change owner and the change back?

[Grymlax]

this should be a really simple trigger but i'm new with the editor.

okey i'm doing a spell which changes the ownership of a unit for x seconds and then change it back. the problem i got is when i'm trying to change the unit back to the original owner, then nothing happends.

This is a simple version of my trigger:

Possession
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Possession
    Actions
        Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) and Retain color
        Wait 10.00 seconds
        Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)) and Retain color

it doesn't work either if i change the
Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)) and Retain color

to
Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Previous owner) and Retain color

or
Unit - Change ownership of (Ownership-changed unit) to (Previous owner) and Retain color

help would be apprieciated.

thx
//Grymlax

 

[Tinki3]

Use a player-type variable to initially store the owner of the target unit,
which you can then use later to refer back to:

Set TargOwner = (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast))
...
Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to TargOwner and Retain color

You might also want to store the target unit into a variable to prevent data-loss.

 

[xxyourdeadxx]

the Target Ability only works once in a trigger, unless it is targeted twice, i think.

 

[Grymlax]

ok thx

thx guys i will try that tomorrow right now it's 2.20 am in sweden

 

[Grymlax]

my trigger now looks like this

 possession
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an Ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to possession
    Actions
        Set PossessionP = (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast))
        Set possessionU = (Target unit of ability being cast)
        Unit - Change ownership of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) and Retain color
        Wait 10.00 seconds
        Unit - Change ownership of possessionU to PossessionP and Retain color

is this enough or do i need to reset the variables somehow after the spell is finished??