Buff Icon Blink

12-24-2006, 08:27 PM	#1
Odin845	I made a custom ability from inner fire and gave it a custom buff, but when the buff is about to go away in the status bar it doesn't start blinking, it just immediately dissapear, could anyone tell me why this is?

12-24-2006, 08:28 PM	#2
Av3n	What base buff you've use? If it is Inner Fire, I've no idea. Also check the Inner Fire Effect and Buff properties as well. -Av3n

12-24-2006, 08:40 PM	#3
st33m	I THINK if its under 10 seconds it wont flash, because it starts flashing at 10 seconds.

12-24-2006, 10:05 PM

Odin845

Hmm, it has something to do with this trigger that is messing it up, I am not sure why though.

Trigger:

Periodic Increase Damage

Events

Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set Damage_Group[1] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (5)) Equal to True))

Set Damage_Group[2] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (10)) Equal to True))

Set Damage_Group[3] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (15)) Equal to True))

Set Damage_Group[4] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (20)) Equal to True))

Set Damage_Group[5] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching ((((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (5)) Equal to False) and ((((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (10)) Equal to False) and ((((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (15)) Equal to False) and (((Matching unit)

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Damage_Group[1] and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Remove Damage (5) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Add Damage (5) to (Picked unit)

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Damage_Group[2] and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Remove Damage (10) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Add Damage (10) to (Picked unit)

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Damage_Group[3] and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Remove Damage (15) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Add Damage (15) to (Picked unit)

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Damage_Group[4] and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Remove Damage (20) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Add Damage (20) to (Picked unit)

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Damage_Group[5] and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Remove Damage (5) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Remove Damage (10) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Remove Damage (15) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Remove Damage (20) from (Picked unit)

It doesn't add or remove a buff with this trigger, it only adds a +damage item ability, I don't understand why this makes the buff stop blinking.

12-25-2006, 02:05 AM	#5
rulerofiron99	What's the length of the buff? If its below 5 or 10 - can't remember which one - it won't blink. If that isn't the case, make sure that the other abilities you are adding aren't showing up buffs and stuff.

12-26-2006, 04:37 AM	#6
Odin845	It doesn't have anything to do with the time, it has to do with that trigger, because when I turn it off, the buff blinks fine. EDIT: When I changed the event to once every .3 seconds, the buff blinked really fast when it was about to go away, much faster than normal.

12-26-2006, 07:40 AM	#7
Wyvernoid	If I am right (only if I'm right^^) In the trigger you remove and add the buff manually not by the game's timer. I mean that the buff only blinks when it's about to disappear BY THE TIMER SET IN THE Object Editor. If you remove it manually (by trigger), the game would surely not "predict" it ;-P So it doesn't know whether it should blink or not, or when to blink.

12-26-2006, 08:01 AM	#8
Odin845	In that trigger I never remove or add a buff, I am only removing a +damage item ability.

12-26-2006, 12:18 PM	#9
Anitarf	A possible hypothesis would be that whenever an ability is added to or removed from a unit, it refreshes the unit's buff blinking. If it's refreshed too fast, then it appears to not blink at all.

12-28-2006, 06:09 PM

#10

Odin845

I think you are right Anitarf, I tried doing this.

Trigger:

Periodic Increase Damage Copy

Events

Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set Damage_Group[1] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (5)) Equal to True))

Set Damage_Group[2] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (10)) Equal to True))

Set Damage_Group[3] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (15)) Equal to True))

Set Damage_Group[4] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (20)) Equal to True))

When I did this trigger, the icon blinked just fine, I guess it has something to do with adding and removing the +damage ability.

Then I did this and the icon didn't blink.

Trigger:

Periodic Increase Damage Copy

Events

Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set Damage_Group[1] = (Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Increase Damage (5)) Equal to True))

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Damage_Group[1] and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Remove Damage (5) from (Picked unit)

Unit - Add Damage (5) to (Picked unit)

Does anyone know how I could fix this?

12-30-2006, 09:33 AM	#11
Hyarion	No, but it's a neat discovery!

12-30-2006, 09:39 AM	#12
Fireeye	You could try a if/then/else if the picked unit doesn't have the abiltity add the ability else do nothing and when the buff is gone remove the ability. So you don't remove and add the ability every pick.