Giving a Hero a new ability...

08-26-2004, 03:22 AM	#1
LucidSnake	I'm at a standstill. I want to be able to grant a hero (who starts with no abilities) a random ability so that is treated like a normal default ability - so you can level it up starting from level 0. I have no idea how to engineer a trigger that does this.

08-26-2004, 03:23 AM	#2
LucidSnake	btw ... I don't need help getting a random ability to add, my trouble is getting the ability to the hero.

08-26-2004, 03:43 AM

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Well, i know you said you only need to know how to get the ability to the hero, but your way might be different than mine, but maybe no, i will do it anyway.

Code:

Ability Trigger 1
Events
-Whatever you are using to trigger the hero's random get
Conditions
Actions
-Set HeroAbility = Random number from 1 to ###
-Turn on trigger Ability Trigger 2

Ability Trigger 2
Events
-Every 0.5 seconds of the game
Conditions
Actions
-if HeroAbility is equal to 1 then Turn on trigger Add This Ability 1 else do Do Nothing
-if HeroAbility is equal to 2 then Turn on trigger Add This Ability 2 else do Do Nothing
.
.
.
-Turn off This Trigger

Add This Ability 1
Events
-Every 0.5 seconds of the game
Conditions
Actions
-Learn Skill for My Hero: This Ability 1
-Turn off This Trigger

Add This Abilty 2
Same trigger with diferent ability

Im not a great wc3 editor yet so this may be the hard way, but i think it should work

08-26-2004, 03:49 AM	#4
LucidSnake	yeah that's what I'm doing but my problem is getting the "learn skill" to work. That event only works if the hero already has the ability. I want to give them an entire new ability - they start with none.

08-26-2004, 03:54 AM	#5
sweet5	abilities added wit triggers will not be added to the learn skill area, u have to lvl the ability with triggers, u could easily make ur own learn skill area with an ability based off spell book...well maybe not easily but I think I could do it... hmm I might just try that....

08-26-2004, 03:56 AM	#6
LucidSnake	well if you are going to "try that" go ahead and let me know on how you did it ^_^ ^_^

08-26-2004, 04:30 AM	#7
sweet5	Sadly, this requires 1.17 and Im too lazy too upgrade... I'll do as much as I can and then finish it when 1.17 comes out

08-26-2004, 05:45 AM	#8
LucidSnake	Yeah I heard there was new stuff dealing with abilities in 1.17... but I'm going to wait until its official. Thanks for your help

08-26-2004, 02:42 PM

LucidSnake

OK - looks like the solution might be in 1.17:

New triggers:
Special Effect - Create Lightning
Special Effect - Destroy Lightning
Special Effect - Move Lightning
Special Effect - Color Lightning
Unit - Drop Item on Point
Unit - Drop Item on Target
Unit - Drop Item in Slot
Unit - Damage Unit
Unit - Damage Point
Unit - Decrease Ability Level - !
Unit - Increase Ability Level -!
Unit - Set Ability Level - !
Unit - Inventory Capacity
Event Response - Damage Source
GetAbilityEffect (returns a filepath)
GetAbilitySound (returns a filepath)

Maybe then I can give a unity ability, then set the level to 0?