Questions about abilities

[unju]

Might be basic, right after posting these I will search around to see if I can find answers myself, but if you know them and can spend a minute answering I´ll be grateful.

1) How can you differentiate between different levels of an ability in triggers?

2) How to change the size (scaling value) of units via triggers, if possible at all?

3) How to make, if possible at all, howl of terror autocast (for instance)?

4) How to change attack speed via triggers?

5) How to change the sight radius via triggers?

Thanks!

 

[Nigerianrulz]

for 3) i dont think any other than auto cast stuff can be auto casted...
and for 2) mayb u could use the effect of avarta but not the changin or addin any damage or life

 

[rayquaza218]

Np,

for size change

Animation - Change (Last created unit)'s size to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) of its original size

reaad teh description, i knwo you mean scaling value, in that case, make all of them the same number, like 150.150.150.

Does grateful mean rep LOL

 

[Nigerianrulz]

i wish that if we be grateful to everyone and everyone gives rep+ than everyone will have like tones of repsyay i got +5 rep goody

 

[Goauld]

Well, he will give +1 rep with zero reputation, is it really so much that you give answers that you just guess are right?

Well, anyway, here's some correct ones:
1. Integer comparison has level of ability for unit
2. Answered by rayquaza218
3. Abilities are or aren't auto-castable, you can't make an existing one auto-castable if it isn't already. However you can try to trigger it with Essence of Blight or Spirit Touch, they are auto-cast abilities without a target. Like when your unit starts the effect of the ability create dummy unit which then casts the howl of terror. I won't work the right way, though.
4. The only way is to add/remove abilities which affect attack speed.
5. Again you have to add/remove Item Sight Range Bonus, you can use Ctrl+F inside the object editor to search for it.

 

[unju]

Thanks guys =) especially Goauld.
What is that "+1 rep" thing tho?

Auto-castable abilities with no target, just what I needed! Thx for reminding me about the statue abilities.

4. The only way is to add/remove abilities which affect attack speed.
5. Again you have to add/remove Item Sight Range Bonus, you can use Ctrl+F inside the object editor to search for it.

Hmmm what exactly you mean by this? I add them, and then remove them keeping their effects? How to do that? Sorry for the noob question.

 

[Goauld]

The scale thing at the top-right corner of each post adds/substracts reputation.

The problem with the Statue's abilities is that it auto-casts only when some nearby friendly unit's hp or mana is not full.

For attack speed you can use Item attack speed bonus, it has no icon and it must stay to get the effect, shift+double click on the value and you can make it to lower attack speed.

And the sight range can also be positive or negative and the effects are only in effect when a unit has the ability.

Be sure to change them to unit abilities when you make them.

Huh, anything else bothering you?

 

[unju]

Thanks a lot, I added to your reputation.

Although I still don´t get the item/effects thing with sight radius and attack speed -I am at univ right now-, I think you have been kind enough and don´t want to bother you anymore.
Btw if you are really interested I have a cool map concept in mind, different from the Dotas, tower defenses and RPGs that I see are popular here.

 

[Goauld]

Well, just hassle around the editor and read some basic tutorials if you want, that's how you learn the editor. What I recommend is that you first make an altered melee map with a couple of custom units so that you learn how to terrain and use the object editor. And then move on to triggers. I made a mini footman war as my first map, some modified units and heroes and the needed triggers. An original map is always the best possible map to make, people are bored with maps that are only copies of other maps.

 

[rayquaza218]

Ahhh what isit about, are you new at the helper? well welcome to the helper! lol, anyways, if your new to map making, read some tutorials on basic triggering, open up maps to check out stuff, and join a map making team to help out and learn at the same time, theres a fun and exciting project currently going on now, its called "The Helper" its an ORPG which heroes are based on TH people, its gonan be so fun...

links here http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?p=332201#post332201

 

[unju]

Thx guys.

This might sound a bit weird, naive and unrealistic, but I want to get done with my map as fast as possible, it´s actually a new idea of a game that I hope can be turned into a real one in the future. I want my map to show the basic gameplay, and also to know to know it it´s any fun. If it isn´t fun then it´s pointless to try to make a game out of it.
I really I am not looking to be a great map maker or master the wc3 editor