Any ability activated from a trigger!

Ok yesterday I discovered something:D
I found out you cna activate ANY ability (haven't tested custom ones yet) from triggers! Ok what I did was I converted one of the existing issue order etc triggers with a normal ability and converted it to text I found in the text a bit in quotation marks which was the order (like in one of the txt files associated with custom abilities. Then I remembered that all abilities have an order setting 0_o So I then decided to test my theory, first I decided on a spell which you can't normally fire with a trigger in this case uproot. Ok I found out the order of uproot then copied it then made a trigger Unit, Issue order with no target. For this one I made the event was when I typed "uproot" it would do some dummy command. Now I converted it to text found where it said "stop" (the ability I did) and replace that with "unroot"
Then I did another one which was unit issue order targetting a unit and targetting the tree of life, this time with the event chat message "root" do the same as above but replace the dummy command with "root" ok now I test the map type uproot and the tree of life uproots, root and the tree of life roots:D

I'm not sure if this will work with custom abilities because I seem to recall they need to use an existing order but maybe as long as a unit doesn't have two spells with the same order it might work but as I said I haven't tested that yet. I will continue to experiment.

Check the attached map for the example.

any comments?

I see there are 7 downloads but no comments :abomhuh: whenever anyone else makes a discovery there seems to be lots of replies but when I discover something anything? NOOOOO :(

Well it's cool to know that... let's attack with our auto-uprooted ancients!!!!! :ggani:
Me: "attack"
Ancients: ok. uprooted ancients walking to the enemy... the enemy is dead now :)
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exactly, it could have loads of uses :ggani:

ya tell this to the commander mod they could probaly use it

will do

I'm too lazy to download it, but does it have the golden spin stuff?

golden spin? nah this is just a test map which makes trees root and uproot through triggers, hmm maybe I should make one with every single ability in the game

Hey Lord Loony,

Good work, this is very useful, and its kind of sad that these guys have yet to see the value in that.

Uprooting / rooting trees for cinematic purposes is a good thing to do, you could have your ancients move in on a map and plant themselves for a starcraft style classic start. But thats just one example of course.

Btw i dont know about custom spells in this either, but i do know that the AI will use custom spells if it has to by determining the value and effects of the spell (just an unrelated tidbit).

I do have a question though, does anyone know how to detect when a custom spell was used? Im going beyond standard spell editing and trying to enhance them with triggers. If anyone has this info it would be MOST useful. :D

Basically im just trying to get custom made spells to run their own trigger in my map.

Thanks Loony, and thanks to whoever responds.

FM_TertiaryEye

thanks for some positive response JasonMclau

nope u cant do it for custom spells, cuz u cant change the order for a custom spell, but by editing the we dat and we strings and some other ui files, u can add in one just for yer custom spell thats in the dropdown menu

i think u've started something that VERY useful 4 custom spells... anyway ppl still modifying/creating/doing nasty things... when they start 2 use them they'll see how useful is da info here

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btw i had 2 wait 1h02min (it's truth look at it if u want!) 4 a reply when i posted da colors n glows thing.... u'r looking like wilbo:

-reply plz
-some1!
-hey there's anyone connected?
-i need help!!!!!!!!!!!

hehehehe k00!

sorry just got a bit frustrated

ur mum was lying when she said u r da prettiest boy in da whole world! :(
*just getting u more frustrated*