Need an event that detects if a unit is "defending" (Footman defend)

04-25-2007, 05:11 PM

I need to add a periodical mana cost to defend... just like the immolation thing...
any suggestions?

this is how it looks like: And it's not working

Trigger:

Defend Cast

Events

Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Defend

Phalanxed[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] Equal to False

Actions

Set Phalanxed[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = True

Unit Group - Add (Casting unit) to Phalanxed_Group

Trigger:

Remove Mana

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Phalanxed_Group and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Set mana of (Picked unit) to ((Mana of (Picked unit)) - 5.00)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Mana of (Picked unit)) Equal to 0.00

Then - Actions

Else - Actions

Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from Phalanxed_Group

Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Human Footman - Stop Defend

Set Phalanxed[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = False

Trigger:

Defend Uncast

Events

Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Defend

Phalanxed[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] Equal to True

Actions

Unit Group - Remove (Casting unit) from Phalanxed_Group

Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Human Footman - Stop Defend

Set Phalanxed[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = False

04-25-2007, 05:14 PM	#2
Conquestor	Add units to an array when they cast defend, remove them when they cancel it. Then remove mana from every unit in the array, periodically. Or if you don't have too many units on the map, you could create a new trigger for every unit that is casting defend in JASS, and destroy it once the unit dies/cancels defend.

04-25-2007, 05:18 PM	#3
olavo	The Trigger atill isn't detecting that the unit activated defend...

04-25-2007, 05:28 PM	#4
tamisrah	If that helps ok, but I have tried your trigger and the event seems not to catch defend. If I change it to Trigger: Unit - A unit Issued Order end changed the condition to Trigger: Conditions (Issued order) Equal to (Order(defend)) it works fine.

04-25-2007, 05:31 PM	#5
olavo	Thx a lot dude!

04-26-2007, 04:16 AM	#6
Pyrogasm	You can also detect when it stops defending by replacing "defend" in the above condition with "undefend".

04-26-2007, 08:44 AM

[VDM]Amn

Trigger:

Remove Mana

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Phalanxed_Group and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Set mana of (Picked unit) to ((Mana of (Picked unit)) - 5.00)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Mana of (Picked unit)) Equal to 0.00

Then - Actions

Else - Actions

Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from Phalanxed_Group

Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Human Footman - Stop Defend

Set Phalanxed[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = False

If unit's mana is not zero they'll cancel the skill ?