Split Ability Help

08-26-2006, 11:24 PM

WTFish

I'm making a Binary Fission type ability, and I have no idea why this doesn't work, lol.

Trigger:

Split

Events

Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Binary Fission

Actions

Set SplitCaster = (Triggering unit)

Unit - Set life of SplitCaster to ((Life of SplitCaster) / 2.00)

Unit - Create 1 Wisp for (Owner of SplitCaster) at (Position of SplitCaster) facing 0.00 degrees

Unit - Set life of (Last created unit) to (Life of SplitCaster)

Selection - Add (Last created unit) to selection for (Owner of SplitCaster)

If anyone can tell me why it doesnt work, or a way I can fix it, that would be great

08-27-2006, 12:35 AM	#2
Ice_Keese	Well, what doesn't work? Your question is a bit vague...

08-27-2006, 02:36 AM

Wyvernoid

Try changing all the things about spell into 'orders'. This may help a bit though troublesome.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, here's a modified trigger...

Trigger:

Split

Events

Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target

Conditions

(Issued order) Equal to {the ability you based on - attention! THE ABILITY YOU BASED ON}

Actions {NOT MODIFIED}

Set SplitCaster = (Triggering unit)

Unit - Set life of SplitCaster to ((Life of SplitCaster) / 2.00)

Unit - Create 1 Wisp for (Owner of SplitCaster) at (Position of SplitCaster) facing 0.00 degrees

Unit - Set life of (Last created unit) to (Life of SplitCaster)

Selection - Add (Last created unit) to selection for (Owner of SplitCaster)

08-27-2006, 04:08 AM

WTFish

Sorry for being so vague lol. I don't think its a problem with the event, as the trigger triggers fine. I think its something to do with the actions.
Heres an example of what happens when I cast it:
I have 2 units.
I cast the ability
I have 4 units.
I cast the ability
I have 6 units (wtf?)
I cast the ability
I have 8 units (again, wtf?)
I cast the ability
I have 20 units.

It is obviously not working as I intended it to lol. Each time I cast it I am meant to have double the amount of units I had previously. However, sometimes it works perfectly, and other times (like the one I showed you) it does not. Anyone know why?
Thanks

08-27-2006, 07:01 AM

Wyvernoid

Why I suggested that is because... When I use some events related to spells, I sometimes fail too. The problem was that sometimes "Target Unit of ability being cast" was equal to "No unit". But when I changed it to order, I got the right result.

Believe me, spell events are new components in tft and sometimes may have problems, but order events should be no problem.

Anyway, try it. JUST A TRY! ^^

08-27-2006, 08:30 AM

The)TideHunter(

And hows that surposed to give you double units?
Its creating 1 unit everytime the spell is cast.
If you wanted double amount of unit-type based units everytime you cast, you this:

Trigger:

Split

Events

Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Binary Fission

Actions

Custom Script: local group g = CreateGroup()

Custom Script: local unit CurrentUnit

Custom Script: local integer Units

Custom Script: call GroupEnumUnitsInRect(g, null)

Custom Script: loop

Custom Script: set CurrentUnit = FirstOfGroup(g)

Custom Script: exitwhen CurrentUnit==null

Custom Script: if(GetUnitTypeId(CurrentUnit) != YourUnitType)then

Custom Script: call GroupRemoveUnit(g, CurrentUnit)

Custom Script: endif

Custom Script: endloop

Custom Script: call ForGroup(g, function CountUnitsInGroupEnum)

Custom Script: set udg_TempInteger = bj_groupCountUnits

Custom Script: call DestroyGroup(g)

Set SplitCaster = (Casting unit)

Set TempLoc = (Position of SplitCaster)

Unit - Set life of SplitCaster to ((Life of SplitCaster) / 2.00)

Unit - Create TempInteger Wisp for (Owner of SplitCaster) at TempLoc facing 0.00 degrees

Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Last created unit group) and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to (Life of SplitCaster)

Selection - Add (Picked unit) to selection for (Owner of SplitCaster)

Custom Sctipt: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempLoc)

Yes its big, i would prefer to use Jass.
Hope thats what you asked, cause i spent long on it.
You need to change the bit that says: YourUnitType to the rawcode of the unit type thats being created.
and create a variable called TempLoc which is a point
and create a variable called TempInteger which is a integer.

08-27-2006, 09:27 AM	#7
blu_da_noob	I think it adds the units to your selection, so all of the units you have selected are casting the ability and you should be getting a duplicate for each.

08-27-2006, 09:47 AM	#8
Anitarf	Maybe some of the units are not casting the ability because of cooldown/mana? Besides, he wasn't using spell event responses, he was using "triggering unit" which always works correctly. Using orders for this sort of stuff is just wrong.

08-27-2006, 11:10 AM

The)TideHunter(

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anitarf

Besides, he wasn't using spell event responses, he was using "triggering unit" which always works correctly.

What difference does it make? I prefer to use Casting Unit rather than Triggering Unit, and it is a spell event, so why not use it?
I'v had problems with triggering unit in the past so i never use it now.

08-28-2006, 05:57 AM	#10
WTFish	Ahh... sry The)TideHunter(. Anitarfs right, I set cooldown to 0 seconds and it works fine. . Hopefully your trigger can be useful to some people, looks like a lot of time went into it . Perhaps it gives a different effect for mine, or can be used in different ways, I couldnt understand it lol . Anyway thanks for helping

08-28-2006, 07:45 AM

#11

Anitarf

Quote:

Originally Posted by The)TideHunter(

What difference does it make? I prefer to use Casting Unit rather than Triggering Unit, and it is a spell event, so why not use it?

Because it's horribly bugged?

Quote:

I'v had problems with triggering unit in the past so i never use it now.

Well, I'm sure of one thing, when using cast events, Triggering unit is far superior to Casting unit because it works properly even after waits.