Channelled Chain Lightning

I just thought of a really nice idea for a spell, it's chain lightning that keeps jumping, and losing damage, just like normal chain lightning, except it lasts forever - until you stop channelling. Does anyone know how you would got about making this spell, preferably without too many triggers.

Easy.

And let me move to the triggers forum

umm...why not use game-time waits? (and woouldnt it be an acual duration like .1 seconds or something...
...unless, of course, the wait is caused by spell casting time/animations/w/e

Well he could use Game Time wait and 0.01 , but if he used game time wait an 0 seconds it would crash, the intention behind 0 seconds is giving it a minimum delay

Thanks alot, however there is one problem, wouldn't this script require infinite versions of the chainlightning ability that keep getting weaker, and also i can't see how this would stop if the caster stops channelling

Well, that's your problem, you chose such a problematic spell. You can always trigger the damage, and have the spell there just for show, but then you might consider triggering the lightning as well instead of using a spell for it. However, the trigger becomes more and more difficult to make. By the way, Lord Vexorian's trigger already stops the spell once the channeling is done, check the condition. Besides, if the damage is always decreasing, what's the use of channeling the spell, if it eventually deals less damage than the hero would just using it's own attack, or by re-casting the spell?

Hmm it was just an idea, would be amazing if it worked, but I can see it's going to be very hard or even impossible, nevermind. Thanks for the help anyway

yah, i can only see it as being totally 100% triggered (just with a channeling base ability)...

i probably couldnt do it cuz im a noob shit, but if you looped it and used random target stuff it would work fine....ugh....probably a real variable in there too for reducing dmg each hit
maybe deal damage like

set realdamagevariable=realdamagevariable*.75
set targetunitvariables hit points to tagetunitvariables current hit points - realdamagevariablr

of course, that would just be for damage. youd also have tons of shit to do with special effects, lightning effects, target selection, looping, and destroying effects = )

and i sure as hell aint going to try and do this.

whee.. this reminds of me of Nox, the game with the wizard/conjurer/warrior, the wizard had a spell like this, you would just press the chain lightning and it would electrify nearby enemy units within range, after it dies it jumps to the other, slowly damaging it every 0.01 seconds, but also drains mana per second from the caster. i always wanted this spell, but i dont know if what vexorian posted will work.
*browses the trigger*

edit:
nice trigger, and of course it needs more triggers, but the base is here.
ill give my shot on it.

Hey, it wasn't so hard after all!
I decided to give it a try and managed to make it, pretty much perfect, looks almost the same as regular chain lightning, only noticable difference is that it hits targets more than once (but never the target it came from).

I've attached a map showing how pro it is, it consists of an archmage with the spell (Called 'Lightning Chain' - Any better name ideas welcome ;) ) and lots of footmen, enjoy!

NOTE: The spell will not be cancelled by interrupting spells, just paused for the duration of the interruption :( I am working on this

Edit: Fixed map so that lightning bolts fade properly and added a minimum damage of 10

Edit: Updated map so that it has more footmen, comments in the triggers, and less damage reduction :)

Edit: Fixed a bug that crashed the game the second time you cast it, made it target the nearest unit. Sorry about all the edits, it won't happen again unless i fix the last bug, which is i can't give it a cooldown :(

Edit: Last edit! It now has a cooldown, mana cost and it's kills give experience, enjoy!

bah its not the same as i described

Hehe no, that would be even harder, and I can't be bothered to try it :p