Not sure if this map is protected or not but I believe it's a good example of what you want:
- A blatant Dark Souls ripoff for Warcraft III - Latest Update Changelogs: [1] [2] Monter2 Wiki Fanmade wiki created by EdgeOfChaos Progress Report Videos Videos detailing Monter2's development SUMMARY Gameplay Gameplay is focused on exploration, challenging boss fights, and simply...
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The triggers would involve Timers and/or Indexing techniques to manage the timing of attacks and abilities. A basic understanding of Points variables and the Point With Polar Offset function will be necessary when handling collision effects. Pick every unit within X range of Point -> Damage picked unit.
You would also probably want to take advantage of systems like this for certain attacks like a spear thrusting forward:
Info Allows to enumerate widgets inside a line segment with an offset. So basicly it will result in a rect, but which is also allowed to be rotated. There is normal JASS, and also a GUI version. For GUI, you should open the demo map, to see the triggers. Code library LineSegmentEnumeration...
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The SetUnitX/Y function is useful for making a unit move during an animation which is seen a lot in that Monter map:
Hello, I was wondering if someone could tell me how to use the setX and setY and incorporate it in a GUI Trigger. I'm trying to make a unit slide but not lose its current orders. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks!
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Keep in mind that this is no easy task since you're venturing far away from the standard Warcraft 3 mechanics. This is probably one of if not the most difficult kind of map you can design on Warcraft 3.
