Starting Cool-down of a different skill on skill usage

[Zaraf]

How can you make it so that if you use skill A, that it also starts the cool-down of skills B and C without actually using B and C?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Komaqtion]

I believe you can only reset cooldowns

 

[snmiglight]

Try to have them same order strings

Text - Order String - Use/Turn On

 

[Zaraf]

But will that same order string thing work if you activate the skill via clicking its icon? Also, won't the other skill's effects also go through and become activated?

 

[Nexor]

You could trigger them, by checking what the first ability was and order the unit to use the other skills (it wont look good if they are non-instant skills)

 

[mordocai]

spellbooks have an option of "shared cd" maybe put them into spellbook or something?

 

[killingdyl]

dummy spells and spell book should work. Make it so that there is a dummy spell showing and have the real spell hidden in a spell book. Then check when the unit casts the dummy ability, it cast the really ability.

 

[mordocai]

yeh so
1.spellbook
2. Triggers(ability being cast=x, start cooldown for x ability of casting unit(something like that))

 

[killingdyl]

oh and make sure the dummy spells and the real spells have the same base spell so they activate eachothers cd

 

[bOb666777]

You could make them items and give them all the same "Stats - Cooldown Group"

 

[Zaraf]

You can make skills into items??

 

[Moon_Raven]

I suggest making two boolean variables with initial values "true" and making this triggers:
Code:

Event - Unit begins the effect of an ability
Conditions - if spell being cast equals to SPELL1
Actions - 
if (Bool1 = true) then
        ----------------spell1 effects go here-------------
        set bool2 = false
        Order Triggering Unit to cast SPELL2
Else Actions - set Triggering Unit's mana = It's mana + Mana cost of SPELL1
             - set Bool1 = true

and the second one like this
Code:

Event - Unit begins the effect of an ability
Conditions - if spell being cast equals to SPELL2
Actions - 
if (Bool2 = true) then
        ----------------spell2 effects go here-------------
        set bool1 = false
        Order Triggering Unit to cast SPELL2
Else Actions - set Triggering Unit's mana = It's mana + Mana cost of SPELL2
             - set Bool2 = true

What this does is ordering the unit to cast the other spell when the first one is cast, but restores mana for it.
Not sure this would work though, this is just a suggestion.