Basic Spell Question

[silent_b0b]

How do i make it so that chain lightning has a poison effect that causes enemies hit by it to lose life per second?

 

[busterkomo]

Easy answer, you can't. Although I think an entire chain lightning system was created to allow such effects. I'd try searching for it.

 

[Nudl9]

U need to make a dummy unit which can casts a spell like dagger or something, im not quite sure how to make the dummy cast the spells on the targets though...

 

[wd40bomber7]

As far as I can tell, you can't check what units were hit by chain lightning (except the target unit) I remember trying sometime long ago...

 

[Hawk07]

Adding a buff to the chain lightning spell won't work?

 

[wd40bomber7]

No I'm almost certain that doesn't work. Some spells simply can't support buff usage.

 

[Hawk07]

Well just make a trigger and make it so that one unit is hit by chain lightning it damages itself over 5 seconds with 10 or any value you want damage to itself. Also give it a dummy buff named poison and that's all!

 

[wd40bomber7]

How do you detect what chain lightning hits? You can only find the unit targeted. You can't detect what units chain lightning bounced onto from there.

 

[Hawk07]

Yeap, that's right

 

[silent_b0b]

sigh

Well, thanks anyways. Ill just have to substitute then

 

[Dr Super Good]

Its easy, you will have to emulate a chainlightning bolt via triggers, but ofcourse that needs jass.

 

[wd40bomber7]

Truth be told, back before I knew about leaks, I made it in GUI. Of course it leaked like crazy, and needed one trigger per player.

 

[Hawk07]

Well, Dr Super Good, could you show us how to? Plz I think I will need this soon enough in my map as well!

 

[Dotoriton]

maybe u can do this


Hero- cast spell
Save Cahce - targets
Create hero - trhall 002 <gen>
Load chace -targets
Costom Script : Loop
Cast spell Thrall 002 Bolt on Targets loaded from chace
Costom Script : Endloop

 

[Dr Super Good]

Dotoriton, what you wrote made little sence.

You basically have to write triggers that emulate chain lightning. Easy with structs.

 

[Need_O2]

Chain spell casts

2 structs 2 timers
(one for jumps one for move-fade lightnings)
1 unit dummy 1 ability dummy

and some knowladge

You can use Chain Lightning System too (I dont like that one)