Permanently removing an ability

[claige]

How can I make it so when a unit gains an ability through a trigger, they permanently lose that ability after a certain amount of time. The ability I'm using is reincarnation.

I have tried:

-unit learns a skill (maybe i need to change something here?)

-ability being cast equal to [reincarnation]

-wait 9 seconds
-remove [ability - reincarnation] from [triggering unit]

The trigger for the unit to learn the ability works just fine. However, this one is not removing the ability... any help?

 

[dashival]

Events -
Unit learns a skill

Conditions -
(Ability Learned) Equal To Reincarnation

Actions -
Wait 9 Seconds
Remove (Reincarnation) from (Learning Unit)

I don't know if the ability remove will work after the wait, but you can try it.

 

[claige]

Uh, where do I find the [ability learned] condition? Srry for my noobness but I can only find [ability being cast].

Thx....

 

[claige]

Btw, it doesnt come up in the search feature...

 

[claige]

Ok I found where it was, but it still does'nt work. :banghead: I dont think I want my event to be the unit "learns" the ability, but rather the ability is "added" to my hero. Is there a such thing?

 

[Maximus]

have tried this?

Events -
Unit learns a skill

Conditions -
(Ability Learned) Equal To Reincarnation

Actions -
custom script:    local ability TempAbility
Wait 9.00 game-time seconds
custom script:    set udg_TempAbility = TempAbility
Remove (TempAbility) from (Triggering Unit)
custom script:    set TempAbility = null

Ability Learned is a conditioin from Hero Skill. (Hero Skill Comparison)
If you use the way mentioned above, you need a variable named TempAbility.
Dunno why people often saids a variable go aways. I used wait on some triggers and it still works. But if you use that way, the ability won't go away.
Remember to use game-time seconds.

 

[claige]

Thanks Maximus, but my only problem now is I keep errors for the action:

-custom script: set udg_TempAbility = TempAbility

When I enter it exactly as u said, it says "Type Mismatch in Assignment."
Heh, any more help??

Thx a lot

 

[Chocobo]

Events -
Unit learns a skill

Conditions -
(Ability Learned) Equal To Reincarnation

Actions -
custom script:    local ability [B]udg_[/B]TempAbility
Wait 9.00 game-time seconds
custom script:    set udg_TempAbility = TempAbility
Remove (TempAbility) from (Triggering Unit)
custom script:    set [B]udg_[/B]TempAbility = null

Geeeeee!

 

[SFilip]

umm
you can't define a local ability that way. abilities, unit types, item types etc. are actually integers. and afaik you can't make them local this way. its worth a try though:
local integer udg_TempAbility