UnitRemoveAbility returning false

[Kakerate]

Hi, I'm having trouble removing an ability from a unit. Can someone describe circumstances in which an alive unit cannot have an ability removed? Thanks.

 

[Cheshire]

want to show your triggers?

 

[Pwnica]

Use a real..

Unit dies (which unit)
Set realAlive(unit[1]) = 1.00

and then event
real realAlive(unit[1]) equal to 1.00

Remove ability’s then....

 

[Kakerate]

psuedo-code;
if abilityStacks == 0 then
if not(UnitRemoveAbility(u,id)) then
call echo("Can't remove ability?")
endif
endif

@Pwnica, the unit is alive and the ability won't be removed.

 

[Pwnica]

psuedo-code;
if abilityStacks == 0 then
if not(UnitRemoveAbility(u,id)) then
call echo("Can't remove ability?")
endif
endif

@Pwnica, the unit is alive and the ability won't be removed.

i don’t get your Problem...
So you want to remove a ability of a unit?
While the unit is alive?

 

[Uncle]

What ability are you trying to remove?

Also, why even bother having this:

if not(UnitRemoveAbility(u,id)) then
call echo("Can't remove ability?")
endif

When you can just remove it the normal way:

call UnitRemoveAbility(u,id)

Trying to remove an ability that doesn't exist won't cause any issues as far as I know.

You can also check the Level of the ability. If it's 0 then the unit doesn't have the ability.

if (GetUnitAbilityLevel(u,id) != 0 then
call UnitRemoveAbility(u,id)
else
call echo
endif

And are you positive that it's even running in the first place? Is abilityStacks reaching 0?

 

[Kakerate]

Im calling it as a condition to see what the function returns, and the echo displaying ingame demonstrating that the code DOES indeed run. The ability is a copy of tornado slow debuff iirc, the base ID= 'Aasl'. There is another instance in my map of a buff that *should* get removed but doesn't. I will have to double check on that one. I'll add code to see when the ability is added to see if thats the issue.

edit: Unless there is some other bit of code referencing this ability ID and adding the ability on a loop (which I 99% positive isn't the case), this ability is really just sticky to the unit. It's only added once in the bit I wrote to add the abil.

 

[DracoL1ch]

all I know if you get 'false' means there are no ability on the unit

 

[Kakerate]

all I know if you get 'false' means there are no ability on the unit

Interesting. I know you wrote a blog post about bugged IDs, Could you link that?

Anyways, I found the problem was a duplicate buff I had that I was incorrectly referencing when trying to debug the problem. Thanks guys!