Amaterasu v1.2

[GaLaxY_256]

Nice... to see some Sharigan spells .I hope more to come from you , umm, maybe Madara or Kaguya's Infinite-Tsukuyomi? Or Shisui's flash?

 

[Daffa]

Nice... to see some Sharigan spells .I hope more to come from you , umm, maybe Madara or Kaguya's Infinite-Tsukuyomi? Or Shisui's flash?

Still not sure what to write next. Though I think it might not be an Uchiha skill, depending on what I would be in mood.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

I think anime spells should introduce a myriad of visual effects, to stay true to anime industry standards. For example, you could spawn black-tinted anti-magic shell and fire effects about the targets and knock nearby units back from the cast location. You could even have it spread upon target death, of course accompanied by a knock back and a horde of special effects.

Edit: Don't forget to apply mass of stampede hit and blood splatter effects, play death animation of caster and an anime scream (e.g. one of these) when applying the backlash damage.

 

[Daffa]

Ah, sticking to industry standards eh? Guess I'll have some run on that. May I use anime models though? Cause pretty sure those are RIP.

 

[GaLaxY_256]

You could also stick to warcraft models, maybe like @BlueSaint mentioned above. You might also want to try black flame strike w/o ground texture(I just played Revolution and though that this is the most similar to that effect). You could also use RIPs too. I dunno, it's your choice..

 

[Deleted member 219079]

May I use anime models though? Cause pretty sure those are RIP.

From Spell Submission Rules:

No overloading the test map with bulky, unneeded custom models and icons. If you really do need to use a lot of imported content, link to it in your description.

You can reference desired assets in the description. In the submission map itself you should utilize game's own assets.

 

[Daffa]

Okay then. I'll see what I can do on the matter.

 

[MyPad]

Review (based on Video)

• The spell's game mechanic is a simple damage over time, without much of any present after-effects.
• The flame growth is awkward, at best to look at. A smoother scaling effect would best remedy this.
• The flame disappears without a trace, which can leave the user dumbstruck (where's my fire?)

Originality: 2.5/5
Creativity: 3/5
Functionality: 4/5
Overall score: 9.5/15 or 3.16/5

 

[Spacebuns]

You have Bribe's Spell System so it's very easy make the flame scale more smoothly

 

[Daffa]

I've thought a bit about the flames and figures would be better with Flame Strike, but the scaling is not pretty decent if the radius difference is big unless the duration is shortened severely (like every 0.05 seconds). With that in mind, I'll make an update :

Version 1.1 : range scaling is default 0 (still available for configuration), added a 0 damage per second increment, added an after-cast SFX attached to user.

 

[MyPad]

Spell Mechanics Review:

Mechanics:

I would recommend, at least for this demo, that the default duration would be 5 seconds.

As it turns out, cancelling the channeled ability while its' effects are ongoing causes the abrupt removal of the flames, as if they never existed in the first place. I would suggest a graceful manner of handling an endcast event.

If memory serves, it would be best to do things related to the endcast event within the endcast event instead of having to rely on a boolean flag on whether the spell is being channeled or not, though I suppose that the flag should be kept only for the loop actions.

As I envision it:

• Amaterasu Loop
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Spell_i_Channeling[Spell__Index] Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set Spell__InRangePoint = Spell__TargetPoint
        • Set Spell__InRange = Amaterasu_Radius[Spell__Index]
        • Set Amaterasu_FinalDamage[Spell__Index] = (Amaterasu_FinalDamage[Spell__Index] + Amaterasu_DamageIncPerSecond[Spell_i_Level[Spell__Index]])
        • Unit Group - Pick every unit in Spell__InRangeGroup and do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Set Amaterasu_Target = (Picked unit)
            • Unit - Cause Spell_i_Caster[Spell__Index] to damage Amaterasu_Target, dealing Amaterasu_FinalDamage[Spell__Index] damage of attack type Amaterasu_AT and damage type Amaterasu_DT
        • Set Amaterasu_Radius[Spell__Index] = (Amaterasu_Radius[Spell__Index] + Amaterasu_Expand_Radius[Spell_i_Level[Spell__Index]])
        • Animation - Change Amaterasu_Dummy[Spell__Index]'s size to (Amaterasu_Radius[Spell__Index]%, Amaterasu_Radius[Spell__Index]%, Amaterasu_Radius[Spell__Index]%) of its original size
      • Else - Actions

