String activated Spells.

[sylvannis mb]

Ok people,
my top secret game i'm making uses typed commands to cast spells, using triggers, but i want to know if there is a way for them to type a spell name, and the trigger will recognies the spell name, and use that spell. I have tried saving the string as a variable, but i cant find a way to find the corresponding spell from there.
I could do this the long way by inputing
Player 1(red) says "spell name"
Event:
Spell occurs
bla bla
but i plan to be making probably over 100 spells, and the time that would take me to set the triggers for all of them is dautning.
any help would be appreciated. Thx

 

[cleeezzz]

you could do it with wc3 order strings, but you'll be limited to melee spells.

such as...

the player would have to type -carrionswarm

and

call IssuePointOrder(u,substring)

 

[sylvannis mb]

hmmm... ok
Ill show you my code so far, working the slow way:

Name Here
Events
Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing Name Here as An exact match
Conditions
Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by (Triggering player)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set redselect1 = (Picked unit)
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units owned by (Triggering player)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Add Spell here to (Picked unit)
Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Neutral - Firebolt ---- This is the meelee spell the custom one is based one ---- redselect1
Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 10.00) ---- ignore that last line, just my game ----
Unit - Remove Spell here from (Picked unit)

ok so what ive done so far is when the spell is typed, the players hero gains the spell, casts it and then loses the spell again, but i was wanting to know if i can have them type the name of my custom spell, and have that identify as firebolt or the meelee spell, and then still cast my custom spell.

thx for the fast reply

 

[cleeezzz]

your way is the only way to do it, either a trigger per spell or you can make it cleaner by making an array

Spell[1] = Firebolt (Neutral)
SpellName[1] = "Firebolt"

there is no way for Wc3 to convert chat messages into an ability unless you use the method i stated earlier which is ONLY using melee abilities

 

[sylvannis mb]

ok, thx

also im trying to make a spell, where i use spirit link, but i want all the damage from the units linked to go to one unit.
is there any way to do this?

 

[cleeezzz]

yes its possible although making it MUI may be difficult in GUI

i do not think you can do it with just object editor modifications however, you will need to fully trigger the spell. If you search this forum, there should be a GUI chain lightning system made by Flare.

you may be able to use the system to your advantage

 

[sylvannis mb]

ok well i know your desperate to see how i did it

here we go :

• name
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing name as An exact match
    • Player - Player 2 (Blue) types a chat message containing name as An exact match
    • Player - Player 3 (Teal) types a chat message containing name as An exact match
    • Player - Player 4 (Purple) types a chat message containing name as An exact match
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by (Triggering player)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set redselect1 = (Picked unit)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units owned by (Triggering player)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 50.00)
        • Unit - Add Shield to (Picked unit)
        • Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Orc Spirit Walker - Spirit Link redselect1

second trigger

• name red
  • Events
    • Game - GDD_Event becomes Equal to 0.00
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) has buff Redlink ) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • Set redlink = GDD_Damage
    • Set redlink1 = ((Life of (Attacked unit)) + GDD_Damage)
    • Unit - Set life of (Attacked unit) to redlink1
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units owned by Player 1 (Red)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - ((redlink / 10.00) + 1.00))

ok so now im working on making it so this shield only blocks one dmg type.

this is fundamental for my game so any help would be appreciated dearly

btw thx for the help cleeez