Help: Unit/ability fields and random movement

[saaaz]

Hi!

I've just started using worldedit and I'm having some trouble figuring out how a few things work. I have some experience with triggers and mapcreation from starcraft so I'm not entirely noob.

Question 1:

When you create a custom unit or ability you get the fields from the unit/spell that you chose as base. But what if you want to add other fields that aren't default for that unit? Is there a way to be able to chose which fields your unit shall have?
I'm trying to create a sleep ability for my hero (as a normal ability) similiar to the one the undead hero has, only this one is supposed to be a self-spell which increases your health-regeneration.
When you click the icon it should put the hero into sleep, increasing his health regen by say 200%, making it impossible to move or do any actions except pressing the sleep button again, taking the hero out of sleep.

I tried using the undead spell as base, but couldn't find any fields for giving the hero health, so instead I chose rejuvenation and changed some effects to the sleep ones. In either case the hero was able to move after being put to sleep, and you had to select a target for the spell.

Any help on how to do this is greatly appriceated. It will give me a clue on how this editor really works.


Question 2:

I have a small region in which I want 2 neutral hostile units to walk around randomly in, except for when they are sleeping at night and when attacking a player of course.
I'm trying like this but it is obviously not working:

Events
Unit - A unit enters Monster 1 <gen>
Conditions
(Owner of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Neutral Hostile
Actions
Unit - Set Rally-Point for (Triggering unit) to (Random point in Monster 1 <gen>)

How to make it work? Maybe an action for moving the unit to the new rally point? It would be cool to make new points for movement every 2 or 3 seconds. Is there any Always condition like in starcraft?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Ninva]

Sleeping

When a unit sleeps the unit doesn't become inactive. It is able to move when ever a command is given. I found this out when I was just starting to make maps.

 

[Myzteryz]

Question 2.
give them the wander ability.

question 1. You would have to base it off an item which regens ur hp over time..
I forgot the name but find it and make it a hero ability (check the hero ability? box)
And make a trigger to make the unit sleep when it uses that ability..
you could use a dummy unit to cast sleep on the casting unit but you would have to edit the sleep ability so it does nothing to the target..

im sorry if im confusing

 

[xPheRe]

Give them the Wander ability (EDITED: as Krakka said in its post) and make sure they don't go too far from your region with a trigger.

Event
    A unit leaves <Your region>
Conditions
    Unit-type of <Leaving unit> equal to <Your type of unit>
    (for example)
Actions
    Unit - Order <Leaving unit> to move to <Random point in <Your region> >

 

[Prometheus]

1. Untitled Trigger 010
Events
Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to (Sleep and 2x hp regen)
Actions
Unit - Pause (Triggering unit)
Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to 100.00%
Wait 5.00 seconds
Unit - Unpause (Triggering unit)
Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Stop





2. Untitled Trigger 009
Events
Time - Every 3.00 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Rect 000 <gen>) and do (Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Move To (Random point in Rect 000 <gen>))

~

 

[w/e]

Question 2 answer

E: Every 2 seconds of game time
C: Time is (X-X) (midnight to morning)
A: Order X Unit to move to (Random point in(X<gen>))
A: Order X Unit (the 2nd one) to move to (Random point in(X<gen>))

 

[saaaz]

Thanks for the help, I'm getting closer to a solution

I don't quite get how to make the item an ability..
Would be cool if I could just make a button (ability) that does nothing except turning a trigger on or off and takes no targets.. is it possible? What to use as base?


I gave the units the wander ability, but it's quite annoying that they keep moving when you fight them. So I'm trying something like this:

Gnoll Movement Off
Events
Unit - A unit Is attacked
Conditions
(Unit-type of (Attacked unit)) Equal to Gnoll
Actions
Unit - Remove Wander (Neutral) from (Attacked unit)


But if you stop fighting the unit I want him to re-gain the wander ability.
How to do that??? I couldn't find any "Unit is NOT attacked" conditions.

 

[N-a-z-g-u-l]

perhaps you could use attack/move except of only move..

otherwise only stop them when attacking and make a condition to the movement trigger, that no unit is in the range of it.

 

[saaaz]

Maybe there is a way to make the Wander ability non-combat only?

 

[Unregi]

just add in there : wait 3 seconds then add ability wander
if they are constantly attacked it will be constantly removed if they arent it will go back on

 

[saaaz]

Thanks for the help. I gave the units Wander ability, and these triggers did the trick:

Gnolls 1 Wander
Events
Unit - A unit Is attacked
Conditions
((Attacked unit) is in Gnolls1) Equal to True
Actions
Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
Trigger - Turn off Gnolls 1 Region <gen>
Unit Group - Pick every unit in Gnolls1 and do (Unit - Remove Wander (Neutral) from (Picked unit))
Wait 10.00 seconds
Unit Group - Pick every unit in Gnolls1 and do (Unit - Add Wander (Neutral) to (Picked unit))
Trigger - Turn on Gnolls 1 Region <gen>
Unit Group - Pick every unit in Gnolls1 and do (Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Move To (Random point in Monster 1 <gen>))
Trigger - Turn on (This trigger)



Gnolls 1 Region
Events
Unit - A unit leaves Monster 1 <gen>
Conditions
(Unit-type of (Leaving unit)) Equal to Gnoll
Actions
Unit - Order (Leaving unit) to Move To (Random point in Monster 1 <gen>)



Now the problem with Sleep remains.. don't know how to make an ability from an item.... :\