[Trigger] AoE Trigger wants a target

[Emnesia]

[Solved] AoE Trigger wants a target

Hello!
I looked at your different forums and got a bit confused if it was actually here or the other forum I had to post this...I already made a trigger that doesn't work. So I suppose it's here?

It's an AoE spell called Final Resort. Upon use it will reduce the casting units health to 1 and in return kill every single unit on a region called battlefield owned by an opposing player. You do not need to target anything it's just a one-press button that will spread mass destruction.

Back in the day I was pretty good at this stuff but it's been so long so I am rusty. I tried doing it with a dummy method but that seems to just crash the game when you increase the range it affects. The spell is based on Flame Strike that you get from Hero units.

So to cut it down:
It shouldn't ask for a target when used.
It should affect the entire region that I specified without problems.

Here is the trigger:
[TRIGGER=Final Resort]Final Resort
Events
Unit - MyUnit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Final Resort
Actions
Unit - Remove Final Resort from MyUnit
Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to 1.00
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Battlefield <gen> owned by Player 2(Blue)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Create 1 Dummy(Red) for (Owner of (Triggering Unit)) at (Position of (Picked unit)) facing (Random point in Battlefield <gen>)
Unit - Add Final Resort to (Last created unit)
Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Neutral - Kaboom! (Picked unit)
Unit -Add a 1.50 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)[/TRIGGER]

Help greatly appreciated!

 

[Garfield1337]

You don't need dummy to kaboom,instead,make triggering unit damage every picked unit by some value large enough to kill them. Also add

set bj_wanrDestroyGroup = true

before 'Pick every unit in...' function to clear leak.

 

[Emnesia]

Something like this? I modified the spell a bit as well.

[TRIGGER=Final Resort]Final Resort
Events
Unit - MyUnit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Final Resort
Actions
Unit - Remove Final Resort from MyUnit
Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to 1.00
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Battlefield <gen> owned by Player 2(Blue)) and do (Unit - Kill (Picked unit))
Set Point = (Center of Battlefield <gen>)
Special Effect - Create a special effect at Point using Abilities....
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)[/TRIGGER]

Edit:
Tested it and didn't work.
It still wants you to actually target an area to use the spell whereas it should just fire when you click the spell right away without having to target anything. If I have to use Custom scripts for that I am fine with it.

 

[Maker]

You're using a wrong kind of spell as the base spell then.

Use one that is instant, not AoE targeted.

Channel is optimal, since you can change the base ordr ID. Remember to set options - visible to make the icons show in UI.

 

[defskull]

Or you could just use "Damage Area" ?
But this action could just kill the caster himself (I thought he sacrificed or something @.@)
Hmmm, maybe Maker is right
You use a wrong base spell
Try use "Roar" base spell, it has instant effect

 

[Emnesia]

Can anyone try make the spell and do a screenshot?
Like base it off of an already existing spell and then show it to me so I can check I don't do something wrong?

I keep getting the circle that asks me to pick a location for the trigger to happen >_<

 

[watermelon_1234]

Like Maker and defskull mentioned, you should have based the ability off an instant cast ability so that you wouldn't see the targetting. In the test-map, I based the ability off of Howl of Terror.

Hopefully the trigger and test-map should be self-explanatory:

• FinalResort
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Final Resort
  • Actions
    • Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to 1.00
    • Unit - Remove Final Resort from (Triggering unit)
    • Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in FinalResortRegion <gen> matching ((((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True) and (((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Triggering player)) Equal to True))) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • -------- Deal an absurdly high amount of damage which should kill the unit. --------
        • Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 1000000000.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
        • -------- You can play an effect if you want. --------
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Human\HolyBolt\HolyBoltSpecialArt.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

 

[Emnesia]

I will try this ASAP and report back!
Thanks for the help so far guys

 

[Emnesia]

This does exactly what I wanted it to do!
Thanks a lot. Now that I know this I am sure it will help me in the future with other custom spells ^^

 

[defskull]

Remember to choose WISELY for your Base Spell, it affects pretty much of the game/trigger

 

[Garfield1337]

Channel is the best in most cases.

 

[defskull]

Channel is the best in most cases.

It is best to be used for TRIGGERED-base spell
It doesn't have any side-effects like Unholy Frenzy or Bloodlust do

 

[Emnesia]

See the funny thing is that I based it on another (as I see it) spell that triggers when clicked and doesn't need a targeted area. But I guess it was just THAT spell that didn't work...

I tried with War Stomp and that Hammer Shock spell as well that the mountain king has. Those are both instant spells that doesn't need a target or targeted area as it fires at the foot of the caster x_x