damage type

[UreDe4D]

Hi guys, i have a little problem, i have got units in my map which acquire items which attack units next to them, i used pheonix fire for this, the problem is that i can't change the damage typ of pheonix fire, but i need the reduction effect. i have 3 different damage types, i was thinking about doing it with triggers but i'm not 100% sure about an easy way to do that. and it needs to be sth general, cause i have many units using this and it would be to much work doing it for every single unit

Edit: i have another question, is there an event like "a unit is unloaded" ? and if not what can i use instead

 

[Thrikodius]

Event:
- Periodic time event
Condition:
Actions:
- Unit group - Pick all units in playable map area matching (Matching unit has an item of type (whatever) (this is boolean comparison)) and do (the Damage Area action)

 

[apocalypse_dude]

there is no unload event
but you can still workaround that problem depending on what u want to check

Do you want to detect burrows/transports filled with units or do you want to count units which are loaded in a transport ? Tell me what you want to do and i can tell you how you do it

 

[Need_O2]

Try Unit Enters Map

Dont know if it will work
You'll also have some more to do

 

[UreDe4D]

i want the transporting unit to do sth when a unit is unloaded (a single unit, not all), i already tried using the enter map event combined with unit is in range of transporting unit, but this is a problem if a unit is trained somewhere and and a transporting unit is next to it (which might happen very easily)

 

[apocalypse_dude]

• release transported units
  • Event
    • Unit - A unit receives Order without target
  • Condition
    • (Unit-type of (Ordered unit)) equals 'Transporter'
    • (Issued order) equals (Order(standdown))
    • Action
      • Unit - Issue (Ordered Unit) to do whatever you want

• Unload unit from transport
  • Event
    • Unit - A unit receives Order to target an object
  • Condition
    • And - All (Conditions) are true
      • Conditions
        • (Issued order) equals (Order(unload))
        • (Unit-type of (Ordered unit)) equals 'Transporter'
  • Actions
    • Unit - Order (Ordered unit) to do anything

Trigger 1 gets the transport if u hit unload all
Trigger 2 gets it when u unload by clicking on pictures in the middle bot window

My WE isnt english so i freely translated it... feel free to ask

 

[UreDe4D]

i have sth better for the first one, but the second trigger helped me a lot thx

 

[apocalypse_dude]

would u tell me the better version ? i actually use these triggers in my map and im always looking for trigger improvement

 

[UreDe4D]

sure, i used the orc leave burrow ability

• Events
  • Unit - a unit ends effect of an ability
• Condtions
  • ability being cast equal to <leave burrow>
• Actions
  • Unit - order triggering unit to do sth

in my case it was easier cause i already made the ability and, to tell the truth i don't really understand your first trigger

 

[apocalypse_dude]

standdown is the ingame order string which is used to make a transporter immediately drop all units
And it is used by the regular button which u find on orc burrows and so on
I dont need any abilities and stuff so its easier for me

 

[Dr Super Good]

Phonix fire will always deal spell damage and nothing can change that (next to hardcore .exe modding which removes battlenet support).

 

[UreDe4D]

can i add a reduction effect depending on the armor of the target in gameplayconstants?
i guess its the last of the attack types right?

 

[Bloody_Turds]

actually ive been looking for a way to detect unloading to.. im trying to regenerate units inside a builing over time. About the Unload being cast thing.. if you click the unit where dmg is its also unloaded.. without the spell actually being cast

 

[Dr Super Good]

I made such a system and it worked well untill mltiplayer where it started to record inacurate numbers due to lag enabling you to trigger parts of the load / unload process fewer times than you should.

 

[UreDe4D]

i managed the unloading thing, i'm just looking for a way to reduce the damage dealt by the items ac cording to the armor type of the attacked unit

 

[apocalypse_dude]

actually ive been looking for a way to detect unloading to.. im trying to regenerate units inside a builing over time. About the Unload being cast thing.. if you click the unit where dmg is its also unloaded.. without the spell actually being cast

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@UreDe4D
You gotta go the hard way and trigger it all, im afraid
Maybe u can use kind of a dummy phoenix fire which deals one dmg to shoot a trigger that adds the damagetype in your desired amount
so you dont have to do the whole aiming n stuff via triggers

 

[Bloody_Turds]

hmm i thought that just checked if u hit, like the unload button at the bottom, didnt know clicking their icon gave unload.