• Amaterasu Endcast
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Spell_i_Channeling[Spell__Index] Equal to False
      • Then - Actions
        • Game - Display to (All players) the text: Endcast invoked!
        • Special Effect - Destroy Amaterasu_SFX_Form[Spell__Index]
        • Unit - Remove Amaterasu_Dummy[Spell__Index] from the game
        • Set Amaterasu_Target = Spell_i_Caster[Spell__Index]
        • Set Amaterasu_FinalDamage[Spell__Index] = 0.00
        • Unit - Cause Spell_i_Caster[Spell__Index] to damage Amaterasu_Target, dealing Amaterasu_Backlash[Spell_i_Level[Spell__Index]] damage of attack type Amaterasu_AT and damage type Amaterasu_DT
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the Amaterasu_PainSFXAttach of Spell_i_Caster[Spell__Index] using Amaterasu_PainSFX
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
      • Else - Actions

Suggestions:

On the endcast part of the trigger/s, you can add some sort of dummy ability that debuffs the caster such that vision is reduced, and the caster has a chance to miss.

Status:

• Awaiting Update

 

[Daffa]

5 seconds would yield the flames to disperse and the fifth instance damage still dealt, hence why I lower it out.

Been a task to think what would pop if the flames were stopped prematurely. I'll think some more of an alternative for end cast effect, especially abrupt dissipation.

I don't think an end cast even is necessary, as that's what the boolean does in the loop. Though I'll consider that.

EDIT :
Fixed a ton of stuff after some checking.

Version 1.2: No longer abruptly dissipate the spell, added disruption time, added disruption factor, fixes a major bug that causes the caster to take multiplied damage if interrupted mid-cast.

 

[stan0033]

But amaterasu is black fire!

 

[Daffa]

Not interesting in tinting them, I can change that if needed.

 

[stan0033]

If you want it to be realistic 1:1 with the real naruto eye technique..............

Additionally AMATERASU is a unextinquishable fire. Only the caster can remove it.

 

[Daffa]

If you want it to be realistic 1:1 with the real naruto eye technique..............

Additionally AMATERASU is a unextinquishable fire. Only the caster can remove it.

Would be pretty imbalanced if I do it like that to be honest. I'm aware. Thanks for the recommendations, will do update soon.

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

Is there a way to make this affect trees too?

 

[Daffa]

I can rewrote the code if you need that addition

 

[Lt_Hawkeye]

No need, I modified it to do that myself. Thanks for making this spell!

 

[Daffa]

Alright then. Best of luck to your project @Clanzion

 

[KILLCIDE]

Good use of Bribe's Spell System. The spell has decent configurability and given the number of Anime style maps in WC3, this can prove to be useful. Although, I must say given the popularity of this spell, the effects were lacking spell concept is really simple, so not much else I can say about it.

Needs Fixed

• Nothing

Suggestions

• Preload ability / effects used in the spell
• Special effects should be improved

Status

Approved​

 

[RAZORWc3Creator]

this is great, but can you make some Fire Spell? I need Fire Spell with Huge Area. Send you spell in my email: @[email protected] and i will give you credit in my new map. Or post more Fire Spell in this Forum, i will waiting for that's. Thanks.

 

[Daffa]

this is great, but can you make some Fire Spell? I need Fire Spell with Huge Area. Send you spell in my email: @[email protected] and i will give you credit in my new map. Or post more Fire Spell in this Forum, i will waiting for that's. Thanks.

All my spells can be altered to use fire effect instead of what they currently use.

 

[Sylande Starlight]

It's great for a Naruto Map!

 

[Daffa]

It's great for a Naruto Map!

Thanks, it indeed is inspired from Naruto after all.

 

[NightKnight]

I'm sorry but, I'm pretty sure you could add in more effort to make the spell look actually good. I was hyped to view all the spells you posted so far, but the graphical part disappointed me so much.

 

[Daffa]

I'm sorry but, I'm pretty sure you could add in more effort to make the spell look actually good. I was hyped to view all the spells you posted so far, but the graphical part disappointed me so much.

Will do for future works. I hope the future ones can satisfy better.

 

[Daffa]

I have noticed something strange with Spell System and Amaterasu sometimes being bugged with the loop trigger. It is not present in the test map but I have recently encountered it from someone else's installation.

If the configuration for both Spell System and Amaterasu are properly set yet the fires do not pop and no damage but you get damaged by the backlash, try to delete both Spell System and Amaterasu, then re-import them to your map.

For users of 1.31 and 1.32, I suggest to not bring the variable folder and let the map create the variables automatically. Yes, it will look ugly, but it reduces any potential risk of getting bugged.