ranged to melee & vice versa

[Exfyre]

I've read up on different people's failures in trying to create a way to allow a unit to have a switchable melee/ranged attack. What I'd like to know is how DotA does it with the Troll. All his status buffs are kept after changing, so I assume it doesn't create units with different types of attacks. I also know that machine bombs are out of the question, because after experimenting with them for 30+ minutes, I've found that upgrade levels can't be removed. Any enlightenment on how this magical DotA game does this would be very nice.
Thx in advance.

 

[Summoned]

Using Bearform as a base spell to switch between two heroes with different stats doesn't remove your buffs.

 

[TideOfChaos]

Simple. Make sure the Hero has 2 attacks. Both the same, but one ranged and on melee. Only enable the first (melee) attack.

Then base the ability off anything you like that has no target, and remove the effects of it.

Then make a custom upgrade, call it whatever you want, and give it the effect:
Effect 1 - Enable Attacks
Effect 1 - Attacks to Enable - Attack 2 only

Give the upgrade to the unit.
Then when the unit casts the ability, check the level of the upgrade.
If it is = to 0, the set it to 1
If else, set it to 0

• Player - Set the current research level of Attack to 1 for (Owner of (Triggering unit))

 

[Exfyre]

@TideOfChaos

I also know that machine bombs are out of the question, because after experimenting with them for 30+ minutes, I've found that upgrade levels can't be removed.

Research levels can't be set to zero once they are higher than zero

@Summoned
Very neat idea I'll try it out


EDIT: It worked! thanks and +rep