[Spell] AOE Damage Spell

[Veldris]

• Awakening
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to awakening (Sogat)
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 777.00 of (Position of (Triggering unit)) matching (((Owner of (Matching unit)) is an enemy of Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 31, do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Wait 0.56 seconds
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\Monsoon\MonsoonBoltTarget.mdl
            • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 31, do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Wait 0.56 seconds
            • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing (20.00 x (Real((Agility of (Casting unit) (Exclude bonuses))))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal

The Special effect not appearing and the damage not applying.

 

[LazZ]

I would strongly advise not to use waits inside of loops.

 

[Wrda]

If you bothered to read the grey text, you would notice it says you shouldn't use waits in "pick every unit/player/destructible" action.
It's very important to read before trying to use something you're not fully aware of.

 

[Deserted]

• Awakening
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to awakening (Sogat)
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 31, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Wait 0.56 seconds
        • Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
        • Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
        • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 777.00 of TempPoint matching (((Owner of (Matching unit)) is an enemy of Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True)) and do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\Monsoon\MonsoonBoltTarget.mdl
            • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
            • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing (20.00 x (Real((Agility of (Casting unit) (Exclude bonuses))))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)

bj_wantDestroyGroup and RemoveLocation are used due to Things That Leak

 

[fatherofchill]

To add to the advice here you should also make sure you're using more matching conditions in your Unit Group.

I'm not sure what you're going for but Boolean checks like Is Alive = True and Is a Structure = False go a long way. Especially the alive check so you don't have special effects going over invisible corpses.

 

[Veldris]

• Awakening
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to awakening (Sogat)
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 31, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Wait 0.56 seconds
        • Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
        • Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
        • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 777.00 of TempPoint matching (((Owner of (Matching unit)) is an enemy of Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True)) and do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\Monsoon\MonsoonBoltTarget.mdl
            • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
            • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing (20.00 x (Real((Agility of (Casting unit) (Exclude bonuses))))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)

bj_wantDestroyGroup and RemoveLocation are used due to Things That Leak

you're not supposed to put wait inside of loop and you have wait in that integer loop

 

[Veldris]

If you bothered to read the grey text, you would notice it says you shouldn't use waits in "pick every unit/player/destructible" action.
It's very important to read before trying to use something you're not fully aware of.

Well yeah i read them but still i can't think of a solution to make the ability except like this.

 

[Uncle]

You'll want to use a periodic timer and some variables.

AwakeningCaster = Triggering Unit (Unit)
AwakeningPoint = Position of Triggering Unit (Point)
AwakeningCounter = 0 (Integer)

Turn on your periodic timer -> Have it run your "Pick every unit -> Deal damage" actions referencing these variables whenever it expires. Then increase AwakeningCounter by 1 each time. And finally check if AwakeningCounter is equal to 31 and turn off the timer.

If you want it to be MUI (work for multiple units) then you apply this same logic but incorporate Arrays. You can use any of the methods below to do so, although it depends on what you want to do:

Visualize: Dynamic Indexing
GUI Unit Indexer 1.4.0.0
A Complete Beginners Guide to Hashtables

I attached three example maps. One uses Dynamic Indexing, another uses a Unit Indexer, and the last one uses none of these systems (Simple).

Simple only works for a single unit but only if the abilities cooldown is longer than it's duration.

Unit Indexer works for multiple units but only if the abilities cooldown is longer than it's duration.

Dynamic Indexing works for multiple units and will work regardless of the cooldown/duration.

Spoiler: Simple Triggers

• Awakening Cast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Awakening
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet Awa_Caster = (Triggering unit)
    • Set VariableSet Awa_Counter = 0
    • Set VariableSet Awa_Point = (Target point of ability being cast)
    • -------- --------
    • -------- This is just an extra visual effect to make it look cool --------
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at Awa_Point using Abilities\Spells\Other\Monsoon\MonsoonRain.mdl
    • Set VariableSet Awa_RainSfx = (Last created special effect)
    • -------- --------
    • Trigger - Turn on Awakening Timer <gen>

This timer trigger needs to be set to Initially OFF. It's a check box near the top of the trigger next to Enabled, uncheck it to turn it off.

• Awakening Timer
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.56 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • Awa_Counter Less than 10
      • Then - Actions
        • -------- The Awakening effect is still going --------
        • Set VariableSet Awa_Counter = (Awa_Counter + 1)
        • -------- --------
        • Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
        • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 777.00 of Awa_Point.) and do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
              • If - Conditions
                • ((Picked unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of Awa_Caster).) Equal to True
                • ((Picked unit) is alive) Equal to True
                • ((Picked unit) is invulnerable) Equal to False
                • ((Picked unit) is hidden) Equal to False
                • ((Picked unit) is A structure) Equal to False
              • Then - Actions
                • Unit - Cause Awa_Caster to damage (Picked unit), dealing 20.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
                • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\Monsoon\MonsoonBoltTarget.mdl
                • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
              • Else - Actions
      • Else - Actions
        • -------- The Awakening effect has finished --------
        • Special Effect - Destroy Awa_RainSfx
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Awa_Point)
        • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

 

[SinisterLuffy]

Reference: Quick Tutorial - Common Triggering Tips

Simple Solution

• OnCast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 31, do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Trigger - Run Actions <gen> (ignoring conditions)

• Actions
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\TalkToMe\TalkToMe.mdl
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 500.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal

 

[Veldris]

Reference: Quick Tutorial - Common Triggering Tips

Simple Solution

• OnCast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 31, do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Trigger - Run Actions <gen> (ignoring conditions)

• Actions
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\TalkToMe\TalkToMe.mdl
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 500.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal

I fixed it thanks!