A dummy ability would be an ability that does nothing except for activate a trigger. The trigger then can be used to do more things then a regular ability could do. For example, use a dummy ability that will activate a trigger to bring up a menu for the user.
Oh...so if I had a dummy ability and I made a trigger that if that dummy ability is activated then creeps would start spawning? Also, how would one make a dummy ability? Does it matter what spell as long as it just does nothing? Would be cool if someone could upload a map with a dummy ability for me
Yes, that would be the way to do it. The dummy ability can be any ability, as long as its an active ability and you can be sure that it does nothing but activate. There's no real point in uploading a map, you already seem to know what your doing.
EDIT: Dang, beaten to it. And I always check if someones posted before me, so you would have had to have posted a second before me.
oh well I'm new to this and just want to make sure I know what I"m doing.
So I think I made one..I used thunder clap and when I used it only the animation happens. That's okay right?
If your fine with the animation, then that's fine to use. If you wanted something with no animation, you could try basing the dummy ability off of channel.
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