Creating Units facing of the triggering unit with pointset

[alexcs]

Hi i need help, im having trouble making a trigger where when u cast a abilty it creates a line of units in the same facing point of the casting unit
with an offset of 300
basically the example in the picture i put.
im not really that good at triggers i came back to this community 4 months ago and i only remember some stuff that i knew back when i was a kid so expect for me to be confused alot lol

that's all, thanks in advance

also i only know GUI i have no clue abt JASS coding

 

[Devalut]

If something below is confusing, feel free to keep posting.

• example
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet UnitVariable[0] = (Triggering unit)
    • Set VariableSet PointVariable[0] = (Position of UnitVariable[0])
    • For each (Integer IntegerVariable) from 1 to 3, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set VariableSet PointVariable[1] = (PointVariable[0] offset by (300.00 x (Real(IntegerVariable))) towards (Facing of UnitVariable[0]) degrees.)
        • Unit - Create 1 dummy for (Owner of UnitVariable[0]) at PointVariable[0] facing Default building facing degrees
        • Unit - Add a 0.30 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_PointVariable[1])
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_PointVariable[0])

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[Dr Super Good]

Are you sure units will always perfectly face the target to cast? I recall there being some slack to improve responsiveness. If that is a problem then you need to compute the angle from the caster position to the target point of ability being cast and use that instead of unit facing.

 

[Devalut]

Are you sure units will always perfectly face the target to cast? I recall there being some slack to improve responsiveness. If that is a problem then you need to compute the angle from the caster position to the target point of ability being cast and use that instead of unit facing.

Good Doctor~! My liege~! senpai~!
It was made according to the OP's specification on unit facing alone; it was this one's assumption that the OP would request such a deviation from their original request if given enough time to review this one's first attempt.

If they would prefer that then they would need only change PointVariable[1] to:

• Set VariableSet PointVariable[1] = (PointVariable[0] offset by (300.00 x (Real(IntegerVariable))) towards (Angle from PointVariable[0] to PointVariable[2]) degrees.)

Where PointVariable[2] is simply the targetpoint of the casting ability (If any.)

 

[alexcs]

Good Doctor~! My liege~! senpai~!
It was made according to the OP's specification on unit facing alone; it was this one's assumption that the OP would request such a deviation from their original request if given enough time to review this one's first attempt.

If they would prefer that then they would need only change PointVariable[1] to:

• Set VariableSet PointVariable[1] = (PointVariable[0] offset by (300.00 x (Real(IntegerVariable))) towards (Angle from PointVariable[0] to PointVariable[2]) degrees.)

Where PointVariable[2] is simply the targetpoint of the casting ability (If any.)

If something below is confusing, feel free to keep posting.

• example
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet UnitVariable[0] = (Triggering unit)
    • Set VariableSet PointVariable[0] = (Position of UnitVariable[0])
    • For each (Integer IntegerVariable) from 1 to 3, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set VariableSet PointVariable[1] = (PointVariable[0] offset by (300.00 x (Real(IntegerVariable))) towards (Facing of UnitVariable[0]) degrees.)
        • Unit - Create 1 dummy for (Owner of UnitVariable[0]) at PointVariable[0] facing Default building facing degrees
        • Unit - Add a 0.30 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_PointVariable[1])
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_PointVariable[0])

Lastly some excellent tutorials.

Basics of Trigger Enhancing Spells

Bookmark I.Introduction II. Tools and knowledge needed III. Working with the Object Editor IV. Triggers. What are they and how do they work? V. Variables VI. Arrays VII. Basic Actions VIII. Basic Events and Conditions IX. Event – Response Variables in Detail X. Manipulating Triggers...

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Visualize: Dynamic Indexing

Contents Introduction MUI Dynamic Indexing Comparison Credits A Introduction Dynamic indexing is a technique used to ensure that your spell or code can be ran multiple times without any MUI issues. At first, it is incredibly daunting to look at. This tutorial aims to show it in a better...

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Hey sorry for the late reply Thanks for the help but i somehow actually figured it out myself yesterday by playing with stuff
i came up with this :

• create units facing same point as caster
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Myability
  • Actions
    • Set p1 = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Set p2 = (p1 offset by 400.00 towards (Facing of (Triggering unit)) degrees)
    • Set p3 = (p2 offset by 400.00 towards (Facing of (Triggering unit)) degrees)
    • Set p4 = (p3 offset by 400.00 towards (Facing of (Triggering unit)) degrees)
    • Unit - Create 1 dummyunit for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at p2 facing (Facing of (Triggering unit)) degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 dummyunit for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at p3 facing (Facing of (Triggering unit)) degrees
    • Unit - Create 1 dummyunit for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at p4 facing (Facing of (Triggering unit)) degrees
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_p1)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_p2)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_p3)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_p4)

works the way i wanted to, and after a couple of tries it doesn't seem to have issues but let me know if somethings wrong
anyways thanks for your help, i still appreaciate the effort