Lightning shield

Kabel · Aug 20, 2009

The Caster casts Lightning Shield on A.
A stands next to B.
B gets damaged every second.

How do I do so A gets damage from the spell?

(Without casting the spell on B, of course^^)

Ps. I have ticked the box "Self" in targets allowed, but that does no difference

Diehard@Azeroth · Aug 20, 2009

you can create a dummy and let it cast shadowstrike on A, then remove dummy out of game.

Saia_Djinn · Aug 20, 2009

trigger the whole thing

with a unitgroup and damage that group every intervall

Vincent · Aug 21, 2009

make a trigger to check buffs every like .50 seconds or the intervals of the lightning shield ability then damage it in this manner, worked for me

Kabel · Aug 21, 2009

Vincent said:
make a trigger to check buffs every like .50 seconds or the intervals of the lightning shield ability then damage it in this manner, worked for me

That sounds interesting, can you show me the basic mechanic for the trigger?

Maker · Aug 21, 2009

Trigger
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
  - (YourUnit has buff *your buff*) Equal to True
- Actions
  - Set TempLoc1 = (Position of (your unit))
  - Set TempGroup = (Units within 512.00 of TempLoc1 matching (((Owner of (Matching unit)) is an enemy of (Owner of your unit)) Equal to True))
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 10.00)
  - Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_TempGroup)
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempLoc1)

Something like this. Make another trigger that turns this one on when you activate the spell, and a trigger that turns this one off when the buff is deactivated.

Vincent · Aug 21, 2009

is this for the ignite spell?

Kabel · Aug 22, 2009

Hellfire
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
  - ((Triggering unit) has buff Hellfire ) Equal to True
- Actions
  - Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to ((Life of (Triggering unit)) - 15.00)

I made the trigger like this, cause I thought it would be easier since the Lightning Shield already deals damage to units nearby. This trigger makes the unit that has the Lightning Shield on it to take damage.

But it does not work. What am I doing wrong?

Maker · Aug 22, 2009

What triggering unit? There's no event for a unit to trigger.

Every x seconds of time : There's no unit that triggers this.
Unit dies : now that's an event that saves a triggering unit.

Use a unit variable instead of triggering unit.

Kabel · Aug 22, 2009

Maker said:
Trigger

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

(YourUnit has buff *your buff*) Equal to True

Actions

Set TempLoc1 = (Position of (your unit))

Set TempGroup = (Units within 512.00 of TempLoc1 matching (((Owner of (Matching unit)) is an enemy of (Owner of your unit)) Equal to True))

Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 10.00)

Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_TempGroup)

Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempLoc1)

Something like this. Make another trigger that turns this one on when you activate the spell, and a trigger that turns this one off when the buff is deactivated.

How can I change your trigger so it only damages the unit that "wears" the lightning shield? (The shield does via the object editor damage to units nearby, so that does not need to be triggered)

Maker · Aug 22, 2009

Trigger
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
  - (YourUnit has buff *your buff*) Equal to True
- Actions
  - Unit - Set life of (Your unit) to ((Life of (Your unit)) - 10.00)

Kabel · Aug 22, 2009

"YourUnit" is a unit-variable?

Can this trigger handle if there are many buffs in the game at once for different players?

Maker · Aug 22, 2009

Check
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set TempGroup = (Units in (Playable map area) matching ((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to Footman))
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Level of Animate Dead for (Picked unit)) Greater than 0
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 10.00)
        
        Else - Actions
  - Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_TempGroup)

Set the unit type to the type of unit that can have the buff. Set the ability type to the type of your ability. You can set the damage to x*(level of ability for (picked unit)) for example.

Diehard@Azeroth · Aug 22, 2009

just remove shadowstrike buff when you want damage to be done. >_<

Kabel · Aug 24, 2009

Diehard@Azeroth said:
just remove shadowstrike buff when you want damage to be done. >_<

How do you mean?

Maker said:
Check

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set TempGroup = (Units in (Playable map area) matching ((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to Footman))

Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Level of Animate Dead for (Picked unit)) Greater than 0

Then - Actions

Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 10.00)

Else - Actions

Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_TempGroup)

Set the unit type to the type of unit that can have the buff. Set the ability type to the type of your ability. You can set the damage to x*(level of ability for (picked unit)) for example.

I want all units to be able to be effected by the spell, not just a certain unit-type. How do I do so all units can be targeted by the spell and will via the trigger get damaged?

