Armor modification

[1stlancer]

I'm looking for a trigger action that modifies the armor value of a unit, but I can't seem to find one. There are premade abilities that do modify armor, so I would imagine that the action exists... any help?

 

[BrokenX]

As in a buff?



BrokenX

 

[1stlancer]

Well, I'm manually defining all of my abilities through triggers, so I'm trying to find an action akin to Unit - Set Life (value), except with armor instead of life. So no, not a buff, just a trigger action is what I'm looking for.

 

[zll7]

What are you trying to make the trigger for? Map initialization or when you buy something? As well as is it for heros or units?

 

[1stlancer]

Ok, detailed explanation time.

I want to make an ability for a hero that increases their armor for a limited amount of time, but it needs to be trigger based because the amount increased is based on a variable. If I just based the ability off of a premade WC3 ability, I would have to set finite values for the amount of armor increased. Thus, I need to use triggers to get the effect I want.

What I'm asking is if there is a way, using triggers, to modify a unit or hero's armor value. It would need to be an action, probably in the Unit or Hero category, but I can't find one. I'm just wondering if anyone else has happened across something I haven't.

 

[Senkin]

I don't think there is one. I just looked at every Unit and Hero action trigger and nothing changes the armor value much less type or any such matter. Only str agil and intl.

 

[DM Cross]

I haven't. The closest I saw when looking for you was setting the Hero's agility to a higher number, which would indeed increase the armor. However, that would also increase attack speed, and I don't know/think you really want that too. What you CAN do, however, is create an ability that raises armor, like using the Inner Fire ability. You could give it to a dummy unit and have the dummy cast it on the whatever you need it cast on.

However, I believe dummy units require WEU. Not sure though.

-Edit-

On second thought, you may be able to do this without WEU if you do something like:

E: <Whatever you need it to be>
C: <Same>
A: Create 1 <Dummy unit> for <Neutral Passive, or something> at <Position of the unit it's going to be cast on, or something like that...>
Unit - Issue (last created unit) to cast <version of inner fire> on <whatever you need it to be cast on...>

It would be a little...No, really complex, but if you can't use WEU, like I couldn't (without it crashing when I tried to save...) then that's one way to get around it.

 

[Im_On_56k]

If you have WEU, go to advanced and there is a armor change action.

 

[1stlancer]

Someone please define WEU for me.

Oh, and once again, this needs to be trigger-based because it uses a variable in the armor increase. I have a variable called Strength which mimics the unit's strength attribute (duh) and the armor boost is a percentage of that stat.

There is the possibility that you can modify the attributes of an ability, basing them off of trigger variables, but I've never seen it done. If someone knows how to do this, then my problem would be solved.

 

[DM Cross]

WEU is World Editor Unlimited, a tool you can download from http://www.wc3sear.ch/index.php (go in Tools and look for WE Unlimted) to give you extra trigger options.

If you've saved the Hero/unit's armor in a variable, then why don't you just add 1 to the variable? That should raise the armor 1 point as well, shouldn't it? Or is my hood of noobness covering my eyes again?

 

[1stlancer]

Um. If my CS knowledge serves me correctly, that wouldn't work. Saving armor as a variable and then changing the variable wouldn't change the original value the variable came from (armor).

 

[DM Cross]

I have no clue what CS is, so I can't comment.

Have you tried it? No use simply kicking options to the side, at least give it a shot.

 

[1stlancer]

CS = Computer Science. Programming, deductive logic, understanding how computers think, etc.

I'll give it a shot anyhoo. Can't be any worse than the other things I've tried.

 

[1stlancer]

Just got WEU, it has some nice additions. I got what I wanted out of it, so problem solved.

 

[BrokenX]

Yes, it is a nice addition onto the WE, some nice addons for sure .



BrokenX

 

[The Helper]

WE Unlimited
http://www.wc3sear.ch/?p=Tools&ID=17

 

[XXXconanXXX]

You need to open WE Enhancer then open your map and then enable Advanced triggers. You can only change armor with Advanced triggers, and those require you to have it enabled. (Which will put down alot of variables and scripts into your map)