Unit is About to Die Event

[Lyle.]

I need a way for an event to catch right before a certain unit-type is going to die. I need to modify the unit (remove an ability) right before it dies.

 

[I_RULE_YOU]

Event - A units health < 10?

 

[Romek]

Use Damage Detection.

The trigger would run before the actual damage is dealt.
So check if the damage would kill the unit, and if so, remove the ability.

 

[Lyle.]

Event - A units health < 10?

No that won't work, the unit may go to 5 then survive or it may go from 50 to 0.


EDIT: Searching Damage Detection

 

[Romek]

Why would you want to remove an ability just before the unit dies anyway?

 

[Lyle.]

Why would you want to remove an ability just before the unit dies anyway?

I have an ability based on Bear Form that when used also adds an Engineering Upgrade based skill to change not only the unit but the unit's skills. This works perfectly except if the unit dies in its second form the unit will come back in its first form with out any skills. If I remove the Engineering Upgrade skill it should solve my problem.

Could you help me with this "Damage Detection" event? I use GUI

 

[Romek]

• Damage Detection
  • Events
    • Map initialization
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Custom script: if GetTriggerExecCount(GetTriggeringTrigger()) == 0 then
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Trigger - Add to Some Trigger &lt;gen&gt; the event (Unit - (Picked unit) Takes damage)
    • Skip remaining actions
    • Custom script: endif
    • Trigger - Add to Some Trigger &lt;gen&gt; the event (Unit - (Triggering unit) Takes damage)

Should work. Unless I've messed something up. (It's 3:37am, wouldn't be surprised if I did )

Some Trigger is the trigger you want to add the event to.

 

[Lyle.]

I'm not exactly sure how this works but this is what I have so far, no results.

• Damage Detection
  • Events
    • Map initialization
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Custom script: if GetTriggerExecCount(GetTriggeringTrigger()) == 0 then
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Trigger - Add to Alter Form Copy &lt;gen&gt; the event (Unit - (Picked unit) Takes damage)
    • Skip remaining actions
    • Custom script: endif
    • Trigger - Add to Alter Form Copy &lt;gen&gt; the event (Unit - (Triggering unit) Takes damage)

• Alter Form Copy
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Cast is dead) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set Form = False
        • Unit - Remove Alterations Ice from Cast
      • Else - Actions

I also tryed doing it with my original trigger.

• Alter Form
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Alter Form
  • Actions
    • Set Cast = (Casting unit)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Form Equal to False
      • Then - Actions
        • Set Form = True
        • Wait 0.01 seconds
        • Unit - Add Alterations Ice to (Casting unit)
      • Else - Actions
        • Set Form = False
        • Unit - Remove Alterations Ice from (Casting unit)

 

[TriggerHappy]

0.405 is when the unit dies i believe.

 

[Lyle.]

0.405 is when the unit dies i believe.

I'm not sure what you are saying.

 

[TriggerHappy]

Event - A units health < 0.405

Damange detection is the best way to go IMO. WC3Camapigns has a good system but its down.

 

[Ghan]

• Unit - Remove Alterations Ice from (Casting unit)

There is no Casting Unit there....

 

[Lyle.]

• Unit - Remove Alterations Ice from (Casting unit)

There is no Casting Unit there....

Ya that helps, but with that Damage Detection trigger my unit runs "Alter Form Copy" everytime the unit is Damaged.


EDIT: Ok I edited my "Alter Form Copy" above and it seems to work. Imma go test it a little more and get back to ya...

EDIT: Ya this will work. Thanks +rep all around : )