Help with abilities... please

[Nethrezim]

Ok so I just registered, hi everyone and get ready to read some
I am making a new 1v1 map where you choose a hero, level him, buy items, etc etc, sort of DotA but 1vs1.
I created a hero named Katar Powerlinger, he is a Brutish Warrior and is using STR-INT. He is based on Grom Hellscream (Possessed) but I want to change all his abilities.
All abilities except the fourth have 4 levels.

The first ability is Prayer of Warriors which gives him bonus damage and armor. I used the roar buff to create the ability.

The second ability is Brutish Slash which deals an amount of damage on the target and I used the Death Coil ability as base. I removed the range and blah blah so it's like a melee attack.

Now the third ability is causing me problems. It's called Bear's Vigor and it's supposed to be passive and it should give you extra hit points.
-As base I tried to use IDon'tKnowWho's Amulet's ability to give extra 300 HP. I modified it and made it a hero ability, I made it have 4 levels, etc, but when I learn it the icon does not appear in the hero menu where you cast abilities or where you order Stop or Attack,etc.
-I tried to use the Avatar ability aswell. But no use because I can't get rid of the "growth" effect or the Avatar time bar replacing the hero Experience bar...

And finaly the fourth ability is called Brutish Raw Power. This is simmilar to Prayer of Warriors but I want it to give extra strength, lots of it. I tried to base the ability on something called Item Hero Stat Bonus (Strength+6) but I get the same issue with the Bear's Vigor power based on IDon'tKnowWho's Amulet's ability (no icon in the hero menu).

Please help me with the second and third abilities, thanks in advance!

PS: No I don't know JASS, but if that's the solution then I'll find some time and learn it...

 

[MoonSlinger]

From what I know, some Item Abilities do not create icons for the hero.

I am not sure whats the best method, but I would just make a "dummy ability".
When the hero learns the "dummy ability" set the level of "item ability" equals to that of the dummy ability.

Simply put, you pair the abilities you have with another ability (with no effects or buffs), so that your hero can use it to show an icon and information, using triggers to set both abilities to the same level.

 

[Nethrezim]

I don't understand very well. Could you show me an example please?

 

[Magazette2]

make a trigger where when the unit learns the ability, he leanrs another ability thats a unit one. Make it off a passive one, change icon and tooltips and make it do nothing. Also known as a dummy ability

 

[Ivach]

Or for an easier way, you could just trigger it based on the a unit learns a skill event, checking if the ability is Bear's Vigor or whether it has the Bear's Vigor buff. Then just set learning hero's property (max life) to its max life + (your value).

 

[Siretu]

Im pretty sure you can make the spell have an icon anyways. Otherwise for the strength skill, why dont you use a modified attribute bonus?

 

[Nethrezim]

Or for an easier way, you could just trigger it based on the a unit learns a skill event, checking if the ability is Bear's Vigor or whether it has the Bear's Vigor buff. Then just set learning hero's property (max life) to its max life + (your value).
make a trigger where when the unit learns the ability, he leanrs another ability thats a unit one. Make it off a passive one, change icon and tooltips and make it do nothing. Also known as a dummy ability

Ok, thanks, I'll try using these methods and see which is better and faster.

Im pretty sure you can make the spell have an icon anyways. Otherwise for the strength skill, why dont you use a modified attribute bonus?

Good idea... didn't think about it, lol, thanks!

 

[Nethrezim]

First off... sorry for double posting.
How do I trigger a check for the level of the skill/ability learned? For example I want it to add 60 HP at level 1, 100 at 2, 130 at 3 and 170 HP at level 4...

 

[Carl-Fredrik]

Ok, I was too lazy to read all, but if you had problems with that last ability called "Brutish Raw Power", then I think you should base it on "Attribe Bonus". Just delete the ability and intelligence bonus and change icon for it.
The ability is under Object Editor > Abilities > Neutral Hostile > Heroes...
It worked for me in another map so if the item ability bugs then use attribe bonus

// Carl-Fredrik

 

[BornANoob[MR]]

First off... sorry for double posting.
How do I trigger a check for the level of the skill/ability learned? For example I want it to add 60 HP at level 1, 100 at 2, 130 at 3 and 170 HP at level 4...

Maybe something like this:

Test
    Events
        Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Learns a skill
    Conditions
        ((Learned Hero Skill) Equal to YourSkill) and ((Level of YourSkill for (Triggering unit)) Equal to 1)
    Actions
<Whatever you want to do here>

 

[Nethrezim]

Ok, I was too lazy to read all, but if you had problems with that last ability called "Brutish Raw Power", then I think you should base it on "Attribe Bonus". Just delete the ability and intelligence bonus and change icon for it.
The ability is under Object Editor > Abilities > Neutral Hostile > Heroes...
It worked for me in another map so if the item ability bugs then use attribe bonus

// Carl-Fredrik

Yeah Siretu already posted that, thanks anyway.

@bornanoob - Hmmm, I didn't see that condition... silly me, thanks a lot!

EDIT: I can't find the Level of condition...

 

[BornANoob[MR]]

It's Integer comparison, click on the Area check and change it to Unit - Level of ability.

 

[Nethrezim]

Thank you... again

EDIT: Now the only problem left is making the action add +60 HP. I can only set this action up:
Unit - Set life of Katar Powerlinger 0004 <gen> to (Max life of Katar Powerlinger 0004 <gen>)
I can't add +60 at the end....

 

[Builder Bob]

You can use the function Arithmetic in place of (Max life of Katar Powerlinger 0004 <gen>) to add two values together. You can also use Triggering unit instead of Katar Powerlinger 0004 <gen>, since he is the unit triggering the event.

Like this

Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to ((Life of (Triggering unit)) + 60.00)

 

[Nethrezim]

Thanks, but it doesn't work. Anything I try doesn't work. I can't increase his maximum life...

 

[Builder Bob]

You're right. What I said only affects the unit's current health, not max. My bad.

Maybe try basing an ability on Item Life Bonus, and give it 3 levels with the respective life gains.

Then you can use a trigger like this

Events
        Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Learns a skill
    Conditions
        ((Learned Hero Skill) Equal to YourSkill) and ((Level of YourSkill for (Triggering unit)) Equal to 1)
    Actions
    Unit - Add Item Life Bonus (Greater) to (Triggering unit)
    Unit - Set level of Item Life Bonus (Greater) for (Triggering unit) to 1

I don't work with heroes at all, so maybe it have to be modified a bit.

Hope you figure it out

 

[Nethrezim]

IT WORKS!
Thank you, thank you all!
Lol, who would have thought increasing a hero's life is so difficult...

Thanks again!