Default Ability Fields

Abilities have several subtypes but they all share the following data in common:

• Ability - Alignment (CAbil_Alignment)
  • Determines whether the ability is considered neutral, negative or positive.
  • If the ability shows anywhere (usually does not, since it will be buffs or buttons you will see in game, so I guess it does not matter much, but anyway), it will be coloured by the alignment. Neutral is nothing, positive is green, negative is red.
  • This also applies for buttons and buffs.
• Ability - Name (CAbil_Name)
  • Name of the Ability
• Ability - SetId (CAbil_AbilSetId)
  • An unique ID that is shared with abilities like it. for example: Hero Stalker blink would share the same Ability Id as a normal Stalker Blink
• - Charge - Count (Max)
  • Max number of charges this ability can hold.
• - Charge - Count (Start)
  • Starting amount of charges of the ability.
• - Charge - Count (Use)
  • Amount of charges is used with each use of the ability.
• Charge - Hide Count
  • Hide the amount of charges count in the UI.
• Charge - Link
  • Allows several abilities/effects to share the same pool of charges.
• - Charge - Location
  • Determines the sharing of the charges
  • Ability means that the charge sharing is only limited to this ability
  • Behavior (Unknown)
  • Global means that the charges are shared between all players so that an ability could only be used a limited number in total by all players
  • Player that the charges are shared between all units of that player
  • Unit means each unit has it's own charge pool.
• - Charge - Time Start
  • The time taken to regenerate a charge
• - Charge - Time Use
  • The time increment to the Cost - Cost - Charge - Time Start each time the ability is used.
• - Cooldown - Link
  • Allows several abilities to share a common cooldown
• - Cooldown - Location
  • Determines the extent of the sharing of the cooldown
  • Ability means that the cooldown sharing is only limited to this ability
  • Behavior (Unknown)
  • Global means that the cooldown is shared between all players so that an ability
  • Player that the cooldown is shared between all units of that player
  • Unit means each unit has it's own cooldown
• - Cooldown - Time Start
  • Cooldown when the unit is created before it can first use the ability.
• Cost - Cost - Cooldown - Time Use
  • How long the cooldown is between uses of the ability.
• - Cost Display
  • If the ability costs resources or vitals to use, this field determines which ones are shown
• - Technology Resource Cost
  • Cost of using the ability in technology resources (minerals, vespene, terrazine and custom).
• - Vital Fraction
  • Cost of using the ability in percentage of life, shield and/or energy.
• - Vitals
  • Cost of using the ability in life, shield and/or energy.
• Cost - Refund Fraction - Charge
  • If the ability is canceled this determines what fraction of the Cost - Cost - Charge - Count (Use) is refunded.
• Cost - Refund Fraction - Cooldown
  • If the ability is canceled this field determines what fraction of the cooldown is deducted from the cooldown.
• Cost - Refund Fraction - Resource
  • How much is refunded in resources if the ability is canceled.
• Cost - Refund Fraction - Vital Fraction
  • How much is refunded in percentage of vitals if the ability is canceled.
• Cost - Refund Fraction - Vitals
  • How much is refunded in vitals if the ability is canceled.
• Editor - Editor Categories (CAbil_EditorCategories)
  • What categories the ability is in the editor.
  • None of the Editor fields affect the or show in game.
• Editor - Editor Comment (CAbil_EditorComment)
  • Comments about the ability. Similar to Hints in the SC2Mapster Wiki :)
• Editor - Editor Description (CAbil_EditorDescription)
  • Description of the ability in the editor.
• Editor - Editor Prefix (CAbil_EditorPrefix)
  • Prefix shown only in the Editor
• Editor - Editor Suffix (CAbil_EditorSuffix)
  • Suffix shown only in the Editor, useful if you have several stages of an ability but you don't want the player to notice it.
• Tech Tree - Tech Alias (CAbil_TechAliasArray)
• Tech Tree - Tech Player (CAbil_TechPlayer)
• UI - Orders - Color (CAbil_OrderArray_Color)
• UI - Orders - Flags (CAbil_OrderArray_FlagArray)
• UI - Orders - Line Texture (CAbil_OrderArray_LineTexture)
  • The vertical banner texture shown when queuing several casts of the ability using the shift button.
• UI - Orders - Model (CAbil_OrderArray_Model)
  • The model used to highlight the ground of the location where the ability will be cast if several casts of the ability are queued using the shift button.
• UI - Orders - Scale (CAbil_OrderArray_Scale)
  • Scale of the line texture and model.
• UI - Target Message (CAbil_TargetMessage)
  • Message that is displayed in the command card while you are targeting the ability.
• UI - Tooltip Priority (CAbil_InfoTooltipPriority)
  • Priority of this ability's tooltips.

Ability Sub Types (Classes)

• Arm Magazine
  
• Attack
  
• Augment
  
• Battery
  
• Beacon
  
• Behavior
  
• Build
  
• Buildable
  
• Effect
  
• Effect - Instant
  
• Effect - Target
  
• Harvest
  
• Interact
  
• Inventory
  
• Learn
  
• Merge
  
• Mergeable
  
• Morph
  
• Morph Placement
  
• Move
  
• Pawn
  
• Progress
  
• Queue
  
• Queueable
  
• Rally
  
• Redirect
  
• Redirect - Instant
  
• Redirect - Target
  
• Research
  
• Revive
  
• Specialize
  
• Stop
  
• Train
  
• Transport
  
• Warp Train
  
• Warpable