Entangling Roots on all units in the area ?

[peterrab]

I want Entangling Roots, when cast, to affect all units within a certain range of the target unit. Any ideas ?

 

[M4stah]

Yeah. Edit thw war stomp ability to make sure it doesn't have a effect then do this:

Events
A unit starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Casted ability) equal to [Your ability]
Actions
Create one dummy for owner of (triggering unit)
Add Entangling roots with level of (Ability being cast) of (triggering unit)
Add a 2 second generic experation timer to (Last created unit)
Pick every unit within [Your range] of (triggering unit) and order (Last created unit) to keeper of the grove- Entangling roots (Picked unit)

It should work.

 

[peterrab]

Could you explain what actions exactly for the last 3 things ? I'm quite new to this.

 

[HellCEzAR]

or

• Events
• A unit starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
• (Ability being cast) equal to (Your spell)
• Actions
• pick every unit in (units within x range matching condition (owner of matching unit is an enemy of owner of casting unit) ) and do actions:
• create 1 dummy unit at position of picked unit
• order last created unit to night elf - entangling roots picked unit

 

[peterrab]

I'm still confused on how to reach all these picked unit bits in the trigger.

 

[HellCEzAR]

give a semple map?)

 

[peterrab]

You give me one ?
Yes, that would help.

 

[HellCEzAR]

take it) and enjoyView attachment Map_For_peterrab.w3x

 

[HellCEzAR]

give +rep if i help)))

 

[Meticulous]

Also read this if you're going to start working with triggers.

 

[Drakosa123]

Please use the edit button instead double posting. Thanks!

With the spell i can help. You don't need GUI you can use stomp choose your AOE and change the buff. Stunned (Pause) to Entangling Roots.

 

[Meticulous]

Very incorrect. If he's looking for specific game balance and individuality that'd be horrible; imagine if Entangling Roots was a full stun in melee games.

Stuns = cannot be dispelled, prevents all orders from being carried out
Roots = can be dispelled, deals damage over time, doesn't disable spell casting.
A trigger for AoE entangling roots would be very simple to do, but make sure you clean up any leaks in HellCEzAR's example ability.

 

[idodik]

Roots = can be dispelled, deals damage over time, doesn't disable spell casting.

Yes it does!!!
Anyway this will do:
Step 1: Make the default ability Thunder Clap with no slowing thing.
Step 2: Change the AOE to 99999999 and change the buff appearance similar to Entangling Roots.
Step 3: Make the following trigger:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • Ability being cast equal to ThunderClap
• Actions
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Playable Map Area matching (((Matching Unit) has buff Entangling Roots) equal to True) and do Actions
    • Loop - Actions
      • Unit - Create 1 dummy unit for Owner of (Triggering Unit) at Position of (Picked Unit) facing Random Angle
      • Unit - Set the level of Entangling Roots for Last Created Unit to Level of ThunderClap for (Triggering Unit)
      • Unit - Add a 1.00 second Force of Nature expiration timer to Last Created Unit
      • Unit - Order Last Created Unit to Night Elf Keeper of the Grove - Entangling Roots Picked Unit

Since we're supposing you're using a custom buff, and that the ability ThunderClap will be the only one using it, this will definetely work.

 

[oxxo]

loop is the way to go...

 

[Meticulous]

loop is the way to go...

THAT was helpful. Since it seems this still isn't solved;

Step one: Object Editor

Create a new unit, set its model file to something that doesn't exist (type in none.mdl for example), make sure it has the ability "Locust", is not a hero, has no unit sound set or shadow; i.e., virtually undetectable by any means. Also no vision radius. Then add your Entangling Roots ability to the unit, and make sure it has enough mana to cast it.

Step two: Trigger editor.

• trigger
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to (==) Entangling Roots
    • ((Casting unit) is A Hero) Equal to (==) True
  • Actions
    • Set point = (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast))
    • Set unitgroup = (Units within 500.00 of point)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in aa_unitgroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Unit You Created Earlier for (Owner of (Casting unit)) at point facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
        • Unit - Add a 1.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
        • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Night Elf Keeper Of The Grove - Entangling Roots (Picked unit)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_point)
    • Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_unitgroup)

These are found in (order they appear in the trigger);

• Events - Unit - Generic
• Conditions - Ability Comparison
• Conditions - Boolean Comparison - Unit Classification Check
• Actions - General - Set Variable
• Actions - General - Set Variable
• Actions - Unit Group - Pick Every Unit and do Multiple Actions
• Actions - Unit - Create Unit
• Actions - Unit - Add Expiration Timer
• Actions - Unit - Issue Order Targeting a Unit
• Actions - General - Custom Script
• Actions - General - Custom Script

For the first two actions, you'll need to open up the "Variables..." menu (The gold X on the control panel at the top), and create a new Unit Group and Point variable. For the last two actions you're destroying those variables; the reason for that is otherwise your trigger will have a memory leak; every time it runs it will save new locations and unit groups, which take up memory, so after a while your map will be very laggy for most players.