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How do i make projectiles not home and just hits the first thing in its path??

07-18-2003, 03:22 AM#1
STURMguy22
i want to have a unit that shoots arrows that dont home in and hit its target all the time. It just goes in a straight line and hits whats in its path ( not going through and hitting others if possible)
07-18-2003, 03:30 AM#2
Earth-Fury
attack type artilery i think.
07-18-2003, 04:04 AM#3
Norbo
Arillery wouldn't work.

Your best bet is to create a unit and order it. When it hits a hitbox of an enemy unit, delete the projectile and hurt the unit.

It's a roundabout way, but I do not believe you can use JUST the unit properties to do it.
07-18-2003, 04:11 AM#4
Earth-Fury
i happen to know because i have done it b4 only editing unit properties, for a while i was makin a paintball map (fraged it cause i couldent get the view right)
07-18-2003, 04:13 AM#5
Norbo
All artillery does that is special is 'attack ground.' Other than that, it might as well be missile (splash). If your talking about the homing in part, all you have to do is turn off "homing projectiles." Any projectile can be a homing projectile..
07-18-2003, 04:16 AM#6
Earth-Fury
oh ya! that used to be tied to the artilery function 0.0 then in tft, poof!
07-18-2003, 04:42 AM#7
Raptor--
u could use the skill carrion swarm, give it the arrow projectile, give it a really small area of effect, and give it a max damage of X and deal X damage so after the first target it won't deal any more damage

i did that for my smash TV map that never really got off the ground, may or may not work for u depending on what u need it for
07-18-2003, 04:45 AM#8
Sardius
Whoever tells you it's not artillery, doesn't know what they are talking about...
I built an action rpg making melee attacks and projectiles dodgeable and stoppable when they hit whats in there way... simply use artillery(line) I used it in 1.04 I use it in frozen throne, works perfectly.... Lower the speed if you want manual dodging more easily...
07-18-2003, 04:50 AM#9
STURMguy22
ok thx guys

but i got a question, u said u used artillery line to hit the first target that it hits, but then why is it called artillery line? did u use triggers?

and also, i like the idea of just turning off projectile homing, will that do what i want, or will it just look like its not hitting it but it does?
07-19-2003, 01:29 AM#10
STURMguy22
any ideas? plz?
07-19-2003, 02:10 AM#11
Norbo
Artillery (line) hmm? I was talkin' about non-(line).. but anyways..

If ya turn off 'homing,' it will pretty much follow its original trajectory.

I believe (not sure on this) that if you use something like missile, (non splash) it will do damage anyway. Artillery, if it doesn't hit, doesn't hurt unless they are in the damage radius.

I'd think Artillery (line) would only do damage if your in the actual AOE..
07-19-2003, 02:32 AM#12
STURMguy22
but wont line go straight through evewryhitng or will it stop?