help: drain life transfer data

[Jooster]

anyone know what i need to edit in the data fields of drain life to get it so i can transfer health to another allied unit. i have the targets right and the game play constants checked.

 

[UndeadDragon]

Do you mean that you want it to transfer the health to an allied unit that is not the one casting the spell? It is quite hard to understand.

 

[Jooster]

yea thats what i mean. sorry for the miss understanding.

 

[UndeadDragon]

Well, it would have to be done by a trigger. I am currently thinking of the trigger and I will get back to you sometime (hopefully soon).

 

[rDs_RaVeN]

u can make a dummy unit above allied unit that cast life drain to you

 

[Jooster]

no it doesnt have to be triggered.....i mean the dummy unit casting the drain life on a hero, yes thats triggered, but the whole part of the health trasnfer can be taken away from the dummy unit and transfered to the hero via the actual spell, not through a trigger. i just dont know the correct data field values in the drain life spell. that's what im trying to figure out.

 

[rDs_RaVeN]

set targets allowed to friends and set negative values?

im gonna test it i will be back with an answer :thup:

 

[Jooster]

Values are stated below

targets allowed : Friend, Ground, Hero
hitpoints drained : 20,40,55
drain interval : 1,1,1
Life transfered per seconds : 50, 60, 70

those are the only data fields i have changed and that does not allow life to be transfered from the casting unit to the targeted unit.

 

[UndeadDragon]

How about:

targets allowed : Friend, Ground, Hero
hitpoints drained : -20,-40,-55
drain interval : 1,1,1
Life transfered per seconds : -50, -60, -70

 

[rDs_RaVeN]

i tested it cannot do it without triggers
if set targets to friends
you cannot either target enemies either allies :banghead:

 

[Jooster]

ill try that and edit after i test.

targets allowed : Friend, Ground, Hero
hitpoints drained : -20,-40,-55
drain interval : 1,1,1
Life transfered per seconds : -50, -60, -70

will kill you, and your target

i think i got it! wow

targets allowed : Friend, Ground, Hero
hitpoints drained : -20,-40,-55
drain interval : 1,1,1
Life transfered per seconds : 20, 40, 55

will heal your target, and drain life from the caster. see i told you, that you don't need it to be triggered.

will kill you, and your target

 

[Jooster]

i tested it cannot do it without triggers
if set targets to friends
you cannot either target enemies either allies :banghead:

u only get that when u set all the values to zero
did u check the box in the gameplay constants to allow life transfer? its almost near the very bottom

 

[rDs_RaVeN]

it worked but the casting hero does not loses life if thats is what you want

EDIT: Solution is:
Go Advanced>Gameplay Constants
Set Gameplay-Drain Gives Bonus Life to true
Set Gameplay-Drain Transfers Life to true
Go Object Editor and make skill Life Drain
Set Life Transfered per second to amount of your choice
Set Bonus Life Decay to the negative value of the previous amount
Set targets to Friends

 

[Jooster]

you can make the casting unit lose life

you set hit points drained(Caster) to a negative value, then every interval he will lose that much health, then you can set Life Transfered Per Second(your target)

in order for it to transfer life to a allied unit. You must change Drain gives bonus life/mana in the gameplay constants.


*edit* wooooooo thanks. finally! 5 boss's down 1 more to go!!!