blink strike kinda...

05-29-2006, 09:13 PM

well im trying to make something like a blink strike. the unit is supposed to blink halfway into the air between himself and the point where you cast than come down and attack the ground at that point. it all works fine except it doesnt blink the unit halfway in between it actually blinks him BEHIND where he started which messes up the gradual height decrease and he ends up sliding on the ground for most of the time. here are both of the triggers i use, i hope someone can tell me whats wrong:

Trigger:

start

Events

Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Blink Strike

Actions

Set blinkunit = (Casting unit)

Set temppoint = (Target point of ability being cast)

Set blinkdistance = (Distance between (Position of blinkunit) and temppoint)

Unit - Add Storm Crow Form to blinkunit

Unit - Remove Storm Crow Form from blinkunit

Unit - Turn collision for blinkunit Off

Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of blinkunit using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkTarget.mdl

Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

Unit - Move blinkunit instantly to ((Position of blinkunit) offset by (blinkdistance x 0.50) towards (Angle from temppoint to (Position of blinkunit)) degrees)

Unit - Hide blinkunit

Animation - Change blinkunit flying height to 500.00 at 0.00

Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of blinkunit using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl

Unit - Unhide blinkunit

Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the weapon of blinkunit using Abilities\Weapons\PhoenixMissile\Phoenix_Missile_mini.mdl

Set blinkeffect = (Last created special effect)

Animation - Change blinkunit's animation speed to 0.00% of its original speed

Animation - Play blinkunit's Attack Slam animation

Unit - Pause blinkunit

Trigger - Turn on come down <gen>

and

Trigger:

come down

Events

Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Distance between (Position of blinkunit) and temppoint) Greater than 50.00

Then - Actions

Unit - Move blinkunit instantly to ((Position of blinkunit) offset by 10.00 towards (Angle from (Position of blinkunit) to temppoint) degrees)

Animation - Change blinkunit flying height to ((Current flying height of blinkunit) - (blinkdistance / 50.00)) at 0.00

Else - Actions

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Distance between (Position of blinkunit) and temppoint) Less than or equal to 50.00

Then - Actions

Unit - Unpause blinkunit

Animation - Change blinkunit's animation speed to 100.00% of its original speed

Animation - Play blinkunit's attack slam animation

Special Effect - Create a special effect at temppoint using Abilities\Spells\Human\MassTeleport\MassTeleportCaster.mdl

Unit - Order blinkunit to damage area in 0.00 seconds of size 200.00 at temppoint for ((Real((Level of Blink Strike for blinkunit))) x 75.00) using attack type Chaos and damage type Sonic.

Special Effect - Destroy blinkeffect

Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

Trigger - Turn off come down <gen>

Else - Actions

Do nothing

oh and also for some reason it still doesnt seem to be turning his collision off because he gets stuck whenever he hits something..

05-29-2006, 09:22 PM

The)TideHunter(

Your code looks fine, nothing should go wrong, very odd.

Try replacing the line:

Trigger:

Unit - Move blinkunit instantly to ((Position of blinkunit) offset by (blinkdistance x 0.50) towards (Angle from temppoint to (Position of blinkunit)) degrees)

with:

Trigger:

Unit - Move blinkunit instantly to ((Position of blinkunit) offset by (blinkdistance / 0.50) towards (Angle from temppoint to (Position of blinkunit)) degrees)

Replace the times by divide, i agree with the times, but its worth a try.
I would try doing the opposite if your unit is going on the opposite side :)

05-29-2006, 09:26 PM

map-maker

that wouldnt make it go half way of course...say the distance between the caster and the point he casted on was 500. by multiplying it by 0.5 or dividing it by 2 (i have tried both) it should give the number 250 and move him by that offset if you divide by 0.5 you get 1000... i guess ill try it though..see what happens. can u help me on the collision part?

EDIT: i just tested that out and it moved him 1000 backwards O.o think maybe something is returning the angle wrong?

EDIT2: haha wow WE is picky. so it seemed it was returning the OPPOSITE angel that i wanted because i told it to take the angle from the point to the unit instead of the unit to the point. fixed that part now. can someone help me with the collision problem

05-29-2006, 09:39 PM

TaintedReality

Trigger:

Unit - Move blinkunit instantly to ((Position of blinkunit) offset by (blinkdistance x 0.50) towards (Angle from temppoint to (Position of blinkunit)) degrees)

Should be:

Trigger:

Unit - Move blinkunit instantly to ((Position of blinkunit) offset by (blinkdistance x 0.50) towards (Angle from (Position of blinkunit) to temppoint) degrees)

Before you were using the angle from the target location to the casting unit, therefore making him go backwards. You want to move from his original location towards the target location, so you need it that way. Hope that works.

Edit: Damn, posted at the same time you edited =P.

05-29-2006, 09:45 PM	#5
The)TideHunter(	Ok glad that works. But what do you mean by Collision? I see no collision in your spell =/ EDIT: I realised im blind, i see collision! Whats wrong with the collision? Thats the correct question :)