Chain Lightning model

[AznShadowFury]

I can't get the beam of lightning from chain Lightning! I want to replace the knives in fan of knives to that beam, but it won't appear... why?

 

[Landy]

maybe because chain lightning effect is *lightning effect* and fan knives are not

 

[AznShadowFury]

Still How would you add it/change the knives?

 

[donut3.5]

Chain lightning cannot have a missile. Even thought it says it has a projectile art, it doesn't. It only has an impact art.
--donut3.5--

 

[Rui]

Yes. Chain Lightning, Lightning Attack, Healing Wave, all those are Lightning Effects and not Projectile Arts. Therefore they cannot be used a missile, nor can the Projectiles be used as Lightning Effects.

 

[iron_warrior]

IRON WARRIOR TO THE RESCUE!

No, you cannot actually make them into a missle effect...you CAN, however, make a Lightning Effect around the caster!

• Casted
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Fan of Lightning
  • Actions
    • Lightning - Create a Chain Lightning - Primary lightning effect from source (Position of (Casting unit)) to target ((Position of (Casting unit)) offset by 475.00 towards 45.00 degrees)
    • Set Zappo[1] = (Last created lightning effect)
    • Lightning - Create a Chain Lightning - Primary lightning effect from source (Position of (Casting unit)) to target ((Position of (Casting unit)) offset by 475.00 towards 180.00 degrees)
    • Set Zappo[2] = (Last created lightning effect)
    • Lightning - Create a Chain Lightning - Primary lightning effect from source (Position of (Casting unit)) to target ((Position of (Casting unit)) offset by 475.00 towards -45.00 degrees)
    • Set Zappo[3] = (Last created lightning effect)
    • Trigger - Run (This RemoveLightning) (ignoring conditions)

That creates the Lightning effect around the caster. Been awhile since I've used the Warden, so the angles might not be perfect. The trigger than gets ran at the end is...

• Remove Lightning
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Wait 0.50 seconds
    • Lightning - Destroy Zappo[1]
    • Lightning - Destroy Zappo[2]
    • Lightning - Destroy Zappo[3]

This removes the Lightning FX after 0.5 seconds. It won't look perfect, and you can fiddle around with it a heckofalot, but it's the best option I can think of.

Good luck!

 

[Just_Spectating]

i would just use dummy units

 

[Dil999]

This just popped into my head: Someone should make a unit, which when moved instantly from point x to point y, it will leave a streamer behind it with the model of chain lightning. Think of the trail behind Faerie Dragon missiles.

 

[donut3.5]

There's a difference between ribbons and lightning models.
--donut3.5--

 

[Dil999]

Stop crushing my hopes and dreams

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Ribbons could be used with the lightning texture, lightnings are just unshaded additive, plus ribbons use actual materials, so there's space for the animated texture.

All in all, yes, you fake it with a nice ribbon emitter.

 

[donut3.5]

Aren't lightnings animated to an extent to move backwards and forwards, whereas.. can you animate ribbons? I haven't played around with them enough to know.
--donut3.5--

 

[Need_O2]

dummy dummy dummmy dummy rulz use dummy but it costs you minutes and brain cells

 

[iron_warrior]

Or you could just make three dummy units that have Lightning Attack, and each attack ground around the Warden.

 

[Just_Spectating]

ahem, as i already said you should use dummy units, and give them lightning attack like iron warrior said and if you want it to hit units then do so but if its just for the effect then make them attack the ground

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Aren't lightnings animated to an extent to move backwards and forwards, whereas.. can you animate ribbons? I haven't played around with them enough to know.

As I said, they use proper materials -- anything you can do in a material should work on the ribbon. It's just a strip of geometry like anything else.

 

[Dil999]

Someone should try to do that.. it would be alot easier than having to either use a dummy unit or fade out lightnings if you create them with triggers.