Adding locust ability

01-16-2004, 11:09 PM

I want a unit to be unselectable at one point in time, and selectable in another. But I can't ADD the ability Locust to a unit. It just doesn't show up as an available ability when using 'Add ability to unit' action.
Then I thought I could reproduce the ability in the object editor, but I looked throughout the entire list and couldn't find it.

Is there anyway to do this? Or a work around? But remember, I want my unit to remain a unit owned by the same person all the time.

Help would be appreciated.

01-17-2004, 12:02 AM	#2
Narwanza	Code: call UnitAddAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', (your unit) ) call UnitRemoveAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', (your unit) )

01-17-2004, 12:11 AM	#3
Pesmerga	Eww! Well, I don't know jass. What I specifically wanted was this trigger - Action - Pick every unit in 'FinishedUnits' and do call UnitAddAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', (your unit) ) and then another one such as Action - Pick all units (owned by player 1) and do call UnitRemoveAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', (your unit) ) Can you write that in jass? I would deeply appreciate it.

01-17-2004, 12:26 AM	#4
Narwanza	any events or conditions in that?

01-17-2004, 12:31 AM	#5
Pesmerga	Nope. I'm just running it via another trigger.

01-17-2004, 02:54 AM

Narwanza

k, give me a min.

Code:

function Trig_Joe_Func001002 takes nothing returns nothing
    call UnitRemoveAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', GetEnumUnit() )
endfunction

function Trig_Joe_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    call ForGroupBJ( udg_FinishedUnits, function Trig_Joe_Func001002 )
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function InitTrig_RemoveAloc takes nothing returns nothing
    set gg_trg_RemoveAloc = CreateTrigger(  )
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_RemoveAloc, function Trig_Joe_Actions )
endfuncti

#1, the trigger name needs to be RemoveAloc

Code:

function Trig_Joe_Func001002 takes nothing returns nothing
    call UnitAddAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', GetEnumUnit() )
endfunction

function Trig_Joe_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    call ForGroupBJ( udg_FinishedUnits, function Trig_Joe_Func001002 )
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function InitTrig_AddAloc takes nothing returns nothing
    set gg_trg_AddAloc = CreateTrigger(  )
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_AddAloc, function Trig_Joe_Actions )
endfunction

#2, the trigger name needs to be AddAloc

all references to the name joe were just stupid names I made up, they don't have to do w/anything.

crap. They aren't right. I have to go somewhere right now, but I will post the corrected triggers after I get back.

01-17-2004, 03:08 AM	#7
LegolasArcher	Or use a custom text line ://// .

01-17-2004, 03:35 AM	#8
Pesmerga	what custom text line? please find it and come back and tell me where it is. . . edit - thanks narwanza, it worked perfectly. All I had to do was convert my trigger to custom text and replace the spell code with Aloc. Much appreciation!

01-17-2004, 05:25 AM

Narwanza

oh, i'm glad it worked. I changed the second set of code so that it would pick all units owned by player 1 red instead of all units in the global variable finished units. Here it is

Code:

function Trig_RemoveAloc takes nothing returns nothing
    call UnitRemoveAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', GetEnumUnit() )
endfunction

function Trig_RemoveAloc_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    call ForGroupBJ( GetUnitsOfPlayerAll(Player(0)), function Trig_RemoveAloc )
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function InitTrig_RemoveAloc takes nothing returns nothing
    set gg_trg_RemoveAloc = CreateTrigger(  )
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_RemoveAloc, function Trig_RemoveAloc_Actions )
endfunction

01-17-2004, 05:35 AM	#10
Pesmerga	Thanks alot!