what spell to use as a base

[karland90]

what spell to use as a base and how to achieve my desired results:
im making professions in my map. and one of them is skinning. actually there are 2 totally similar things: skinning and beheading.

it should work like this: a player unit (MPI) targets a dead enemy unit, if the conditions are met, then the unit will channel (with some looping sound added) until done. then the unit will gain an item specific to the targeted unit type. each unit can be targeted only once by each of these 2 spells.

since i cant make an ability to directly target a dead unit, i dont know what alternatives to use: something like cannibalize? or like raise dead? but i'd prefer the corpse not removed.

(btw if anyone is interested i could use the help of a good Gui scripter)

 

[krisserz]

You can simply use a channel with target point and then via triggers check if there is any dead unit in range of 100 (can be other) from targeted point. Then your actions.

 

[karland90]

so in basically i would select the target with a blizzard like ability (aoe)?
this has the disadvantage of not being able to select the right one, when theres corpses in a pile D)

 

[Pharaoh_]

No, channel ability doesn't have the AoE pattern circle that Blizzard has. You need to make a condition that picks every unit within a small radius of the target point and, if the picked unit is dead, do your actions:

• Tgr
• Events
  • Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to x
• Actions
  • Set Point1 = (Target point of ability being cast)
  • Set TempGroup = (Units within 128.00 of Point1 matching ((Matching unit) is dead Equal to True)
  • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • (Number of units in TempGroup) Not Equal to 0
    • Then - Actions
      • Unit - Add (Triggering unit) to (UnitGroup)
      • Trigger - Turn on RTG2 <gen>
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Stop
      • Game - Display to (Player Group(Owner of (Triggering unit))) the message "There are no corpses nearby."
  • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point1)
  • Custom script: call DestroyGroup (udg_TempGroup)

• RTG2
• Events
  • Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game-time
• Conditions
• Actions
  • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)
    • If - Conditions
      • (UnitGroup is empty) Equal to True
    • Then - Actions
      • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
    • Else - Actions
      • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (UnitGroup) and do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • //Actions here

 

[krisserz]

I made a test map for you. Ofcaurse you should edit it more like checking if the target is not a human unit (lol)