[Trigger] Damage Area

[HHOOUUNN]

Anyone know how to set Damage Area to only hurt enemies? I tried this


Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 400.00 of (Position of Energy[1]) matching ((((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of CastingUnit)) Equal to True) and (((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True))) and do (Unit - Cause CastingUnitKevinSet to damage (Picked unit), dealing (200.00 x (Real((Level of Boom for CastingUnit)))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal)

but it doesnt seem to be working

 

[SkriK]

Anyone know how to set Damage Area to only hurt enemies? I tried this

• Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 400.00 of (Position of Energy[1]) matching ((((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of CastingUnit)) Equal to True) and (((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True))) and do (Unit - Cause CastingUnitKevinSet to damage (Picked unit), dealing (200.00 x (Real((Level of Boom for CastingUnit)))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal)

but it doesnt seem to be working

I think i encountered the same issue when using matching unit. Make the Unit Group trigger with multiple actions and add a If/Then/Else trigger with your booleans.

• Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 400.00 of (Position of (Your Unit))) and do (Actions)
  • Loop - Actions
    • Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • ((Picked unit) belongs to an enemy of Your Player) Equal to (==) True
        • ((Picked unit) is alive) Equal to (==) True
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Cause (Your Unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing #Your Value damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
      • Else - Actions

 

[HHOOUUNN]

hmm i just tried that, didn't work though. Maybe damage target with picked unit is not available.

 

[howl2000]

Simple alternative. Instead of damage area use pick units in area and damage each enemy. like this

• pickalldamage
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add all units of (Units within 512.00 of TempPoint[1]) to TempGrp[1]
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGrp[1] and do (If (((Picked unit) belongs to an enemy of Player 1 (Red)) Equal to True) then do (Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 500.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal) else do (Do nothing))

dont forget to remove leaks by destroying group

 

[Hoernchen]

Well, maybe you are typing something wrong/using something wrong. Be sure not to mix Picked/Matching Unit up.

Also, use variables and then remove leaks. Your trigger leaks since it doesn't destroy the group...

Basically, go through your trigger and check that (Picked unit) and (Matching Unit) are used at the right places, and make sure that the conditions like that it belongs to an enemy are proper. After that, if it still doesn't work, remove all conditions to see if it damages anyone at all, or if the actions dont work. Then try changing the damage type that is done from spell to something else just to be sure. If none of these work, then post the ENTIRE trigger with all its detail in here.

 

[SkriK]

This worked perfectly fine for me.

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to (==) Ability
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 400.00 of (Position of (Triggering unit))) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • ((Picked unit) is alive) Equal to (==) True
            • ((Picked unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of (Triggering unit))) Equal to (==) True
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 500.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
          • Else - Actions

 

[Squiggy]

Put the

• Custom script: set bj_wantDtestroyGroup = true

in front of the Unit Group action and you're fine with leaks
And also as far as I know, there doesn't need to be multiple functions - a simple if/then/else's enough I think

 

[Kingz]

Isn't it easier just to create 1 dummy unit and one stomp/thunder clap spell with several levels and just create it and order it to stom/thunder clap?
I think it puts much less work for your CPU.

 

[PatruX]

Isn't it easier just to create 1 dummy unit and one stomp/thunder clap spell with several levels and just create it and order it to stom/thunder clap?
I think it puts much less work for your CPU.

Frankly, I think calculating some numbers is less heavy on your CPU than generating a unit.

 

[Vercas]

I saw that the damage target functions doesn't works sometimes
I have a Charge spell on my map and i use the damage terget function that doesn't works.
I used exactly the saming damage target action on another spells and it worked fine :/

 

[Tiaan]

I would personally use this:

• Untitled Trigger 001
• Events
  • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to (==) Ability
• Actions
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 400.00 of (Position of (Triggering unit))) and do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • Multiple FunctionsIf (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        • If - Conditions
          • ((Picked unit) is alive) Equal to (==) True
            • ((Picked unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of (Triggering unit))) Equal to (==) True
        • Then - Actions
          • Unit - Set life of (Picked Unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit) - 500).

Note: you can set the "500" to whatever you want.

 

[SkriK]

If you use set life, the player casting the spell won't get the bounty gold nor kill.

 

[Tiaan]

If you use set life, the player casting the spell won't get the bounty gold nor kill.

You could always add to the trigger a condition that if the unit dies from that trigger a bounty can be rewarded to the triggering unit.

It's just that set life is much more reliable than damage.

 

[HHOOUUNN]

Thanks, apparently there are some parts of "damage target" action bugs on some skills events, I would write down my trigger but its pretty big. I tested a simple damage target with "Slow" ability, and the action didnt activate. Then an attack event and it worked fine. Ill probably just use the set life plan since its more reliable.