Cold Arrow Mod (Auto-Cast)

[y00]

Hey guys,

I'm currently making an auto-cast spell based off of the Cold Arrow spell - lets call it "Ice Blast". I am currently trying to add a trigger such that, when the unit has the "Ice Blast" spell on auto-cast, and then attacks, an action will activate.

The issue I am having is what Event to use in order to make this happen. I have tried "begins casting ability," "starts the effect of ability," and "begins channeling ability." None of these work as intended.

When I use "Starts the effect of the ability," if I manually cast the spell, the desired Action occurs; however, the Action does NOT occur when I leave the spell on auto-cast, and the unit attacks.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and thanks for your time.

 

[Potatisbil]

Auto-cast does not initiate triggers in any way, which is quite annoying sometimes.
One thing you could do (not sure if this would work, but it's an idea. -.^)
is base your ability off immolation. When it's activated your hero will have a buff, so you can make a trigger that looks something like this:
(note that I do not have access to WE atm)

Events
 - A unit is attacked
Conditions
 - Attacking unit has buff _____ equal to true
 - Attacking unit's mana is greater than 10
Actions
 - Set attacking unit's mana to (Mana of attacking unit - 10)
 <your actions here, I've no idea what the spell does exactly so.. :P>

You can, ofcourse, modify or remove the mana cost per shot.

 

[verdr3t]

Try this...

Base your ability on <Searing Arrows> or as already mentioned <Immolation>
(Depends on what kind of spell it will be). You can
change the missile art and stuff later anyway. And then create a trigger something like this:

Ice Blast
    Events
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    Conditions
        (Issued order) Equal to (Order("[COLOR="Red"]flamingarrows[/COLOR]"))
    Actions

Order Strings:
<Searing Arrows> - flamingarrows / unflamingarrows
<Immolation> - immolation / unimmolation

Play around with it a little but don't hate if it doesn't work... Never tested it. ^^

Cheers

 

[y00]

Thanks a lot for the advice guys. I used the order string method, and it worked very well. I'll have to try the immolation buff idea on one of my other spells.

 

[PooBucket]

Isn't there an order flamingarrowson? And also flamingarrowsoff? I think I've seen those before and because that means turning it off and on (to auto-cast).

 

[verdr3t]

Isn't there an order flamingarrowson? And also flamingarrowsoff? I think I've seen those before and because that means turning it off and on (to auto-cast).

Order Strings:
<Searing Arrows> - flamingarrows / unflamingarrows