How to make a damage over time spell?

[Darkxs]

Hello I am having a problem here, so plz help me if you can.
I am trying to make a spell that deals 30 damage every second for 5 seconds. But I can only make it deal damage once by using (Target unit of ability begin casted) The spell i am using for it is Entangling Roots (The damage has to be of the type chaos)

 

[DarkLordX]

Why you simply make this in Object Editor?

But else, make the (Target Unit of Ability being cast) thing and then make (Wait 1.00 seconds). Make this 5 times and everytime between it the damage-30-points thing.
That should work^^

 

[Thunder_eye]

As (Target Unit of Ability being cast) is lost between waits, you'll need a local global for this.
Do a search on "local global" or "local GUI" and you should find some answers.

 

[DarkLordX]

Simply create a Unit-Variable (no array, no start-value). Then when the spell is cast make the following action:

My_Spell
Actions
Variable - Set (My_Var) = Casting Unit

Later on you always refer to My_Var then.
Hope it's solved now

 

[Thunder_eye]

That won't work for multi-casts of the ability, that's why he needs the local.

It's something like "local unit udg_TempUnit"
Where udg_TempUnit is a GUI variable named "TempUnit"

 

[M4stah]

• Custum Roots
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Entangling Roots
  • Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 Dummy for Player 1 (Red) at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Add a (10.00 x (Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit))))) second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Attack (Target unit of ability being cast)

I tested it and it works. you can adjust the duration by changing (10.00 x (Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit)))))
EDIT: The dummy unit must have 30 chaos attack with 5 second cooldown. If it wasn't obvious.
It can contain memory leaks, but I don't know how to remove that. Modify entangling roots and make a dummy unit for this to work. Good luck.

 

[Smiddle]

^ Interesting trigger, I never thought of solving DoT spells that way.
Leaks can be cleaned out by storing the point as a variable and then using the custom script "call RemoveLocation(udg_Point)" if the variable name is "Point".

 

[Darkxs]

Well thanks for the help so far all of you, but now I got another problem... I can't fiend the "Unit - Add a (10.00 x (Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit))))) second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)" What do I do???

 

[Vegavak]

I would use poison.

 

[Metov]

Well thanks for the help so far all of you, but now I got another problem... I can't fiend the "Unit - Add a (10.00 x (Real((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Casting unit))))) second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)" What do I do???

Unit - Add Expiration Timer

 

[idodik]

Arithmetic:
10.00 x Real((Level of Ability being cast)for (Casting Unit))
10.00 is entered by you as a value, and Real means converting an integer number to a real number. Level of Ability being cast is found in the Unit section.

 

[LordDz]

Can't you just use the shadow knife spell on Maiev then?

 

[manstie]

Can't you just use the shadow knife spell on Maiev then?

The spell is Shadow Strike
And yes, it would be A LOT easier for you to use Shadow Strike and just edit the spell to what you want the damage to be.