only problem I've encountered is Blizzard changing weapon indexing for this function.
So instead of

• Unit - Set Attack Interval of (Triggering unit) to 0.20 for weapon index: 1
• Unit - Set Attack Interval of (Triggering unit) to 0.20 for weapon index: 2

one should use

• Unit - Set Attack Interval of (Triggering unit) to 0.20 for weapon index: 0
• Unit - Set Attack Interval of (Triggering unit) to 0.20 for weapon index: 1

But zero isn't permited as a parameter in GUI.
Soulution would be:

• Custom script: call BlzSetUnitAttackCooldown( GetTriggerUnit(), 0.20, 0 ) // for (Casting unit)
• Custom script: call BlzSetUnitAttackCooldown( GetSpellTargetUnit(), 0.20, 0 ) // for (Target unit of ability being cast)

 

[Uncle]

Another solution if you want to "Disarm" a unit is to add the Cargo Hold (Orc Burrow) ability to the unit. While a unit has this ability it cannot attack. Simply remove the ability when you wish to enable the attack again.