Summonable Unit Trigger

[maerlyn]

I have this trigger, and it works nicely, (except that there's no limit on how many Gnolls you can summon.)

Captured Gnoll is Used
Events
Unit - A unit Uses an item
Conditions
(Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Captured Gnoll
Actions
Unit - Create 1 Gnoll for (Triggering player) at (Position of (Triggering unit)) facing Default building facing degrees

But I'm wondering - is it possible to make the Captured Gnoll item create a Gnoll when clicked, like it does, and then remove that same Gnoll when it's clicked again? And then have a cooldown applied to the item? And then after the cooldown is over and the item is clicked again, an entirely new Gnoll is summoned, etc.?

 

[Ninva]

Limit your item. That would work good.

 

[mems]

base your ability from fearal spirit make it an item ability

 

[maerlyn]

base your ability from fearal spirit make it an item ability

How would that work? Would I be able to summon and unsummon my Gnoll?

 

[Duwenbasden]

Make 2 Feral Spirits - one for the Gnoll and one for a dummy unit.

The Dummy unit Feral will have the following
-Locust (so you can't click on it)
-0.01 second duration
-no animation, no summoning animations

then make 2 items, one for each spell (the real Feral must have a cooldown)

When you use the real Gnoll spell, remove that item and replace it with the dummy item. Since the game only allow 1 Feral cast in the game at one time, your Gnoll will be dispelled when you use the dummy item since they are both Ferals. Then you replace the real thing back into the hero, and it will still have a cooldown timer ticking.

 

[maerlyn]

Thanks for the replies. I tried that thing with Feral Spirit and decided it was a little clunky. So I made my own trigger! Check it out:

Captured Gnoll is Used
    Events
        Unit - A unit Uses an item
    Conditions
        (Item-type of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Captured Gnoll
    Actions
        For each (Integer A) from 1 to 100, do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                    If - Conditions
                        SummonedUnitsItem[(Integer A)] Equal to (Item being manipulated)
                    Then - Actions
                        Unit - Remove SummonedUnitsUnit[(Integer A)] from the game
                        Set SummonedUnitsItem[(Integer A)] = No item
                        Set SummonedUnitsUnit[(Integer A)] = No unit
                        Skip remaining actions
                    Else - Actions
        Unit - Create 1 Gnoll for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at (Position of (Triggering unit)) facing Default building facing degrees
        For each (Integer A) from 1 to 100, do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                    If - Conditions
                        SummonedUnitsItem[(Integer A)] Equal to No item
                    Then - Actions
                        Set SummonedUnitsItem[(Integer A)] = (Item being manipulated)
                        Set SummonedUnitsUnit[(Integer A)] = (Last created unit)
                        Skip remaining actions
                    Else - Actions

I have two arrays, one keeps track of the Item that corresponds to the Unit (which is the other array). SummonedUnitsItem[x] is the item for the summoned creep SummonedUnitsUnit[x].

It works. Now the only things are cooldown, and making it work for all the creeps. Does anyone have any ideas regarding making this trigger work for any creep? I was thinking of having a lookup table...

EDIT: don't worry, I figured it out.