Spell help...

[Happy]

hey guys...

i really have a problem with a spell i wanna make...

the spell shall work like this :
when started a little water ball lvl 1 appears in front of the hero. after 5 seconds of channeling it shall be replaced with a water ball lvl 2. again after 5 seconds the water ball lvl 2 shall be replaced with a water ball lvl 3....and so on up to lvl 7. the problem i have is i cant figure out how to make it if the hero is channeling the ball is replaced with another if the certain time is reached.

so the ball lvl 1 is created like it should but its not replaced. i set casting time to 30 seconds and the hero casts but after 5 seconds nothing happens...could you tell me which actions i have to use and how to set it that after 5 seconds the ball is replaced with the next lvl ball. and for sure what time i have to change to make the hero "channel".^^

thanks in advance

greetz happy

 

[madd_999]

what spell do you use to base it off? and what triggers do you already have for your spell??

I would say, at the moment he starts casting,
create the ball of water using

• Unit - Create ...

then get a timer running that resets every 5 seconds, and every time your hero is still casting the spell, let it replace the water ball..

 

[Happy]

my problem is NOT how to create units or setting timers....
im not that stupid...

my problem is setting the start of the spell casting (with cast time) then checking every 5 seconds whether the hero is still casting and checking whether the hero stops casting before casting time ends.

 

[madd_999]

aah oke, then I misread your first post.

give your caster a buff when he starts channelling, and remove it when he stops.

• start casting
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins channeling an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Create water ball
  • Actions
    • Set water_caster = (Casting unit)
    • Unit - Create water ball(level1) for (Owner of (Casting unit)) at (Position of (Casting unit)) facing (Position of (Casting unit))
    • Set water_ball = (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Create 1 Dummy unit for (Owner of (Casting unit)) at (Position of (Casting unit)) facing (Position of (Casting unit))
    • Unit - Add channel buff placer to (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Undead Lich - Frost Armor (Casting unit)
    • Unit - Add a 3.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)

• create ball
  • Events
    • Time - Every 5.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
    • (water_caster has buff channeling) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Unit-type of water_ball) Equal to water ball(level1)
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Replace water_ball with a water ball(level2) using The new unit's max life and mana
        • Set water_ball = (Last replaced unit)
      • Else - Actions

• stops casting
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Stops casting an ability
    • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) has buff channeling) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • Unit - Remove channeling buff from (Triggering unit)