Bear Form Mana Costs

[joshlau7]

Is there a way to make a mana cost for transforming in one direction but not in the other direction? (I'm using bear form for transformation btw)

For example:
Unit A -> Transforms into Unit B (Costs 400 Mana)
Unit B -> Transforms back into Unit A (No mana cost)

The only thing i see is "stats: mana cost" in the world editor, which affects both mana costs equally.

 

[Carnerox]

A possibility is to set mana to 0, then when casting switch form trigger it to remove 400 mana.

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Issued order) Equal to Night Elf Druid Of The Claw - Bear Form
        • (Mana of (Triggering unit)) Greater than or equal to 400.00
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) - 400.00)
      • Else - Actions

 

[educator]

A possibility is to set mana to 0, then when casting switch form trigger it to remove 400 mana.

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Issued order) Equal to Night Elf Druid Of The Claw - Bear Form
        • (Mana of (Triggering unit)) Greater than or equal to 400.00
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Triggering unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering unit)) - 400.00)
      • Else - Actions

does this stop the unit from casting the spell if it does'n't have enough mana?

 

[Bankde]

Yes It Is. Check the IF-CONDITION

• (Mana of (Triggering unit)) Greater than or equal to 400.00

 

[Ghan]

> Yes It Is.

No it doesn't. It only makes the check, but does not stop the ability from working if the check fails. It just skips over removing the mana.

 

[Bankde]

What if we change event to start casting ability ? And if no mana order unit to stop.

 

[tommerbob]

Just put the mana condition as a condition for the Trigger, instead of inside the If/Then/Else.

 

[Ghan]

> Just put the mana condition as a condition for the Trigger

None of that makes a difference. The trigger has nothing to do with the ability itself since it doesn't stop the unit from using the ability if the condition is not met.

> And if no mana order unit to stop.

Yes.
A possible solution would be to use a Starts Casting event and then in the "Else" portion of the trigger, order the Triggering Unit to Stop. That might prevent them from going through with the ability, though I'm not positive.