I have a train ability with a lot of units. What I want is a cooldown to activate when a unit is created, but only for that specific unit. I used "info - Cooldown - Time Use", but it activates the cooldown for every unit within that ability. How do I fix this?
In the Cooldown section for each unit that the ability can train, there are two fields at the top: Link and Location. You can use these to more precisely control the cooldown.
Link determines which other abilities share the same cooldown. By default, all units trained by the same ability have the same Link. You can change this to one of many pre-existing Links, or create one of your own if you like.
Location determines where else the game will check for other cooldowns with the same Link. I'm not completely sure what all of them do, but a few are pretty straightforward: Unit will limit its search to only the unit using the ability, Player checks all units that player owns, and Global checks all units owned by all players (I think).
You can do this with more than just Train abilities, too.
I have a train ability with a lot of units. What I want is a cooldown to activate when a unit is created, but only for that specific unit. I used "info - Cooldown - Time Use", but it activates the cooldown for every unit within that ability. How do I fix this?
In the Cooldown section for each unit that the ability can train, there are two fields at the top: Link and Location. You can use these to more precisely control the cooldown.
Link determines which other abilities share the same cooldown. By default, all units trained by the same ability have the same Link. You can change this to one of many pre-existing Links, or create one of your own if you like.
Location determines where else the game will check for other cooldowns with the same Link. I'm not completely sure what all of them do, but a few are pretty straightforward: Unit will limit its search to only the unit using the ability, Player checks all units that player owns, and Global checks all units owned by all players (I think).
You can do this with more than just Train abilities, too.
Okay, how do I create new links?
It's integrated into the Link field. Just click the "add" button on the right side of it and type in the name of the new Link. Easy as that.
Thank You!