Sideways Combat

[bowser328]

Hello,
I want to make some units attack from their sides. Is it possible to do this without triggers? I found a thread that had results that included downloadable maps; however, I get errors when I try to open those maps, and the results there, at least that I could view, were not what I was looking for. If I have to use triggers, could you please tell me how?
Thanks

This is the thread that I found: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/world-editor-help-zone-98/attacking-sideways-177048/

 

[Bribe]

You mean like a combat scene from an arcade game, or having projectiles launch from the hip?

 

[KILLCIDE]

Garfield's map attachment seems to work for me. What errors do you get when you try to open his map?

 

[defskull]

You want unit to attack its side region (left & right) without turning to its angles ?

 

[Zwiebelchen]

The phoenix fire ability launches "mini missiles" to nearby targets, regardless of orientation.

However, it can not be controlled and works more or less random.

I recommend triggering these missiles. It's the cleaner and more powerful choice.

 

[defskull]

Is Phoenix Fire's Damage Type is Spell ?

 

[bowser328]

Sorry for the late response. Yes, I do want the ship to fire only from its sides, as in: <=> <-- that is the ship. I want it to fire like this:
<=>
...|

"|" is the projectile and the ship is <=>. The "." are just there so that the projectile can be seen in the right place when I submit this comment. I would like it to fire in the same way on the other side of the "=", too.

I am unsure about how to do it via triggers, however. So, I will need some help in that regard.

 

[bowser328]

Garfield's map attachment seems to work for me. What errors do you get when you try to open his map?

I get the following errors when the map loads:

-This map has been saved by a more recent version of the editor. It may contain data which are not supported in this version. Continue loading map?

-Trigger function does not exist in database: "InitHashtableBJ"

-Trigger function does not exist in database: "GetLastCreatedHashtableBJ"

-Trigger Function does not exist in database: "SaveUnitHandleBJ"

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Install Newgen.

About the sideways combat issue:
A neat solution is to change the "attack" animation of the ship model so that it turns sideways when attacking.

 

[defskull]

I vote for the usage of Phoenix Fire, clean and simple.
It's what they use in Battleship Wars (or something) too.