Channeling Caster art

[Greenwhy]

Making a Recall/hearth ability based off the channel ability. I have triggered special effects for when the unit finishes casting the spell and is teleported back to base but I don't know how to get a looping art effect on the caster while he is channeling for 5 seconds?

I am using Art - Caster with attachment point set to origin. I have tried a few ability models but they do not loop. They play once at the start of the effect and again at the end of the spell.

I see some units using Art - Effect and Art - Special instead, or as well as, Art - Caster. What are they and how exactly are they different?

 

[Vinz]

What do you mean by looping art effect? The Art Fields.. The Art- Effect has no attachment point and spawns on the hero. The Art Caster has an attachment point to the caster.

 

[Greenwhy]

So Art - Effect and Art - Caster behave exactly the same except that the latter can have it's attachment point adjusted? the former is only for a hero ability?

When I say looping effect I mean the same way a buff special effect model loops for the entire duration of the buff does.... but I want a special effect model to loop for the duration of a 5 or 10 or 30 second channeled spell. Even if I use buff special effects they only play once when I start channelling and again once the channel ends and the spell is cast. I could be misusing channel ability, I have no idea how to use it for an actual channel ability. What I am trying to do is create a recall/hearth style ability which sends the casting unit back to his base after he channels for say 5 seconds. The trigger works but I'm trying to make it look cool with some special effects. I want an effect which will loop on the caster until he finishes channeling so that other player can identify exactly what he is doing...

Trigger

• Recall
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Recall
  • Actions
    • Set Temp_Unit = (Triggering unit)
    • Set Temp_Point = (Position of Temp_Unit)
    • Set Temp_Player = (Owner of Temp_Unit)
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at Temp_Point using Abilities\Spells\Human\DispelMagic\DispelMagicTarget.mdl
    • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Point)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Temp_Player is an ally of Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Set Temp_Point = (Center of Red Spawn <gen>)
      • Else - Actions
        • Set Temp_Point = (Center of Blue Spawn <gen>)
    • Unit - Move Temp_Unit instantly to Temp_Point
    • Camera - Pan camera for Temp_Player to Temp_Point over 0.50 seconds
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Point)

 

[Vinz]

You mean repeat like an aura? Maybe make 5 dummies and make them cast 5 different spells with 1-5 casting time so every second there's an effect.

 

[Maker]

Use Art - Caster for the effect and try origin as the attachment point. Art Duration is how often the effetc loops when it is channeled during Follow thorugh time.

 

[Greenwhy]

Art Duration is how often the effetc loops when it is channeled during Follow thorugh time.

Thank you so much.

 

[Greenwhy]

what about adding sound loops as the unit is channeling? or would I have to trigger this?