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Special Effect trigger help -

08-15-2003, 10:13 AM#1
Pret
Say I wish to create a special effect that shows the starfall-target effect on a enemy which is targeted by a hero using a custom spell.

What's the targeted enemy in this situation called? "Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (?????) using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Starfall\StarfallTarget.mdx""

Using (targeted unit) didn't work coz it's for an 'acquire unit' event; (triggering unit) refers to the hero casting it.

So my question is, what's that targeted unit called? Or should I write this trigger in a completely different way?
:(
08-15-2003, 10:20 AM#2
Balthamos
unfortunately I don't believe you can find the targeted unit of a spell. You'd have to find some way of doing it with the "Unit orders action, targetting a unit" thingy event. I really am not sure of how to do this properly I'm afraid.
08-15-2003, 10:27 AM#3
Pret
Thanks for the reply, but I don't really get what you mean.

Still need help guys =/
08-15-2003, 04:42 PM#4
Pret
anyone kinds souls ? =/
08-16-2003, 03:24 AM#5
Pret
If someone know, please tell :(

Been trying to figure it out for a day
08-16-2003, 03:29 AM#6
Newhydra
This has been asked before, and answered. I'll answer it again though

You can't use get target with the begins/finishes casting a spell events.

To work around this you need to catch the order event (unit issued order, issued order = spell's order string) and store the target of the order in a variable, then you refer to that variable.