Once upon a Buff!

Hi all!

I have a spell that gives a buff to a single unit.
Now my problem is that i have used cripple as the buff laout (to give units faster attack speed), but when it is cast it takes the buff as a debuff...
How and can this be changed, so that it is maked as a buff?

tnx in advance :)

debuff?

Yes a debuff... When you draw you'r cursor over the buff icon (in the unit frame) it is typed with red. A buff is typed with green.
This is simply a question of how this buff is treated by autocast spells that removes eighter buffs or debuffs from a unit.

i think more ppl would understand if you talked about friendly and hostile buffs : > but nvm.

well, base it from another spell? (bloodlust would be a wize choice)

Yeah well, I've never heard of anything but buffs and debuffs ^_^...


See i tought that too in the begining and tried to make if from the Inner Fire and Bloodlust buffs... But the problem is that they are auto-cast abilities, so when right-clicked it messes up everything... Even if i just make the buff itself from the Inner Fire buff, it's still red because it comes from a "debuff" spell...

you can set the "Order String - Activate" to none (dunno about this) and the same with Deactivate.

if this aint working, use a dummy caster.

It's already set to none, both of them...


How would this work? I mean, it's not the spell it's self, it's just the way that the buff is being put on the unit.

to use a dummyunit, i first suggest you make a new unit based of a regular unit ie Peasant, then do this:

-remove dmg
-add Locust ability
-remove model
-remove food cost

then make a new trigger that will fire when you use your other ability (a dummy ability = should only take mana and cooldown, no effects(!))

so:

event: unit starts the effects on an ability
conditions: ability being cast = your dummy ability (the ability the hero will have)
actions:
-create a dummy unit
-give the dummy unit the bloodlust ability¨
-set the level of the bloodlust ability to the level of the ability being cast
-Order the last created unit to cast bloodlust at the Target Unit of Ability Being cast
-add a generic timer to the last created unit.

What about Unholy Frenzy?

I dont really see how another caster could make the buff suddenly be friendly...

I know the locust ability does alot. But why does IT work, and most others dont, i mean for dummy casters.

Gonna try this right away... Haven't thought of that one :D just trying then!

iamzim, bloodlust is from the beginning a spell targeted towards allies to BOOST them.
Cripple is targeted towards enemies to ... deboost(?) them.

killademon, huh? :> how do you mean with that "it works" for dummycasters and not for others?

i meant, locust spell 'works' whereas other spells dont seem to do that... hmm, how should I put this... locust effeect

Well I've solved it replacing the spell from cripple (with negative values ;)) to Unholy Frenzy wich i overlooked the first couple of times i tried to think of a spell that gave attack speed heh...

I still think that we (oNdizZ and my self) are talking about two diferent things :P hehe... so thank you Xaran Alamas!!! That was what i wanted! :D
And tnx everyone who replied! :P
Cheers!