hero holding item

[xvirus666]

ok, i am still working on my loap map and decided i will have an area where you can play a "virtual reality game". first, you go to "game stop", buy "diablo 2", then, there will be a beacon in game stop. you have to step on the beacon (with diablo 2 in your inventory) with your hero and type "-play diablo 2" and you will be able to play. so, i made some conditions that i thought were going to work (here is the trigger {i didnt put actions}:

Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -play diablo 2 as An exact match

(game play <gen> contains (Triggering unit)) Equal to True
((Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) is A Hero) Equal to True
(Picked item) Equal to (Item carried by (Triggering unit) of type Diablo II)

)

...but they didnt. which conditions (or maybe events too) should i use to make it so you need to have diablo 2, your hero on the beacon, and type "-play diablo 2"???

 

[HoboJoe_5]

Hmm i am not sure if triggering unit is the right thing for the unit conditions because the unit doesn't trigger anythig its the player typing something

 

[xvirus666]

so uh.... what should i do?

 

[HoboJoe_5]

Also just something that i would think would work better is having the item (diablo 2) be an ability so when you click it and your in the correct area you play the game. ( just have the ability do nothing)

 

[HoboJoe_5]

I am not sure what it should be but that doesn't seem like it would be right sorry

 

[HoboJoe_5]

Going along with what i said about the item being an ability have the item be an ability that targets a specific unit then try this. The target of the spell must be only the unit with the item.

    Events
        Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Banish
        (Region 000 <gen> contains (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to True
    Actions
what ever

of course your going to have to change the ability being cast to whatever your item ability is and same with the region. This might not be the best way to do it but it might work.

 

[Vexorian]

picked item is not some kind of magical function it only works inside "Pick every item in rect" statements.

You should use Hero has item of type or Hero has item depending on the situation

 

[xvirus666]

picked item is not some kind of magical function it only works inside "Pick every item in rect" statements.

You should use Hero has item of type or Hero has item depending on the situation

i tried that, and none of the options for the "item" part. some were "last created" or "last sold" but, what if the player bought 2 items, then what?

i think the ability idea is good... except a few minorities. when does the hero get the ability? when he steps on the beacon? second, what if the hero's ability spaces (not the ones you research but the ones next to "move","stop","hold position", etc) are full?

 

[Vexorian]

Then the idea was to use Hero has item of type

 

[phyrex1an]

<when does the hero get the ability?
<what if the hero's ability spaces are full?

You can have the item that you bye have the ability. That way you still have to pay and no ability space is wasted. Use a non targatble ability as base and set it vaules to "do nothing" vaules.

 

[xvirus666]

oooooo ok

 

[xvirus666]

dammit, i cant make the item use the ability... what i did was

1. make an item called diablo 2
2. under abilities, (remember we are still on the item part) i put an ability named "diablo 2"

what am i supposed to do next (remember i am not good at wc3 maps...) :banghead:

 

[phyrex1an]

You have to put Stats - Actively Used to true, also it is good to set Stats - Number Of Charges to a vaule bigger that 0 so the item dissaperes by itself when you have played the minigame a couple of times.

The use a trigger simular to the one HoboJoe_5 posted, just change the vaules to your vaules and make the event Generic so it works for all players

Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

 

[xvirus666]

ok ill try that...

 

[xvirus666]

to make the ability, i had to use another as a starting point. so, i used aerial shackles. i removed all of the buffs that had to do with aerial shackles but it still uses that spell. so when i use the ability, 1. the trigger makes the hero invulnerable while playing diablo 2 (minigame) and 2. the hero cant move. maybe theres a action on the part of a trigger that can remove the spell or try and find a different way?

 

[Heptameron]

to make the ability, i had to use another as a starting point. so, i used aerial shackles. i removed all of the buffs that had to do with aerial shackles but it still uses that spell.

You mean it still uses the Aerial Shackles buff? That's normal. You can't just remove buffs.

maybe theres a action on the part of a trigger that can remove the spell or try and find a different way?

I may be missing something stated earlier in the thread, but I don't have the slightest idea of what you're saying...

 

[xvirus666]

uhhhh nvm... i just made a new ability based off of divine shield, EXACTLY what i wanted...