Need help with impale.

[Viikuna]

I dont know if this is a right place to post or anything, but does anyone know some trick to make impaled unit vulnerable or fake it as effectively as possible?

I need that unit to keep the impale buff, so removing it is not an option.

Using SetUnitInvulnerable( unit, false ) did not work when unit had that buff, so its probably hardcoded or something.

I probably need to fake it somehow by using some dummy unit that gets impaled instead of that real target, but it has some problems.

-Dummy should probably have locust, which makes impaling kinda hard.
-Real unit must be hidden somehow from players sight. Changing its scale locally might work, but its kinda ugly since it affects potrait model if I recall correctly.

So, I need someone to find some weird bug or trick or some nice method for me or solve these problems with some nice and smooth solution or then I just maybe have to learn live with the fact that my impaled units will stay invulnerable.

 

[Rainther]

Wouldn't it be possible to create the special effect of impale beneath the victim and set unit's flying height using the crow form bug?

 

[Tyrande_ma3x]

Just make your own impale spell. I personally made some script to create impale in lines and in circles and it turned quite well since you can basically handle the whole process. I think DotA has a custom impale trigger as well.

 

[Sgqvur]

It probably won't work but it doesn't hurt trying:

    SetUnitInvulnerable( unit, true )
    SetUnitInvulnerable( unit, false )

If it doesn't then you go for:

Just make your own impale spell.

 

[Viikuna]

What Im trying to do is like reverse impale.

It sucks units underground for a duration and then pops them back again. Im going to use a custom impale model for it, because it is impossible to set negative fly height for units. ( Expect when creating them )

Actually I dont even need them to be vulnerable for this spell ( This actually requires them to be invulnerable lols ). Im just doing some research in case I need it someday.

 

[Tyrande_ma3x]

I'm curious, how are you going to suck them into the ground when you can't set their height to a negative value?

 

[Viikuna]

I was going to use custom impale model for that.

 

[themean]

!!

in jass have native function

native SetUnitInvulnerable takes unit whichUnit, boolean flag returns nothing

try whit this maybe work