Need help with hide-spell

[Wratox1]

im trying to make a instantspell where the hero "hides" inside a nearby corpse, but im having trouble with actually hiding the hero, how should i hide the hero? i tried with changing the heros size to 0 but it didnt work i need the hero not able to move, if thats not obvious..
any ideas?

 

[Baldar]

Unit - Hide Unit ?

 

[Wratox1]

Unit - Hide Unit ?

does that make the unit not able to move?

 

[Baldar]

I don't know that, I'm not you'll have to change the speed, or maybe metamorphosis the unit into another one unable to move

 

[Wratox1]

I don't know that, I'm not you'll have to change the speed, or maybe metamorphosis the unit into another one unable to move

tested hide unit, but the unit disapeared completely, but i i need the hero to be able to cast spells etc and not visible on the minimap or on the map, i dont think metamorphosis is a good solution because then that unit is still seen in on the map..
there is a spell in Dota that the Lifestealer has, dont remember its name, but it hides the lifestealer inside another unit(not the targeted unit though), but i dont know how its done i tried to make a unit with the load and unload ability but i managed to mess it up

 

[Wratox1]

i made the spell to work, but now im having some trouble with my spell, i based the spell of fan of knives, but the problem is that i want the warning message "No usable corpses nearby" to come up if there are no corpses nearby.. i tried to create a dummy with cannibalaze and order it to cast it, but it doesnt work:banghead: i also tried with the pick up corpse ability, but it didnt work either:banghead: any ideas?

 

[ZiggyMcjoney]

Would

Set Temp_Group = Units within 500.00 of (Triggering unit) matching (Matching unit) is Dead Equal to True

be a possible solution?

As far as I know a unit is 'dead' until it's corpse expires and then it's nothing, so this might work.

 

[IronTrout]

Give the unit:
1. Permanent Invisibility
2. Ghost

makes the unit invisible completely to enemy units and is able to attack and cast spells while invisible.

 

[Laiev]

if you use metamorph you can change the field in the unit which display hero in minimap

 

[IronTrout]

• Actions
  • Unit - Hide Unit
  • Unit - Unhide Unit

this?

"Hide" basically removes the unit from the game until unhidden. That means the hidden unit cannot attack / use spells or even be selected. And if memory serves even gets rid of the food cost.

 

[Laiev]

@Iron

i was edited that :x


the spell in dota hide the hero and select a fake unit with locust to the owner when the owner click on the creep o.o

i think it work like this

use hide unit and create a fake unit with the ability and everytime the owner of the caster select the target creep, deselect it and select the dummy

 

[Wratox1]

i got the spell to work, but since its based on fan of knives it doesnt show the message that there are no usable corpses nearby when there arent.. at first i wanted the hero to be able to cast spells, but it seems like its kinda hard heres my trigger:

• Hide
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Hide
  • Actions
    • Set Temp_Point = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Set Hide_Group = (Units within 600.00 of Temp_Point matching ((((Matching unit) is dead) Equal to True) and ((((Matching unit) is A structure) Equal to False) and (((Matching unit) is Mechanical) Equal to False))))
    • Set Hide_Corpse = (Random unit from Hide_Group)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Hide_Corpse Equal to No unit
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Corpse_Check for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Temp_Point facing Default building facing degrees
        • Unit - Set life of (Last created unit) to 50.00%
        • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Undead Ghoul - Cannibalize
        • Wait 2.00 seconds
        • Unit - Remove (Last created unit) from the game
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Point)
        • Skip remaining actions
      • Else - Actions
    • Set Hidden = True
    • Set Hide_Unit = (Triggering unit)
    • Set Hide_Point = (Position of Hide_Corpse)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Point)
    • Set Temp_Point = (Center of (Playable map area))
    • Unit - Create 1 Hidden for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Temp_Point facing Default building facing degrees
    • Set Hide_Selection = (Last created unit)
    • Selection - Select Hide_Selection for (Owner of (Triggering unit))
    • Unit - Hide Hide_Unit
    • Visibility - Create an initially Enabled visibility modifier for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) emitting Visibility from Hide_Point to a radius of 1250.00
    • Set Hide_Visiblity = (Last created visibility modifier)
    • Visibility - Enable Hide_Visiblity
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Point)

even if there are no corpses nearby the message doesnt show, so how do i fix it?

 

[IronTrout]

Instead of skipping remaining actions.. why don't you put those triggers in the else section?

Also, Why don't you just either A) make a floating text saying "OMG THERE ARE NO CORPSES!!!!" or B) Make a

• Quest - Display to (Player group((Owner of (Triggering unit)))) the Warning message: |cffff0303Warning:|r There are no nearby corpses!

Instead of making a sequence of events to make a unit try to Cannibalize nothing.

 

[Wratox1]

Instead of skipping remaining actions.. why don't you put those triggers in the else section?

Also, Why don't you just either A) make a floating text saying "OMG THERE ARE NO CORPSES!!!!" or B) Make a

• Quest - Display to (Player group((Owner of (Triggering unit)))) the Warning message: |cffff0303Warning:|r There are no nearby corpses!

Instead of making a sequence of events to make a unit try to Cannibalize nothing.

easier to add one action than moving many action..

hm, ill try the floating text and the quest message

Edit:tried it, but i have a problem, you can cast the spell without actually cast it, is there are way to reset the cooldown for only one ability? if not im gonna need to base my spell of another one that needs corpses nearby and is instant!

 

[Wratox1]

bump(i also forgot to say that i dont want the spell to summon anything(im talking about the base-spell))