How to make an ability to assimilate items

[grupoapunte]

Hi i want to make an ability where the hero can consume an item from the inventory and keep the effect of this item, for exaple my hero have an item that fires to closer enemies (its a custom object that have an ability that fires), so i clic on my heros ability and then i clic on the inventory item, the inventory item disapears and the hero keeps the ability that the item had, so it will keep shooting.

I already have an ability that lets me target an item from my inventory, but i dont know how to do the rest.

Thanks, grupoapunte

 

[Grundy]

basically you need to have a way of finding the ability that every item. the most basic and noob way to do this is parallel arrays. make an array of items and an array of abilities. ability[7] should be whatever ability that item[7] has. then when you use the ability that consumes an item you scan through the item array to find the index of that item and then add the ability with the same index to the hero.

there may be better ways to do it but this is probably the easiest.

 

[grupoapunte]

yeah good idea i was thinking of an array of abilities but how do i know which item from my hero's inventory was clicked (sry im a programer but i dont get this editor well :banghead: im going crazy) but i still want to learn

 

[Grundy]

i thought you said you already got that part working

Event Response - Target Item of Ability Being Cast

 

[Pyromancer]

events: a unit uses an itme
action: get ability of item, and doooo, sumthing like that?
just an idea...

 

[grupoapunte]

thanks ppl realy ussfull

 

[MooMooMan]

u do realise that this couldmake anyone whocan assimilate VERYVERYVERYVERYVERYVERY UNBALANCED. jeezwiz.

use a trigger

dont forget to callme:

or else u will lower my self-appreciation to lower than 0 and will will begin to killmyself

 

[grupoapunte]

hi i have this done by now but i cant make the hero hold the new ability im checking the triggers but theres just a few acions to make my trigger and i cant make it work:

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event
unit - a unit owned by player 1 (red) ends casting an ability

conditions
(ability being cast) equal to Assimilate

Actions
set ObjAss = (target item of ability being cast)
if (all conditions are true) then do (then actions) else do (else actions)
conditions
then actions
unit - add rockets to hero[1]
object - remove (target item of ability being cast)

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Sry i had to translate the code cuz my editor is in spanish, ok this are my problems: the object aint removed from hero (which its stored in hero[1]), and the hero isnt learning the ability (rockets)

plz can someone complete my code so it works for a single hero and single object, so i can then make it to work with anything

 

[Grundy]

you have an if statement with no conditions? why? wouldnt that kinda be like.... never true?