Damage in a line

[Jontel]

How do i make an attack damage creatures in a line like shockwave? Ive seen it in other tds, but cant figure out how its done. Id allso like to know how to set minimum range on a unit.

 

[Sopho]

Do you mean " bouncing " attacks?

 

[Jontel]

No i mean in a LINE, stop misthurperating my questions sohpo

 

[Master Modmaker]

just give the unit an attack which is specified as artillery line. than give on AOE and damage for full halv and low. thats all...

 

[Jontel]

Artillery line doesnt make a difference, it still works as a normal splash attack, doing splash at the target. I got another question tho, how do i get the exact time for when a missile hits a target. Cant find a "unit takes damage by unit" condition or something like that.

 

[Sopho]

Its " a unit is attacked " conditions " unit attacked ... "

 

[Jontel]

I was asking for the exact time when the missile hits the target.. Not for when it is targeted..

 

[Master Modmaker]

PLease be a little more friendly to us, we only try to help you. You can select units which are damaged by a spell... There is an event for...

 

[Jontel]

Im sry but if u dont know the answer to the question, no point in answering then?

 

[Jontel]

Can i add an ability to the attack then so it gives some spell damage. And get it to work with that event?

 

[Sopho]

Hmm just do a bouncing attack with the shockwave art.
So a small area of effect for it and no damage loss per bounce. Simple.

 

[Jontel]

It wont go in a straight line then, thats the point.

 

[Sopho]

I know it won't but how about setting the bounce area of effect even lower (say 100) so it tries to stay in a " line "

 

[Jontel]

Ive come up with an idea, creating a unit (invisible, untagetable etc) moving from the tower to the attacked unit with the same speed as the projektile. Every unit within a certain area of it takes damage and is then added to a unit group. Units in the group is not damaged. When the unit is at the end it is removed and all the units are removed from the unit group to.

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How to i make a unit without a model then? or is there a model that has no model (is invisible)?

 

[DarkShadow]

As far as I know there's no invisible model. Simply do it the way I do: give it the model of a rat (simply a very small model) and change the units scaling value to 0.01 or so, then you have to use a scope to see it

and make it a flying unit (-> don't leave footprints)with no collision (so it doesn't get stucked with the other units)

 

[RaZoR]

better: use the tree of lif e upgrade model (u find it in spell modells, it's the first i think). this model has no walk and no stand animation.

 

[Jontel]

Or use the "hide unit" action which i just found

 

[RaZoR]

or set the custom path to none.mdx

 

[Master Modmaker]

but than yu have to disable the shadow too, otherwise you would see a shadow without a unit^^

 

[Jontel]

well thats a nobrainer