Possession EDITED. Very hard to answer...

[duderock101]

I had a thread like this 2 days agos but i want sumthing diffeent now. How can i make it that when my banshee Hero or Unit uses possession they can then use another ability to leave that body. The thing they leave survives and they are created again. How would this work???

 

[Pyrogasm]

You'll need a fair amount of triggers and some global arrays or gamecache.

 

[Flare]

hmmm, just hide the triggering unit and store it in a variable (and the prev owner of possessed unit). when the possessed unit casts the exit spell, unhide the possessing unit, change ownership back to prev owner (that you stored in a variable) and move the possessing unit to the possessed units location. you'll need some arrays and such for MUI though

hiding the triggering unit is based on the possession skill NOT destroying the caster (like normal banshee's possession). if it destroys the caster, its impossible i think

 

[Lobster]

easier than that: if the possesed unit is a computer, give the possesed unit the unposses ablity, the computer wont use it with out you telling it to.

Base the unposses ability off a transformation ability, like bearform.

 

[duderock101]

that makes no sense i get the vairable one but not the other one

EDIT: And how would i give the possesed unit the ability to unpossess?

 

[Flare]

when your possessing unit starts the ability, add your unpossess ability using the Unit - Add ability action

 

[duderock101]

Why Dosn't this trigger work!!! FRUSTRATING!!!

This is the trigger:

Possing and unposssossing
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Possession
    Actions
        Unit - Add Unpossess  to (Triggering unit)

Unpossossing
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Unpossess 
    Actions
        Unit - Create 1 Banshee for Player 1 (Red) at (Position of (Casting unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Unit - Kill (Casting unit)

What i want it to do is for the banshee casting possession to enter the unit and the unit to gain the ability unpossess. It can then cast that for no mana so the banshee is created again and the unit that casts unpossess to die. But this trigger dosn't work. I possess but it dosn't create the ability unpossess. +Rep to all those that help! :banghead:

 

[duderock101]

the adding ability dosn't work. What should i have it as?

Unit - Add ability unpossess to triggering unit

?

 

[Flare]

Unit - Add Acid Bomb to (Target unit of ability being cast)

Replace Acid Bomb with your unpossess ability. you need to add it to the TARGET UNIT. the triggering unit isnt the unit being possessed, the target unit of ability being cast is the possessed unit.

 

[WastedSavior]

This is the trigger:

Possing and unposssossing
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Possession
    Actions
[B]        Unit - Add Unpossess  to (Triggering unit)[/B]

That should be (Target unit of ability being cast) not (Triggering Unit)

 

[duderock101]

THANKS SOOOO MUCH IT WORKS!!!!

Now for the last question...

How do i get it so once you have unpossessed the unit that was possessed turns back to the preivous owned?

 

[darkbeer]

simple:

Unpossossing
    Events
        Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Unpossess 
    Actions
        Unit - Create 1 Banshee for (Owner of Unit(TriggeringUnit)) at (Position of (Casting unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Unit - Kill (Casting unit)

btw. using starts the effect of an ability is normally better than begins casting an ability.

EDIT: sorry misunderstood^^, use custom value like acehart suggested.

 

[Flare]

thatll just give it to the unpossessed unit. i think he wants the player who originally used the spell to gain control of the new banshee. in your Possess trigger, set a Player variable = Owner of Triggering Unit. in your unpossess trigger, make the unit for (above player variable)

 

[AceHart]

Possess
    Events
        Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Possession (Channeling)
    Actions
        Unit - Add Unpossess  to (Target unit of ability being cast)
        Unit - Set the custom value of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Player number of (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)))

Unpossess
    Events
        Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Unpossess 
    Actions
        Set Point = (Position of (Triggering unit))
        Unit - Create 1 Banshee for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Point facing Default building facing degrees
        Custom script:   call RemoveLocation( udg_Point )
        Unit - Change ownership of (Triggering unit) to (Player((Custom value of (Triggering unit)))) and Change color
        Unit - Remove Unpossess  from (Triggering unit)

 

[duderock101]

sorry i must of done a mis type i wanted the unit that was possed to reutrn back to the original owner not the banshee

srry

 

[eloytoro]

If the possessed unit is equal to a hero then you must use a game cache... Trigger comming

Trigger 1

Posses1
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Possess
    Actions
        Unit - Add Unposses to (Target unit of ability being cast)
        Set PlayerOwner = (Owner of (Casting unit))
        Game Cache - Create a game cache from MapName.w3v
        Game Cache - Store (Target unit of ability being cast) as Possesed Unit of Category in (Last created game cache)

Trigger 2

Posses2
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
    Actions
        Game Cache - Restore Possesed Unit of Category from (Last created game cache) for (Owner of (Casting unit)) at (Position of (Casting unit)) facing 0.00
        Unit - Change ownership of (Casting unit) to PlayerOwner and Change color

 

[AceHart]

> If the possessed unit is equal to a hero then you must use a game cache

What for?
"Owner of (Casting unit)" is also not the previous owner...


Anyway, just try the trigger from post #14.

 

[duderock101]

For post number 14 ive done everything on it expect the line Unit - Change ownership. I just can't the line (Player((Custom value of (Triggering unit))))

could you please tell me what to press to get it

 

[AceHart]

That "Player" is in the functions list and called "Conversion - convert player index to player".

 

[duderock101]

AceHart, your trigger bugs up the game. What happens is this:

Creating the Ability
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Possession
    Actions
        Unit - Add Unpossess  to (Target unit of ability being cast)
        Unit - Set the custom value of (Target unit of ability being cast) to (Player number of (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)))

Unpossossing
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Unpossess 
    Actions
        Set Point = (Position of (Triggering unit))
        Unit - Create 1 Lost Soul for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at (Position of (Casting unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Custom script:   call RemoveLocation ( udg_Point )
        Unit - Change ownership of (Triggering unit) to (Player((Custom value of (Triggering unit)))) and Change color
        Unit - Remove Unpossess  from (Triggering unit)


Bandit Lord 1
    Events
        Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
    Conditions
        (Bandit Lord 0030 <gen> is in (Units owned by Player 1 (Red))) Equal to True
    Actions
        Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
        Unit - Pause all units
        Game - Display to (All players) the text: Bandit Lord: This i...
        Unit - Change ownership of Bandit 0031 <gen> to Player 1 (Red) and Change color
        Unit - Change ownership of Bandit 0032 <gen> to Player 1 (Red) and Change color
        Unit - Unpause all units



Unpossessing Bandit Lord 1
    Events
        Unit - Bandit Lord 0030 <gen> Changes owner
    Conditions
    Actions
        Trigger - Turn on Bandit Lord 1 <gen>
        Unit - Change ownership of Bandit 0031 <gen> to Neutral Hostile and Change color
        Unit - Change ownership of Bandit 0032 <gen> to Neutral Hostile and Change color

What happens is the bandit lord is possessed and the 2 other units chnage ownership but an enemy Lost Soul is created and when i kill that another is created and when i kill that the bandit lord and the 2 enemy bandits change back to neutrul hostile... oh and the ability dosn't get created...