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Can't seem to find ability that targets living...

08-07-2003, 02:43 AM#1
MarSara
I can't find any ability that requires a target Living unit for both enemy and allied units.
08-07-2003, 02:45 AM#2
got_ammo
Lightning shield does... If thats what you mean.
08-07-2003, 02:45 AM#3
Allanon[Druid]
Storm Bolt from the Mountain King?
08-07-2003, 02:50 AM#4
MarSara
sorry, i meant Living, as in not undead.
08-07-2003, 02:54 AM#5
Allanon[Druid]
If you have TFT I think you can make it work by changing the targets allowed in the Ability Editor
08-07-2003, 02:56 AM#6
Newbieff
dont think there is any....but the closest one is holy light?

well...at least it got half of what u want ;) (or death coil)

hmmm..maybe u need to do it thru trigger....like switching back and forth between death coil and holy light

if friend use holy light and when targetting enemy, use death coil

make both spell the same icon and description....
08-07-2003, 02:58 AM#7
MarSara
Nope, Undead/Living isn't in the target list. I even edited UnitEditorData to include 'Undead' and 'Living', but it didn't work, unless the string required is somthing other than 'undead' and 'living'.

EDIT: I would use Deathcoil and Holy light, but I want the message to pop up saying "Must target a living unit", not allowing them to even select the target, so that the coolldowns doesn't just start for a mistarget.
08-07-2003, 03:04 AM#8
got_ammo
Do you mean dead as in UNDEAD or as in a corpse dead? If you read my post lightning shield can be cast on both your units and enemy units, as long as they are ALIVE, and can be cast on UNDEAD as well.. You would have to use triggers for your effect tho.

EDIT: If you mean living as in not undead than just use holy light
08-07-2003, 03:05 AM#9
Allanon[Druid]
Well if you have been reading the posts above you would know he means undead as in not human or orc or night elf.

EDIT: and got_ammo, holy light can be used on undead also to damage them
08-07-2003, 03:10 AM#10
MarSara
Well, looks like there isn't one. I looked threw the Game Interface dialog and couldn't even find "Text - Must Target Living Unit". So I don't think it's even there.

Well is there any ability out there that can't target specific unit types? Or one that can't target Ethreal units? Or maybe even Non-Summons?

EDIT: It may help to actually know what my spell is doing. It kills target unit replacing it with a 'ghost' that has Ethreal, but I don't what people to cast this spell on the ghost (basicly wasting 300 mana and 90 sec of cooldown)
08-07-2003, 03:18 AM#11
Allanon[Druid]
Maybe you can make all undead and your ghost unit have the type 'Ancient'. Then you can make the spell have the target 'Non-Ancient'. But I'm not sure if this will work.
08-07-2003, 03:19 AM#12
MarSara
Already tried... :(

EDIT: Wow, aparanrlty WE just didn't accept the first time I set the classification of the ghost to Anchient. Well I guess I back to the old construction system for this map, but I GOT IT TO WORK! :)