[General] Ward having an aura

[Bond009]

So i would like to put a Aura on ward but doesn't seem to work.

Is there something in the editor i can do to make it so wards can have auras? if not what would be the best way to do it via triggers. Have a dummy unit spawned where it is with the aura? but then i need to track if the ward dies before its timed life etc. and keep track of what dummy unit goes along with which ward..

 

[Pyrogasm]

I don't see why this should be, but best guess is it's because the Ward unit has the 'ward' classification which removes the command card. You could try removing that classification from the ward unit and disabling its movement in some other way.

 

[Zepher]

Exactly, have a regular unit that cannot move and give it the aura

 

[Bond009]

but it still needs to act as an aura and be targeted as one and dispellable etc.. would that still work in that case?

 

[Ghan_04]

An alternative might be to use a dummy unit created and destroyed at the same time as the ward. This unit would provide the aura instead.

 

[Bond009]

yeah i think thats what i may have to do.. whats the best way to remove the dummy unit if the ward is killed early? do a unitgroup within 50 range of point matching dummy unit and then remove? Any better way? there is probably over 100 wards used in an average game, and they often die before their time expires.

Edit:
Ok I just made a peasant be targeted as a ward and have the ward and summoned classification and it more or less acts just like a ward. Also it can have an aura and it will show up on other units. What is different about the actual ward unit that makes this not possible? there must be something different in the object data of the ward unit not letting auras work on it..?
Nevermind, i made the peasant spawn from the ward item and its because the unit is invisible that it wont put out the ward aura..pretty obvious..lol - Any easy way around that?

 

[Death Adder]

Nevermind, i made the peasant spawn from the ward item and its because the unit is invisible that it wont put out the ward aura..pretty obvious..lol - Any easy way around that?

You can change in "gameplay constants" so that invisibile units still provide auras (Gameplay - Invisible Units Bestow Auras: True/False), or alternatively if you don't want the ward to be invisible, just use another ward ability as the base? Like healing ward or serpent ward.

I think you could even use just any regular summon ability like summon water elemental/quillboar/hawk/bear/etc.?

 

[Razorclaw_X]

Nevermind, i made the peasant spawn from the ward item and its because the unit is invisible that it wont put out the ward aura..pretty obvious..lol - Any easy way around that?

Don't use Sentry Ward as your base spell since that always makes the summoned unit invisible.

 

[Bond009]

Well issues are i still need the ward to be inviz, also dont want other units such as heros to be able to give off auras while inviz, so cant change it in the gameplay constants either. probably going to have to use a fake unit with code for it i guess then?

 

[Jahjahbinks]

Having similar problem.
Auras work on wards (at least on a healing ward) but the icons do not show. Removing "ward" shows the aura icons on the unit. Either way the aura art does not show. Why exactly is this?
e: maybe has to do with certain models like the flags and wards not having attachment points for aura gfx?

 

[Uncle]

Use a unit indexer and simply link the Ward and Dummy unit together.

Cast trigger would be something like this:
Create 1 Ward at target point of ability being cast
Set cv = custom value of last created unit
Set YourSpellWard[cv] = last created unit
Create 1 Dummy Unit Ward at target point of ability being cast
Set YourSpellDummy[cv] = last created unit

Then when a unit dies:
If triggering unit type = YourWard
Set cv = custom value of triggering unit
Remove YourSpellDummy[cv] from the game

Obviously cleaning up the leaks and what not

 

[Jahjahbinks]

Thanks Uncle Charls