[Trigger] Blink Explosion Spell

[Hemske]

Heya, ive done this simple Blink Explosion Spell and i was wondering if its anything i can do to make this spell easier; like if its any way to remove the invulnerable/vulnerable stuff or if its any unnecessary things?

• Events
  • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to Blink Explosion
• Actions
  • Unit - Make (Triggering unit) Invulnerable
  • Wait 0.01 seconds
  • Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 300.00 at (Position of (Triggering unit)), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
  • Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Triggering unit)) using Abilities\Spells\Human\FlameStrike\FlameStrike1.mdl
  • Wait 0.01 seconds
  • Unit - Make (Triggering unit) Vulnerable

 

[Squiggy]

It's rather necessary because if you damage the specified area, ALL objects in the area will get damaged.
You could set up a temporary region, pick all units owned by the enemy in the region and damage the 'picked unit'

 

[Hemske]

Ah, ok thanks

 

[Alkonis]

Just some extra things:

-Waits of .01 second usually last around .22 seconds
-Damage area causes desyncs and damages everything in the area. Enum the units in range that you want to be affected and damage them instead.
-Destroy that special effect. Add a line immediately after it destroying the last created special effect. If you don't it will leak, and, no matter when you destroy it, it will still plays its birth animation, which, with that effect, is all we see anyway.
-If this is supposed to teleport, it would be better if you based it off of a point-target spell and used the JASS functions SetUnitX(GetTriggerUnit(), GetLocationX(GetSpellTargetLoc())) and SetUnitY(GetTriggerUnit(), GetLocationY(GetSpellTargetLoc())). These do not interrupt orders, and they would eliminate the need (I think) for those waits of yours.

 

[spiwn]

@Alkonis
Destroying an effect plays it's destruction animation, not it's birth
He has surely based his spell on blink

 

[Hemske]

Its based on blink ye, and aabout jass, i dont know much about it :/ i have just started to check some at it

 

[xD.Schurke]

also u should set the postion of the casting unit in a variable and destroy it in the end, so that there is no leak, also i would prefer to pick every unit in a range of 300 of casting unit matching unit is a enemy of casting unit and matching unit is a buliding equal to false
then order to damage the casting unit all units in the unitgroup^^ so u dont have to make the casting unit invulnerable

 

[kewlthis]

I would try the Event: Unit finishes casting ability. That way you might not need waits = better for mui.

 

[-Berz-]

• Blink
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Blink
  • Actions
    • Set UnitVarCaster2 = (Triggering unit)
    • Set TempLoc8 = (Target point of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Make UnitVarCaster2 Invulnerable
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempLoc8 using Abilities\Spells\Human\ThunderClap\ThunderClapCaster.mdl
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
    • Set GroupVar1 = (Units within 150.00 of TempLoc8 matching ((((Matching unit) is A structure) Equal to False) and ((((Matching unit) is dead) Equal to False) and (((Owner of (Matching unit)) is an enemy of (Owner of UnitVarCaster2)) Equal to True))))
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in GroupVar1 and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Cause UnitVarCaster2 to damage (Picked unit), dealing (90.00 x (Real((Level of Blink for UnitVarCaster2)))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
    • Unit - Make UnitVarCaster2 Vulnerable
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempLoc8)
    • Custom script: call DestroyGroup (udg_GroupVar1)

Try this one(i made it on my map so you can change variable names)
But im not sure if it will work i didn't test it :S

 

[Hemske]

That seems nice, ill try it out ^^

 

[-Berz-]

OK, i made a test, and it works for me fine, i must credit you for giving me an idea for my next spell

 

[Hemske]

Np m8, xD

 

[Squiggy]

The spell reminds me to a tower in the element td 4.0 which also blinks and does 2000 damage upon it's destination.. but i'm drifting offtopic

 

[Aliv3_93]

Fagge gj m8 u rock!! WOHO continue with ur freakin map or whateva u doin cuz u OWN. OWN I TELL U!! OWN!!!!

 

[Huurka]

Berzerker, putting triggering unit in a variable is unnecessary.

 

[-Berz-]

This is old post TT 7.9. was last post here...

@ Huurka

Its good if you have long triggers with: waits, loops, if/than/else. Thats why

 

[Huurka]

triggering unit = local.

So you do not have to put it in a variable.

 

[-Berz-]

Can't if you use GUI with loops and if/than/else, othervise it could be a local.

 

[Huurka]

Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 500.00 at (Center of (Playable map area)), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal

 

[-Berz-]

Emm... that would deal damage to caster his allays, to everyone.
Meh, this is my last post here.

 

[Element of Water]

Right, make a Unit Group variable called TempGroup, and a Special Effect variable called BlinkEffect then do this trigger

• Blink
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Blink
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local effect udg_BlinkEffect
    • Custom script: call GroupEnumUnitsInRange(udg_TempGroup, GetUnitX(GetTriggerUnit(), GetUnitY(GetTriggerUnit()), 300.00, null)
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Triggering unit)) using Abilities\Spells\Human\FlameStrike\FlameStrike1.mdl
    • Set BlinkEffect = (Last created special effect)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
    • Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_TempGroup)
    • Custom script: set udg_TempGroup = null
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Special Effect - Destroy BlinkEffect
    • Custom script: set udg_BlinkEffect = null

This will avoid using Waits for 0.01 secs (which don't work properly and will actually wait for something like 0.2 secs instead) and you will have no need to make him invulnerable. It also makes it completely MUI and removes the special effect leak.

 

[Huurka]

Then make a If condition is an enemy of triggering unit equal to true then do that else nothing.

 

[Element of Water]

oh yeah sorry I forgot that part :-(

 

[Huurka]

Was actually talking to Berzerker.

 

[Element of Water]

well np anyways

OT: what was the "Jesus Christ!" comment on the rep you gave me about