Faster than light speed

[tml616]

Is there a way to make a unit travel faster than 522?

I want my "Frozen Orb" spell to work like the one in Diablo 2. The "Orb" is a dummy unit from which other units will fire shockwaves at progressive angles as the orb itself moves in a straight line. The orb must be a unit because it also has a slowing aura. However, I would like it to move faster than 522.

 

[aznricepuff]

There's no way to make a unit move by itself faster than 522. Use a timer and do SetUnitPosition().

 

[tml616]

Is there a way to force a unit to move in the X,Y plane over a period of time besides issuing a move order? Like how the triggered impale spell in DOTA forces movement along Z?

 

[aznricepuff]

Yes, like I said. Use a timer and SetUnitPosition().

 

[tml616]

but that instantly moves the unit

 

[ShadowMan]

Which is kinda the whole point of this discussion. Look, you want a dummy unit's movement speed faster than 522 units /sec, so the only way to get it faster, is by instantly moving the unit. The easy function for this is:

Moving a unit in all planes

• Moving a Unit
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- X, Y Coordinates --------
    • Unit - Move (Triggering unit) instantly to (Point(0.00, 0.00))
    • -------- Coordinates --------
    • Unit - Move (Triggering unit) instantly to (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • -------- Z plane --------
    • -------- The crow form allows any unit to change fly height animation --------
    • Unit - Add Crow Form to (Triggering unit)
    • Animation - Change (Triggering unit) flying height to z at 1000.00

To make it move in a line, you add a timer event that constantly moves the unit in whatever direction you want, for as long as you want, just add some nice counters and if statements to tell the timer when to stop.

Moving a unit with a timer

• Moving a Unit Periodically
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Move (Specified unit) instantly to ((Position of (Specified unit)) offset by 20.00 towards (Facing of (Specified unit)) degrees)

If you want to learn more about moving units around, here's an example map I made for another guy in the forum, explaining how everything relates to math, albeit a simple map, it'll probably be useful.

aznricepuff, I doubt he knows the JASS functions, let alone the move triggers, you have to adjust your answers to the OP's level.

 

[aznricepuff]

If the timeout is short enough (0.03-0.05 seconds) you can't tell the difference (unless you want it to have a move animation, but then again it's an orb).

 

[baassee]

you move it instantly 10-20 range in 0.03 periodic then it wont be visible to the eye that the orb is jumping but it looks like smooth moving

 

[ap0calypse]

Don't forget to remove the leaks created by the positions.
At a rate of 0.03 (which I would recommend), a single leak can cause serious problems.

 

[Thyrael]

I think that using the trigger "move unit to specific point facing specific angel" interupts animations, better resets them. But via JASS I think using the functions SetUnitX and SetUnitY the animation keep flowing, but not absolut sure about that, I'm a GUIer^^

Thy

 

[The Reborn Devil]

Using SetUnitX/Y will not interrupt animation, but it will ignore collision and stuff like that, so you can move out of the map (which will cause a crash) and you can walk through trees and other stuff.

 

[Harbinger]

Using SetUnitX/Y will not interrupt animation, but it will ignore collision and stuff like that, so you can move out of the map (which will cause a crash) and you can walk through trees and other stuff.

Could you give me the command of it? If it can be used as a SCRIPT in gui.
I can only use GUI, and I am in need of unit sliding.

I made a spell like Diablo 2's Paladin's charge spell, but it resets the units animation.

 

[Mufanza]

However, I would like it to move faster than 522.

Wait, isn't this in Game Constats?

 

[Hijax]

Wait, isn't this in Game Constats?

It is, but for some reason its impossible to set that number over 522..

 

[The Reborn Devil]

Could you give me the command of it? If it can be used as a SCRIPT in gui.
I can only use GUI, and I am in need of unit sliding.

I made a spell like Diablo 2's Paladin's charge spell, but it resets the units animation.

Something like this:

• Set Unit = YOUR UNIT
• Set Speed = 4.00
• Set X = (Speed * Cos((Facing of Unit)))
• Set Y = (Speed * Sin((Facing of Unit)))
• Custom script: call SetUnitX(udg_Unit, GetUnitX(udg_Unit) + udg_X)
• Custom script: call SetUnitY(udg_Unit, GetUnitY(udg_Unit) + udg_Y)

 

[ap0calypse]

Wait, isn't this in Game Constats?

Yes, you can change the speed in game constants over 522, however this will not change the speed the units have in-game.
(Even if the game constants and the unit's speed is 1000, for example, it will still more at a rate of 522).