Enchanted Fire Bolt V1.45

[Moderator]

17:36, 1st Jan 2010
TriggerHappy:

You added everything I asked and it looked good.

 

[Klingo]

I tested your spell and when the fire bolt hitted the ground it became laggy for like 2 or 3 sec then it was ok.

edit: when 2 person cast in same time, the explosion become super laggy

 

[crimson fire]

hmm kind of looks like fireworks.. lol i like it. i approve

 

[D4RK_G4ND4LF]

a big amount of the lag is caused by moving the dummys with the GUI action

if you use

call SetUnitX(unit, real)
call SetUnitY(unit, real)

the spell will probably be a lot smoother
if that won't help reduce the dummy count

5 frames per second are unacceptable even if it's GUI

 

[Tank-Commander]

I found that removing one layer gets rid of most if not all lag, There were alot of them xD if I recall tha standard is 144, 36 per layer you can do the same thing by lowing the number of dummies per layer to 75% of what it was which If I'm right is 27,

I will try your method.

Well my lack of knowledge in that area made me fail greatly.

I have lowered the standard to 72 projectiles and 18 per layer to eliminate most the lag.

 

[ithian]

wow nice love the aoe, hmmmmm fireballs of death

 

[AlienAtSystem]

It lags alot, but i havent the best GPU. It would be nice if you added a random effect to the second fire missiles, so that they dont land in a perfect circle.

 

[Tank-Commander]

Lag is mainly caused by the sfx count, If the comp doesn't like it remove a ring or two, and then your lag will decrease greatly.

As for a random affect on the second missiles, it would need for it to be balanced in every direction if you know what i mean a shape which is symmertrical in pretty much every direction, for example a star, A clover sort of shape.

anyway Any other shape will require new formula so that might take a while

 

[noob134]

Omg firey circles will test later

 

[D4RK_G4ND4LF]

It lags alot, but i havent the best GPU. It would be nice if you added a random effect to the second fire missiles, so that they dont land in a perfect circle.

my GPU is quite good (Geforce 9800 GT) but my CPU isn't and I've lags so I think the lag is not caused by the effects but the calculations behind blizzards pathing check

I tried using this spell in my map. I copied the units, the abilities, and the triggers. But it doesnt work. When i try to save my map, it says theres a error on line 115. Im fairly new to the importing custom spells. Help anyone? The error says "Line 115, Expect a name" or something. I can save the test map. But i cant save it on mine.. How does that work...

I gave tank commander some example on how to use the SetUnitX/Y and used a custom JASS function in the map header
however it would be easier to inline this cause there would not be any need to copy it then

 

[Duggler]

I tried using this spell in my map. I copied the units, the abilities, and the triggers. But it doesnt work. When i try to save my map, it says theres a error on line 115. Im fairly new to the importing custom spells. Help anyone? The error says "Line 115, Expect a name" or something. I can save the test map. But i cant save it on mine.. How does that work...

 

[Tank-Commander]

hmmm.. Prehaps it's D4RK_G4ND4LF's custom script line that is causing your problem, I beleive you will need JNGP if I recall the name correctly, If I am correct I will put it in the description about the requirement.

If the problem persists after trying JNGP send me a vm about it and I'll see what I can do.

I thank you for pointing this out.

 

[Duggler]

Ok, i use the NG WE (new gen world editor) and i can enable the trigger. The last trigger is fine now. But, theres now a new error popping up for me which is "Line 2856 Undeclared function MoveUnitFast." I've been having trouble lately on usuing the custom spells because my newgen warcarft doesnt work.. Anyways what else does this spell require to use?

 

[aaron]

hmmm.. Prehaps it's D4RK_G4ND4LF's custom script line that is causing your problem, I beleive you will need JNGP if I recall the name correctly, If I am correct I will put it in the description about the requirement.

If the problem persists after trying JNGP send me a vm about it and I'll see what I can do.

I thank you for pointing this out.

a spell that requires newgen is failzor

 

[GhoSTMaN-Fu-]

I don't want to give a bad rating but this is very misleading, it says GUI / Triggers, yet you use stuff that needs New Gen Pack or w/e , I downloaded it and it still does not work, where do we put the MoveUnitFast function in the header at, because when i put it in the actions of Moving trigger, I get a Syntax error first line of the function MoveUnitFast Declaration, very poor author. . . if you can tell me what to do I would be greatly appreciated, and give a good rating and + rep because this is a cool spell but i can't use it. . .

 

[Tank-Commander]

Put the code in the header into the header of your map if I'm correct.

Also for the misleading, I was unaware of the script in the header when I uploaded this, it took me a while to notice it myself

anyway, what exactly do you mean 'very poor author'?

Eitherway If it still doesn't work then I suggest Talking to D4RK_G4ND4LF, he added it and I don't now exactly how it works.

 

[GhoSTMaN-Fu-]

where is the header into the header of my map? lol that you didn't put in the category Jass also, not that you are a bad scripter, just was upset that I thought i had everything right in my map and i find out there is something there that I thought wasnt going to be there until i do all that work lol

 

[Tank-Commander]

:/ I'm trying to build in the code as it were so that nobody needs to get the thing from the header (also, the header as it were is the thing you see when you click the map icon in trigger editor, or atleast how I see it.)

However I'm getting one error which is really annoying me:

The error is:
Line 69: Invalid number of arguements

The line causing this is this:

• Custom script: call SetUnitY(GetUnitY(GetEnumUnit()) + 10 * Sin(bj_DEGTORAD) )

After getting rid of that for testing purposes, it then happens again for this:

• Custom script: call SetUnitX(GetUnitX(GetEnumUnit()) + 10 * Cos(bj_DEGTORAD) )

Then removing that and I get this:

• Hashtable - Save ((Load 2 of (Key (Picked unit)) from EFB_Hash) + 10.00) as 2 of (Key (Picked unit)) in EFB_Hash

And that one should never create a compile error.

The errors then continue to every single function in the trigger.

I do beleive somehting has gone incredably wrong, I just don't know what :/

 

[GhoSTMaN-Fu-]

What I was trying to do was because the stupid function wasnt declaring (or i didnt know how to) I would just do what the function was doing but in custom scripts like one line each and i just kept getting errors also, i got to one point where you got the second error at and then i gave up lol

 

[NoMoreChallenge]

One of the coolest spells I have ever seen!!! Could you tell me how to edit the damage. 5/5 +rep

 

[Tank-Commander]

Certainly, If you go into the 'setup' trigger, there will be the configureable settings, for damage it's base damage (per mini projectile) the standard damage is 25 for each one. if you want to change the full calculation formula however you need to go into the initial one (when you cast it) and find the damage formula through the documentation which should guide you.

 

[NoMoreChallenge]

Thanks you, credits will be given upon use!

EDIT: Can anyone import the spell without any errors?
I'm dying to use it.

 

[Tank-Commander]

Same as meantioned before, Take the script from the map header on CnP then paste it into your own maps header if I remember correctly.

 

[GhoSTMaN-Fu-]

that doesnt work or i did it wrong lol

 

[NoMoreChallenge]

Yeah, it works!!! after my effort to understand what TC said, I copied script from "Custom Script Code" in trigger editor and pasted it into my own map. Also check the triggers especially the ones that involved units and abilities.

Hope this helps

Thanks alot +rep to both of you

 

[Tank-Commander]

To clear this up to people who still don't know what to do:

What to do

If this is not clear enough: Copy the code, found there into your map, in there.

 

[aider]

wow, i got this:

But then I copied the custom script into my map, and it worked! Thanks. (I already uploaded the picture, so I pasted it here anyway, so people can see what errors can be fixed).