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    Making a Cone Damage spell that also slows.

    Hey i just had a question on making an ability like (Shockwave, Carrion Swarm, Breathe of Fire, or Crushing Wave, etc.) that also slows? By slows i mean that if a unit is damage by this ability he the unit will have it's movement speed and attack speed reduced for a few seconds. I'm pretty sure...
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    How to issue an order targeting a a unit based on "item illsuions"

    Hi im having some trouble creating an ultimate skill for my hero called Ether Nova. Basically its channeling spell and every 3 seconds the caster creates a copy of a random unit in the area of effect but my problem is when i look for the trigger that would order my dummy caster to cast my...
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    How do you make a unit play an animation when..

    If i make an ability with a casting time, how do i make the unit play a specfic animation when they begin casting the spell? thanks!
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    Chaning the distance a gold mine can be placed to a return center?

    Im looking for a way to change the distance that is required to build a gold mine from a structure that can return gold. Because if you've ever played ladder you know you cant build a town hall to close to a gold mine, it needs to be further away. And in my map kobolds are mining "gold" in...
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    Whats the differance between theese events?

    What is the difference between: -Begins channeling an ability. -Begins casting an ability. -Stops casting an ability. -Stars the effects of an ability. -Finishes casting an ability. if i missed any please let me know. Thanks ;]
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    How does DotA make chanelling spells, not channeled?

    Hey, I was wondering how to make some spells that require channelling, not require channeling. Like tinker's march of the machines, which is like stampede? And i'm pretty sure there are more. i just cant think of them right now. thanks
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    Using TRIGGERS to deal damage

    This is my trigger: Untitled Trigger 001 Events Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability Conditions (Ability being cast) Equal to Frost Armor (Autocast) Actions Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius...
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    How can I use a trigger to check if a unit has a buff, and then remove an ability?

    Im making a trigger, for my gnome sniper hero. Where when he uses it he gets bonus range, and bonus attack damage. I based it off 'roar' but gave it no bonus damage, or anything. Then, I made a Custom upgrade to give him bonus range. And, abilities based of item abilities for the attack...
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    What does the 'gem' button do?

    This might be a dumb question, sorry. But i tried searching and didn't find anything. Anyways, here it is: What does the gem button do in the very button right or the world editor page do? When you click on it says 'Gem Activated', and if you click on it again it says 'Gem Deactivated'...
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    Help with an "Enchant Totem" Roar ability!

    I'm having problems with an ability like "Enchant totem" from DotA. If you don't know, what this ability does is gives the caster plus a percentage to his damage on his next attack(50/100/150/200%). The ability lasts 14 seconds, or goes away after one attack. So basically its roar, with 0...
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    is there an easy way to do this?

    is there a normal ability that could do this: make a melle hero have a ranged attack for x seconds. like maybe war club, but not have to pick up a tree. or the chaos upgrade. or chemical rage? or something else? i wouldnt mind a simple trigger, but can you do this without one? thanks! :]
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    Is this possible?!.

    Hello! =] I was just wondering if there's a way to do this. You know how the Huntress's Sentinel, and Mortar Team's Flare can both only be used once? Well is there a way to do that to a heroes skill? Like the skill can only be used x number of times? thanks
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    Blight Conditions.

    Is there a condition that uses blight? like if a unit is on blight do this else, do that
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    Help with a trigger.

    This is pretty simple, but i don't know what to do. This is what i want my spell to do. Level 1- +10% mana regen +4 damage. Level 2- +20% mana regen +8 damage Level 3- +30% mana regen +12 damage Level 4- +40% mana regen +16 damage And this unit is for my blood mage hero, so i wanted him to...
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    Changin colors and other player properties

    How do you make it so in the game you cant change your race or player color. And how do you change a computers name from Computer(Normal) to whatever you want it! thanks. =]
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    Devour

    I made a custom Devour for a hero, and it's not working! :( When I click on an enemy unit nothing happens, my hero won't devour it. But if i click on my own unit it will say can't target friendly units? Whats up?
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    Custom Buffs

    I was playing a round with a map I was making, when I made an ability based off Bash. The ability was supposed to give the hero a % chance to entangle the unit, the unit could still attack, and cast spells, but not move. Well, I didn't know how to do that, so instead I copy and pasted the...
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    I'm a having a color coding problem

    I read the color code tutorial and thought it was really cool! I figured out of all the basics of color coding words on the WorldEdit. I downloaded a program from www.wc3sear.ch , and it works fine for solid colors. Than I tried to using the blending feature, witch is where I encountered a...
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    Why would this error happen? I lost *all* my maps.

    Yestrday I finished making the terrian to an X-hero siege map. Today I went to e-mail it, and I coulded find it anywhere. Than, I looked and all my maps where gone, except online games(like DotA, footmen freenzy, etc.) I even lost my ladder maps, and I can't play the B.net ladder games. Why didd...
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    How can I edit the range that a unit will travel to help a frinedly unit?

    I'm having a problem with a single-player RPG I'm making. I put zombies in sets of 2-3 together, hoping that you would only have to attack one set at a time. However, when sets are to close the nerby zombies will go to help, it can be pretty overwhelming. I tried looking in the object editor...
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