Is it possible to have a timed upgrade?

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What I mean is that add upgrade to one squad through an ability, and the upgrade will be removed after several seconds.
I tried various methods but somehow none of them works

Any pointing will be appreciated, thanks.

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What kind of ability is it? Is it still running at the moment that you want to delete the upgrade?

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8 Nov 2019, 10:43 AMSneakEye

What kind of ability is it? Is it still running at the moment that you want to delete the upgrade?

Actually its the ability that adds a 1 second aura to a unit, and aura contains the upgrade for units in the aura

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You could add a requirement_action in sbps/action_apply. It checks on has_squad_upgrade and then in actions: a delay which removes the upgrade eventually.

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8 Nov 2019, 20:22 PMSneakEye

You could add a requirement_action in sbps/action_apply. It checks on has_squad_upgrade and then in actions: a delay which removes the upgrade eventually.

That will technically work and I tried this as well, but nothing really happens.

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8 Nov 2019, 20:54 PMChrisMantou

That will technically work and I tried this as well, but nothing really happens.

Is the unit still affected by the aura?

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8 Nov 2019, 21:03 PMSneakEye

Is the unit still affected by the aura?

The aura only last 1 second, which add an upgrade to units in aura
The upgrade still exsist anyway

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Perhaps change the ability. Instead of an aura, use a target_action. Then you can make another target_action in the executor after a delay to remove the upgrades.

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8 Nov 2019, 21:26 PMSneakEye

Perhaps change the ability. Instead of an aura, use a target_action. Then you can make another target_action in the executor after a delay to remove the upgrades.

sorry but what do that mean by target_action? Is the one in the ability?
What I would like to achieve is several units around the target to recieve an timed upgrade.

Because I had several similar kind of abilities but I don't want them to overlay their effects on each other when casting, so the abilities will have to do upgrade check.

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Perhaps take a look at "aura\aef_auras\sherman_battle_group_vet".
It uses slot_items to check the situation and those slot_items are automatically removed when the aura ends.

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8 Nov 2019, 22:02 PMSneakEye

Perhaps take a look at "aura\aef_auras\sherman_battle_group_vet".
It uses slot_items to check the situation and those slot_items are automatically removed when the aura ends.

Still not quite working, but how do sherman battlegroup's slot item work?

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8 Nov 2019, 22:42 PMChrisMantou

Still not quite working, but how do sherman battlegroup's slot item work?

The aura adds a slotitem, with the setting 'permanent' : false. Other auras can check on the presence of that slotitem. The slotitem will be removed when the aura is ended.

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10 Nov 2019, 09:40 AMSneakEye

The aura adds a slotitem, with the setting 'permanent' : false. Other auras can check on the presence of that slotitem. The slotitem will be removed when the aura is ended.

Just got it to work, thanks