Diehard@Azeroth · Aug 25, 2009

well you can really just set the spell values to whatever u want, then let a neutral hostile dummy cast shadowstrike on unit A, anyways makers is good too. happy mapping bro.

Kabel · Sep 13, 2009

Kabel said:
The Caster casts Lightning Shield on A.
A stands next to B.
B gets damaged every second.

How do I do so A gets damage from the spell?

(Without casting the spell on B, of course^^)

Ps. I have ticked the box "Self" in targets allowed, but that does no difference

I have tried some of your solutions but nothing works the way as I want.

The spell will be a hero-spell with 3 levels. The damage is the same (15 damage/second) the only thing that changes is the duration of the spell.

Any effective and simple way to do this?

Maker · Sep 13, 2009

LS
- Events
  - Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
- Conditions
  - (Ability being cast) Equal to ...
- Actions
  - Set Temp_Unit_1 = (Target unit of ability being cast)
  - Unit Group - Add Temp_Unit_1 to ..._Group
  - Set Temp_Real_1 = damage equation
  - Set Temp_Real_2 = buff duration
  - Hashtable - Save Temp_Real_1 as (Key dmg) of (Key (Target unit of ability being cast)) in ..._Hash
  - Hashtable - Save Temp_Real_2 as (Key timer) of (Key (Target unit of ability being cast)) in ..._Hash
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - (LS Loop <gen> is on) Equal to False
    - Then - Actions
      - Trigger - Turn on LS Loop <gen>
    - Else - Actions

LS Loop
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in ..._Group and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - (Load (Key dmg) of (Key (Picked unit)) from ..._Hash))
      - Set Temp_Real_1 = ((Load (Key timer) of (Key (Picked unit)) from (..._Hash)) - 1.00)
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        Temp_Real_1 Less than or equal to 0.00
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from roup
        
        Hashtable - Clear all child hashtables of child (Key (Picked unit)) in (..._Hash)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        Hashtable - Save Temp_Real_1 as (Key timer) of (Key (Picked unit)) in (..._Hash)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
- If - Conditions
  - (..._Group is empty) Equal to True
- Then - Actions
  - Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
- Else - Actions

I believe this will do the job. LS loop is initially off.

wolfman · Sep 13, 2009

Im pretty sure this should work fine:

Lightning Shield
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set TempGrooup = Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Lightning Shield) Equal to (==) True)
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Unit - Set mana of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 10.00)
  - Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udgTempGroup)

Kabel · Sep 14, 2009

Lightning Shield
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set TempGrooup = Units in (Playable map area) matching (((Matching unit) has buff Lightning Shield) Equal to (==) True)
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in TempGroup and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Unit - Set mana of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - 10.00)
  - Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udgTempGroup)

Maker said:
LS

Events

Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to ...

Actions

Set Temp_Unit_1 = (Target unit of ability being cast)

Unit Group - Add Temp_Unit_1 to ..._Group

Set Temp_Real_1 = damage equation

Set Temp_Real_2 = buff duration

Hashtable - Save Temp_Real_1 as (Key dmg) of (Key (Target unit of ability being cast)) in ..._Hash

Hashtable - Save Temp_Real_2 as (Key timer) of (Key (Target unit of ability being cast)) in ..._Hash

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(LS Loop <gen> is on) Equal to False

Then - Actions

Trigger - Turn on LS Loop <gen>

Else - Actions

LS Loop

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in ..._Group and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Set life of (Picked unit) to ((Life of (Picked unit)) - (Load (Key dmg) of (Key (Picked unit)) from ..._Hash))

Set Temp_Real_1 = ((Load (Key timer) of (Key (Picked unit)) from (..._Hash)) - 1.00)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

Temp_Real_1 Less than or equal to 0.00

Then - Actions

Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from roup

Hashtable - Clear all child hashtables of child (Key (Picked unit)) in (..._Hash)

Else - Actions

Hashtable - Save Temp_Real_1 as (Key timer) of (Key (Picked unit)) in (..._Hash)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(..._Group is empty) Equal to True

Then - Actions

Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)

Else - Actions

I believe this will do the job. LS loop is initially off.

There are two very good triggers here, but which one is the "best" one?
Both friendly and enemy heroes can cast this spell at the same time, so that does not mess something up.

Maker · Sep 14, 2009

Try Wolfman's trigger first, because it is more simple. No need to make things more complicated than they have to be.

Lightning shield

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