Lightning

[Cweener]

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watermelon_1234

Can somebody please explain to me what a lightning is?
What can I use it for?
Why is it there?
What exactly does it do??

There are no tutorials I could find...anywhere...

Help will get rep.
Even if it takes several people.

 

[watermelon_1234]

A lightning is the same as the lightning seen in Chain Lightning, Life Drain, Finger of Death, etc. You create lightning in GUI with

• Lightning - Create a Chain Lightning - Primary lightning effect from source (Position of (Triggering unit)) to target (Center of (Playable map area))

*Note: I know there's location leaks, I'm just giving an example.

Set a lightning variable after its creation:

• Set MyLightning = (Last created lightning effect)

You can move lightnings after creation:

• Lightning - Move MyLightning to source (Position of (Triggering unit)) and target (Player 1 (Red) start location)

You can also change a lightning's color with

• Lightning - Change color of MyLightning to (1.00 1.00 1.00) with 1.00 alpha

When you're done with them, you can destroy them like this:

• Lightning - Destroy MyLightning

If you use Jass/custom script, you can also change a lightning's height (z).

native AddLightningEx takes string codeName, boolean checkVisibility, real x1, real y1, real z1, real x2, real y2, real z2 returns lightning

*Note: It uses coordinates instead of locations.

 

[Cweener]

ahh...so what would be the code name in JASS?
Chain Lightning?

If so, then what are all the possible lightnings?

 

[watermelon_1234]

It's just lightning
You can see all the possible choices when you try to create a lightning.
I counted 14.

 

[Cweener]

Ahh...probably in the GUI that I never use
Thanks