posseion problem

[shimon_el]

my new race is almost completed , its so great yipee
i maked the computer to actully use the new race by the a.i editor
which alexander told me about
its working!!!!

now for the new problem:
i want to create a unit which posses the first one that comes
to his range , so i tried to make the posses to work
all automatic
you know curse,raise dead,heal kind of abilitis
so, how can i change the posseion type?

 

[SilverHawk]

You could base it off of something with autocast, then change the text order string in the ability editor to possession.

 

[shimon_el]

hm....

just changing the text and it will work?
hm.. ill try...
thnx for the replay.

 

[AceHart]

Can't you just make the unit "rescueable"?

 

[shimon_el]

well..

its not actully working...
hm... its strange i tried putting buff posseion
and buff possieon caster and nothing happends
there is a circle above the enemy head and the enemy
has buff posseion but nothing actully working

i dont want to create a trigger kind of abilty
its very annoing

 

[Regalth]

Buffs do nothing in this game. Giving a unit the Possession buff simply means, a neat little graphic will appear over their head and a cute little box will pop up at the bottom of the screen, but buffs are almost* totally worthless. Like SilverHawk said, changing the autocasting might work. However, there is a trigger solution...

Events: Unit within Range of (Possessor)
Conditions: Owner of (Triggering unit) Not Equal to (Owner of (Possessor))
Actions: Order (Possessor) to use ability Possession on (Triggering unit)

Might work, might not. I haven't tried it, myself, and of course Possessor would have to be a Unit-type, but that would be the general idea. Otherwise, just base it off an Autocast.

*They can be used in trigger references, as a condition, but unless you're going into some fairly detailed triggering, they serve no physical purpose.

 

[SilverHawk]

Unfortunately, that event works only on a specific unit, not a unit type (which I find horribly inconvenient ). Anyway, why don't you try doing that through the AI Editor? It's probably much easier than with a trigger.