Skill similar to essence aura(dota) Help!

[KooH]

I'm trying to make a spell pretty much same as obsidian destroyer's skill called "essence aura" in dota. What it does is that whenever nearby ally hero casts a spell, they get some portion of mana back. I'm new and really don't know where to start! please help detail and will be appriciated

 

[Avaleirra]

If you're brand new you may find this confusing but...

create an aura. Then make a trigger that detects when units cast a spell. Check if they have the buff and if they do give them 25% of their base mana.

 

[Happysmiley]

Create a trigger like this.

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • ((Casting unit) has buff Youraurabuff) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Random integer number between 1 and 100) Less than or equal to 20
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Casting unit) to ((Mana of (Casting unit)) + ((Max mana of (Casting unit)) x 0.25))
      • Else - Actions

This will give the unit a 20% chance to gain 25% of its max mana. Just change "(Random integer number between 1 and 100) Less than or equal to 20" to "....Less than or equal to X" where x is a number of your own preference to alter the chance of procc.

 

[Carnerox]

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering Unit) has buff Youraurabuff) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Random integer number between 1 and 100) Less than or equal to 20
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set mana of (Triggering Unit) to ((Mana of (Triggering Unit)) + ((Max mana of (Triggering Unit)) x 0.25))
      • Else - Actions

Is better.

 

[Slapshot136]

if you need it to be based off the mana cost of the spell, you would need a big array of each spell, a linked array with the mana cost of each spell, and then a loop to cycle through the array and find the matching mana cost of the cast spell.. or to simplify it: it's a big pain in the ass to do

 

[KooH]

Oh.. I see.. Thanks.

 

[Weep]

if you need it to be based off the mana cost of the spell, you would need a big array of each spell, a linked array with the mana cost of each spell, and then a loop to cycle through the array and find the matching mana cost of the cast spell.. or to simplify it: it's a big pain in the ass to do

Or a Hashtable, though you'd still need to fill out all the mana costs by hand.

Or not do that at all: save the current mana of the unit upon spell effect, wait a moment (0 seconds on a timer is the shortest possible, and works well), then compare the unit's mana again.

To match the DotA ability, though, Happysmiley/Undead.Cow's trigger is correct.