Create special effect with Height?

[Bribe]

I can't remember where I've seen this, but if I'm thinking right it's that you can assign X, Y *and* Z positioning to a Special Effect. However, when I try to do this in JASS, it gives me an error (too many arguments).

Was I just hallucinating? How can I do this?

 

[watermelon_1234]

There's a really easy way to do this if you use the xesystem (xefx).
Otherwise, you'll need to have a dummy unit with attachment points and play the special effect on it.
That's the only way I can think of that allows you to control its height.

 

[PurgeandFire]

You can try this very old function that KaTTaNa made:
http://www.wc3jass.com/viewtopic.php?t=2472&start=0

function AddSpecialEffectZ takes string path, real x, real y, real z returns effect
    local destructable d = CreateDestructableZ( 'OTip', x, y, z, 0.00, 1, 0 )
    set bj_lastCreatedEffect = AddSpecialEffect( path, x, y )
    call RemoveDestructable( d )
    set d = null
    return bj_lastCreatedEffect
endfunction

 

[Berb]

I don't get it, wouldn't you have to attach the special effect to the destructable by using AddSpecialEffectTarget rather than AddSpecialEffect.

 

[YourNameHere]

No, OTip is afaik a invisible platform, the special effect will be created on it and still remain when the platform is gone.

 

[Berb]

Oh I see. I wasn't paying attention to the type of destructable.