Lightning effects and missiles not appearing

[Abyzzle]

Hey guys, maybe someone knows what I'm doing wrong. Any time I try using lightning effects or try using lightning missiles, whether for spells or unit attacks, the spell does not appear. I've tried in the test map as well as in the actual game. Doesn't matter if it's lightning attack, finger of death, etc. I've tried this in SD and HD. Any idea on where I can start to fix this?

 

[Uncle]

Triggered lightning has been broken on the latest patches, I think since 1.32. Not sure if the SD problems were present until a more recent patch.

But if you're saying that the standard abilities like Chain Lightning aren't displaying the lightning effect then that's another story. I'm no expert on what to do in that situation, my only advice would be to reinstall the game.

 

[Abyzzle]

Just tried reinstalling the game however I'm having the same issue. I even deleted the editor and deleted maps from the Onedrive and am getting the same results. I am getting a lot of popcornfx errors while scrolling through missile art selections too, maybe that help narrow down my issue. For the record, the default abilities and units that use lightning effects work no problem. It's when I give a unit the missile art of lightning or make a custom ability that it fails.

I'm also not using triggered lightning.

 

[Chaosium]

Have you given the "Lightning Attack" ability to your unit? If you look at Chimeras or Bronze Dragons, they have this ability and it might be that kind of quirky stuff where XYZ is just required by the game for things to work

 

[Abyzzle]

Thanks for pointing that out Chaosium. I'm so happy I can finally make units with lightning attacks now. It seems that I have to use the default spells that use lightning effects as the base for custom lightning spells. I cannot get channel to use visible lightning effects either.

 

[Chaosium]

I believe Channel cannot fire missiles by itself, can it? But yes using base spells is probably safer anyway, especially because stuff like chain lightning, life drain etc. are a bit more complex than just the average projectile

 

[Abyzzle]

I tried making it use lightning effects in the triggers and nothing happened. referencing an old guide on how to create lightning. I may have messed it up though since I usually do not mess with advanced stuff like triggers and the like.

Edit: Uncle mentioned the triggers earlier and somehow that message went over my head. Sorry man.