Dummy Casting Cloud

[Kino]

So heres the problem, Im trying to get a dummy to cast cloud over an area.
The trigger works fully, dummy spawns properly bla bla.

However the cloud never does appear, any ideas how to cast Cloud properly?

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Maybe the cast range of cloud is less then then targeted point, or dummy has no time to cast cloud, also check mana cost, and as far as i remember normal Cloud has a requirement which you must upgrade.

 

[Kino]

Maybe the cast range of cloud is less then then targeted point, or dummy has no time to cast cloud, also check mana cost, and as far as i remember normal Cloud has a requirement which you must upgrade.

Well the dummy casts sloud on it own location so cast range is not an issue.

The dummy lives as long as the duration of cloud, so thats not it either.

Mana cost is set to 0

Requirement has been removed.

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Maybe there's a problem with trigger, before every action paste the action - Game Text that reads when action runs some number, if some number will be skipped you will know that problem is before that text, or you modified the dummy, some field that player serious role in this situation.

 

[Kino]

Well tried it and its not a problem with the trigger.

Ive replaced the dummy with a non locusted unit to see how the unit actually behaves and I can confirm its not casting Cloud.

Im starting to think its a hardcoded problem.

 

[Nightmare Moon]

I don't think that it's hardcoded problem, hmmm... try to give that dummy spell to some other unit like Paladin and with trigger order him to cast, if the hero casts then problem with your dummy.

 

[Kino]

I don't think that it's hardcoded problem, hmmm... try to give that dummy spell to some other unit like Paladin and with trigger order him to cast, if the hero casts then problem with your dummy.

I also tried that with everything from grunts to tauren and sadly still doesnt work. It works if i manually select the unit and then cast the ability.

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Then this must be something with your editor, try to test this in new map and see if this works, few days ago i had similar problem, in new map all worked but in old map it didn't, so try to export into new map, if works then just re-install editor.

 

[Skycraft]

Can you post the trigger or map so we can try verify your problem and identify a solution?

 

[Kino]

Can you post the trigger or map so we can try verify your problem and identify a solution?
Today 06:00 PM

And how do you post a trigger?

 

[Nightmare Moon]

copy the trigger, press Cope as Text and paste the trigger here with trigger tags: [trigger=Name of Trigger]value[./trigger]

 

[Kino]

[

• Volatile Mix Deto
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Dies
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Volatile Mix
  • Actions
    • Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Unit - Create 1 Paladin for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at TempPoint facing Default building facing degrees
    • Set TempUnit = (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Add Volatile Cloud to TempUnit
    • Unit - Order TempUnit to Human Dragonhawk Rider - Cloud TempPoint
    • Unit - Add a 10.00 second Generic expiration timer to TempUnit
    • Set Damageamount = (30.00 + ((Real((Hero level of Char_Jared))) x 15.00))
    • Set TempGroup = (Units within 250.00 of TempPoint matching ((((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True) and ((Owner of (Matching unit)) Equal to The_Nightmare)))
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Cause Char_Jared to damage (Picked unit), dealing Damageamount damage of attack type Hero and damage type Normal
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the chest of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Weapons\BlackKeeperMissile\BlackKeeperMissile.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • ((Picked unit) has buff Stinging Blade ) Equal to True
          • Then - Actions
            • Set Damageamount = ((Damageamount / 5.00) x (Real((Current research level of Catalyst [1/5] for (Owner of (Triggering unit))))))
            • Unit - Cause Char_Jared to damage (Picked unit), dealing Damageamount damage of attack type Hero and damage type Normal
          • Else - Actions
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)
    • Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_TempGroup)

Ok thats it, anything below the first few lines is irrelevant.

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Well i don't see the problem with trigger, looks fine. But maybe you could set thew action " Unit - Add a 10.00 second Generic expiration timer to TempUnit" before the action " Unit - Order TempUnit to Human Dragonhawk Rider - Cloud TempPoint"
Else it's problem with the spell.

 

[Kino]

Well, that didnt work either

Funny thing is that the spell can be casted manually on the exact position it supposed to, in which it works just fine.

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Then the problem is with editor, i already told that i has similar problem where i got problem with casting spell too, i needed to create 12 Shokwaves in different angles which would form a circle, but in map where i created it the spell only casted few Shokwaves.
And after days of discussion the only solution was to re-install the editor, didn't do it because have no installation.
So try to re-install, if all should work fine as you say.

 

[Baintastic]

Kino,

I had the exact same problem with my map. I'm pretty sure it's a hardcoded problem with the cloud. Although, somehow, they were able to do it in DotA Allstars (Rikimaru's smokescreen), but I just gave up and went with Silence with a cloud effect . The map is in my sig, if you are interested...