Units within range during blink

04-30-2010, 04:14 AM	#1
BuRnInSpartan	So i'm trying to make this trigger called shade shift and basically it's blink but whenever you use blink i want it so all units that are in the path of blink become damaged. i've been messing around with this but have been pretty unsuccessful. Any tips? i don't wanna use JASS either.

04-30-2010, 01:05 PM

0zyx0

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuRnInSpartan

i don't wanna use JASS either.

This would be next to impossible to do in GUI, yet so easy in JASS. Why do you not want to use it?

04-30-2010, 02:34 PM	#3
BuRnInSpartan	i just have no idea how to use it lol

04-30-2010, 04:00 PM	#4
ploks	When you learn Jass, which is required, use LineSegments

05-02-2010, 01:17 AM	#5
[VDM]Amn	Trigger: events unit starts the effect of ability conditions ability being cast your_spell actions create dummy_unit at triggering unit spot add ability a_carrion_swarm_based_ability to last created unit orden last created unit to carrion_swarm target point of ability being cast) add 2 seconds expiration to last created unit

05-02-2010, 01:57 AM	#6
BuRnInSpartan	wow excellent idea. and change the animation of the spell to none i suppose.

05-02-2010, 02:53 AM	#7
Fledermaus	There are a couple of problems with that solution though. Since the blink spell can be cast on any point between the caster and the max range (let's say 1000), you have to make the carrion swarm have a max distance of 1000. But then if you blink to a point only 300 away from you, the carrion swarm will go the full 1000 distance.

05-02-2010, 01:05 PM	#8
DioD	line select + dodamage

05-02-2010, 01:10 PM	#9
BuRnInSpartan	good point about the range. and isn't line select JASS only?

05-03-2010, 08:08 AM

#10

TheKid

JASS is not required for this.

You need to move a dummy unit from point A to point B and enumerate units that are within a certain area of the dummy unit. Add the units that are enumerated to a group and filter out units that are in that group from being enumerated.

Once the dummy has completed it's "line", you'll deal damage to all units that were enumerated in the second group.

It's a little hard to explain, though I really don't like making code in GUI.

05-03-2010, 12:19 PM

#11

Tot

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheKid

you don't need to move an unit, a simple location (called point in gui) is enough.

but i'll do it in jass, jass waaayy easier to code "complicated" tasks in than gui

05-04-2010, 12:08 PM	#12
TheKid	Yea, there isn't even a need for the dummy unit you can just use coordinates/location like you said. I don't know what I was thinking when I posted.

05-05-2010, 06:48 PM	#13
BuRnInSpartan	ill yo. i'll give it a try +rep for your help so far. thanks guys.

05-07-2010, 03:52 PM

#14

BuRnInSpartan

ok. so i got this trigger and the range works like i get the carrion swarm to go exactly to the position of cast however the angle of the cast isn't working out. i've been thinking for a while now about what it is and its got to be how i set up the positions and stuff but i just can't think it out logically. can someone give me a hand.

Trigger:

Shade Shift

Events

Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Shade Shift

Actions

Set ShadeShiftPoint = (Target point of ability being cast)

Point - Move ShadeShiftPoint to offset(((X of (Target point of ability being cast)) - 1000.00), ((Y of (Target point of ability being cast)) - 1000.00))

Unit - Create 1 Ranged Dummy for (Owner of (Casting unit)) at ShadeShiftPoint facing (Target point of ability being cast)

Set ShadeShiftDummy = (Last created unit)

Unit - Hide ShadeShiftDummy

Unit - Add Carrion Swarm to ShadeShiftDummy

Unit - Order ShadeShiftDummy to Undead Dreadlord - Carrion Swarm (Target point of ability being cast)

Unit - Add a 2.00 second Generic expiration timer to ShadeShiftDummy

05-07-2010, 10:23 PM

#15

Fledermaus

Trigger:

Unit - Create 1 Ranged Dummy for (Owner of (Casting unit)) at ShadeShiftPoint facing (Angle from (Position of (Casting unit)) to (Target point of ability being cast)) degrees

Math - Angle Between Points

Also that still looks like it'll be really shit, since it's just the point offset by 1000 backwards (actually, it doesn't even look like it's being offset in correct direction but I can't find that GUI function so I can't tell you how to make it work properly, I think you wanna use Polar Projection though). But yeah, if you blink at a point only 300 away from you, the Carrion Swarm would just spawn 700 units behind where you where then move to where you are.. Still kinda crappy.