Barrage Spell

[Lifee_72]

Hello,i tryed to add manacost for each shot on the barrage spell,but it doesn't work,is there any way to fix it/add manacost for each hit made with barrage spell?

 

[shadowvzs]

Hello,i tryed to add manacost for each shot on the barrage spell,but it doesn't work,is there any way to fix it/add manacost for each hit made with barrage spell?

u can decrease the mana with trigger, simple when unit attack tnd attacker got barrage then decrease his mana (or more accurated way is with damage detection system but there also u can do same, simple if DamageEventSource barrage level > 0 then decrease ability lv*100 mana endif)

 

[Lifee_72]

ok thanks shadow, i would give u rep but it says i must spread some reputation before bla bla bla..

 

[shadowvzs]

ok thanks shadow, i would give u rep but it says i must spread some reputation before bla bla bla..

hehe its no problem, but if somewhere u stucked with it u can pm me, coz i am borred since i stucked with my missile system project

 

[-Kobas-]

This will fail because you can use barrage only with range units, if you order unit to attack and then quickly change order to move or stop for example it will still drain mana because of animation duration that is played when you order some event like attack.

 

[Spartipilo]

If you work with damage detection system, -Kobas- thing will happen. If you use "a unit is attacked" it can also happen, since the attack begins a bit before the "real" attack.

Also, you would have to detect your mana before attacking, since you could attack using 0 mana and triggers couldn't reduce it more than that.

On attack you could create 1 dummy unit on your position and order to attack one of the units around (depending on your barrage target limit) and prevent other dummies to attack the same target. Before creating each dummy you can check your mana, and if it's not enough, stop the "dummy creation process".

 

[shadowvzs]

If you work with damage detection system, -Kobas- thing will happen. If you use "a unit is attacked" it can also happen,

u are sure this happen if u do with dds? since if u regret tyhe attack order then u dont deal dmg, ergo damage trigger dont even run with mana drain....

 

[Spartipilo]

Honestly, I don't know why I said that. It meant something then, now I can't figure it out.

How to check available mana before attacking to adjust available shoots accordingly?

 

[Lifee_72]

Don't worry guys i don't mind if the caster use barrage spell even when he has no mana

 

[shadowvzs]

Honestly, I don't know why I said that. It meant something then, now I can't figure it out.

How to check available mana before attacking to adjust available shoots accordingly?

why need to check? just disable barrage if ur mana is lower than x, reenable if higher than x

 

[Spartipilo]

But what, a constant loop that checks the amount of units available to be attacked with barrage, check the mana availble for the attack, and remove the ability if it doesn't meet the requirement?

It should consume x amount of mana per target. If you have 10 targets, and enough mana just for 2 shots, it should shoot 2 targets, but not remove barrage completely, and whithout having to use a loop to constantly check...

 

[shadowvzs]

But what, a constant loop that checks the amount of units available to be attacked with barrage, check the mana availble for the attack, and remove the ability if it doesn't meet the requirement?

It should consume x amount of mana per target. If you have 10 targets, and enough mana just for 2 shots, it should shoot 2 targets, but not remove barrage completely, and whithout having to use a loop to constantly check...

but u can make more level to barrage so can make each level +1 target
anyway for complex system the projectile systems better then

 

[Spartipilo]

Uhum... but then, he would have to constantly check the number of targets around and constantly check if the mana is enough for all of them, and if it isnt, then set Barrage level accordingly... I like the Projectile system over this

 

[shadowvzs]

Uhum... but then, he would have to constantly check the number of targets around and constantly check if the mana is enough for all of them, and if it isnt, then set Barrage level accordingly... I like the Projectile system over this

y, there advantage, i working on projectile system too (just homing missile combined with parabola kinda too hard to me, another problem is the arrow faceing but else its work)