Units with 3 way transformation

[Khersi]

Im pretty new to this whole map making thing, so cut me some slack

im trying to make a death knight unit, that changes from unholy, blood, and ice, but all my attempts at it have failed miserably. I really have no idea where to start. I tried using bear form as the starting skill and did: normal form unit: blood / alternate form unit: ice, normal form unit: ice / alternate form unit: unholy, normal form unit: unholy / alternate form blood. (Of course, these were on 3 custom remakes of the skill) I assigned the skills accordingly to each of the 3 custom units. But i try to test it, and when i click the skill, it just causes a button cluster. I have to click the skill 3 times before it changes into the next form. I was hoping i could get some advice maybe ways to fix this. Maybe using bear form was coming at it at the wrong angle.

Thanks a ton
-khersi

(Sorry, this whole post seems like a giant ramble, running on a few hours of sleep)

 

[Jsprat100]

I reckon make a trigger:


Unit begins casting an ability

Conditions
Ability being cast equal to Frost Form

Actions
Remove Blood form from triggering unit
Remove Unholy form from triggering unit
Add Normal form to triggering unit
Add Frost skill 1 to triggering unit

ETC

That might work better - the player would have to turn back into normal form to go into another form though.

 

[Khersi]

ill try that, but i was really hoping just to be able to cycle through the forms

all other advice is greatly appreciated

 

[terradont]

Have you based all the forms on Bear form? That won't work.
Warcraft cannot handle several abilities on the same unit with the same ability ID.
You'll have to use other abilities, such as: Crow form, Metamorphosis & Robo-goblin.

 

[Khersi]

ahhhh thats a good point, going to try that right now