Magic damage reduction aura

[Kuroikaze]

Is there a way I can make a magic damage reduction aura?

I tried converting the "Runed bracers" ability to a hero skill and giving it an area of effect, but it's not working.

 

[Rad]

Try Spell Shield (Rune)... it has an area of effect but I dont know if it works like an aura...

 

[Kuroikaze]

no good. Spell shield blocks a spell entirely, it doesnt reduce damage.


it's also a per-cast spell.

 

[Duwenbasden]

Try making a dummy aura and give everybody in it Elune's Grace.

 

[Kuroikaze]

Try making a dummy aura and give everybody in it Elune's Grace.

That's a good idea, but what auras can I edit to do that?

 

[Duwenbasden]

That's a good idea, but what auras can I edit to do that?

Any, just make sure the aura doesn't do anything (eg. making Endurance and Unholy have 0% boost, Trueshot 0% attack increase), and change the art to whatever you like.

 

[Kuroikaze]

you dont seem to understand. you cant just make an aura do something it normally doesnt do. Endurance aura can only apply attack and move speed.
I'd have to use a trigger to apply these new abilities out of nowhere.
And the "Events" "begins effect of" or "begins casting" do NOT work with auras.
I'd have to make a trigger that did this:
Event-
Unit - Enters region (conversion - convert point to region with width of X and height of X)
condition-
(triggering unit) equal to allied with (unit variable set as aura owner)
event-
add "ability" to (triggering unit).

That WOULD work perfectly. Except that the goddamn world editor wont let you convert a non-existant unit to a point, EVER, and wont let you use a unit-type variable. I'd have to have the hero already on the map, and for the map type I have where you pick your heros, that's not effective.

 

[Duwenbasden]

you dont seem to understand. you cant just make an aura do something it normally doesnt do. Endurance aura can only apply attack and move speed.
I'd have to use a trigger to apply these new abilities out of nowhere.

"Try making a dummy aura and give everybody in it Elune's Grace." - dummy aura can be anything, setting Endurance's boost to 0% only prevents the normal Endurance stuff from occuring.
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Nay, use a periodic check (auras does that too) to see if that unit has the aura buff, then give the ability, else remove it.

 

[Kuroikaze]

yes, I know that, but HOW WOULD I GET A TRIGGER TO DO THAT?

You'd need a pre-existing unit to convert to a region, which is possible in worldedit.

you could ALSO do it if you had a custom scripted "event" portion of a trigger that looked for a specific buff on all units in the map, then added the ability if they had it, and removed it if they didn't.

I don't know how to script in JASS, and I can't do pre-existing units.

 

[Heptameron]

you could ALSO do it if you had a custom scripted "event" portion of a trigger that looked for a specific buff on all units in the map, then added the ability if they had it, and removed it if they didn't.

This is what you have to do. Only instead of a custom event, you use a periodic event and a "Pick Every Unit" action.

 

[Duwenbasden]

You don't need JASS code to do it. Heck, you don't even need an aura (but keep it for cosmetic values.)

    Events
        Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                Unit - Remove Elune's Grace from (Picked unit)
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 900.00 of (Position of UnitWithAura)) and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                Unit - Add Elune's Grace to (Picked unit)

You can replace "Units in Playable map area" with "Unit in Playable map area MATCHING 'unit has Elune's Grace equals true'"

 

[Kuroikaze]

I DID IT! WOOT!

Magic Shield Aura
    Events
        Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                    If - Conditions
                        ((Picked unit) has buff Magic Shield (Magus)) Equal to False
                    Then - Actions
                        Unit - Remove Magic Shield (Unit) from (Picked unit)
                    Else - Actions
                        Do nothing
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                    If - Conditions
                        ((Picked unit) has buff Magic Shield (Magus)) Equal to True
                        (Level of Magic Shield (Magus) for Magus) Equal to 1
                    Then - Actions
                        Unit - Add Magic Shield (Unit) to (Picked unit)
                    Else - Actions
                        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                            If - Conditions
                                ((Picked unit) has buff Magic Shield (Magus)) Equal to True
                                (Level of Magic Shield (Magus) for Magus) Equal to 2
                            Then - Actions
                                Unit - Add Magic Shield (Unit) to (Picked unit)
                                Unit - Set Level of Magic Shield (Unit) for (Picked unit) to 2
                            Else - Actions
                                If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                                    If - Conditions
                                        ((Picked unit) has buff Magic Shield (Magus)) Equal to True
                                        (Level of Magic Shield (Magus) for Magus) Equal to 3
                                    Then - Actions
                                        Unit - Add Magic Shield (Unit) to (Picked unit)
                                        Unit - Set Level of Magic Shield (Unit) for (Picked unit) to 3
                                    Else - Actions
                                        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                                            If - Conditions
                                                ((Picked unit) has buff Magic Shield (Magus)) Equal to True
                                                (Level of Magic Shield (Magus) for Magus) Equal to 4
                                            Then - Actions
                                                Unit - Add Magic Shield (Unit) to (Picked unit)
                                                Unit - Set Level of Magic Shield (Unit) for (Picked unit) to 4
                                            Else - Actions
                                                If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                                                    If - Conditions
                                                        ((Picked unit) has buff Magic Shield (Magus)) Equal to True
                                                        (Level of Magic Shield (Magus) for Magus) Equal to 5
                                                    Then - Actions
                                                        Unit - Add Magic Shield (Unit) to (Picked unit)
                                                        Unit - Set Level of Magic Shield (Unit) for (Picked unit) to 5
                                                    Else - Actions
                                                        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                                                            If - Conditions
                                                                ((Picked unit) has buff Magic Shield (Magus)) Equal to True
                                                                (Level of Magic Shield (Magus) for Magus) Equal to 6
                                                            Then - Actions
                                                                Unit - Add Magic Shield (Unit) to (Picked unit)
                                                                Unit - Set Level of Magic Shield (Unit) for (Picked unit) to 6
                                                            Else - Actions
                                                                Do nothing

 

[Duwenbasden]

You did it eh? Good job!

 

[Persen]

That trigger will leak like hell...

 

[phyrex1an]

That trigger will leak like hell...

And if you want to solve that add this before every "pick every unit" that doesnt use a variable for group. (in your trigger before every one)

Custom Script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true