line damage that hits first target

[spasms]

Im making a shooting simulation where the player uses a dummy skill to "shoot" and the game hits the first thing in the line of fire. Spells like shockwave hits in a line but passes through everything. Is there a default spell that hits the first thing in the line?

 

[Ramza]

I believe there isn't. But you can easily do this with a dummy unit (the ''missle''). You could, for example, kill the dummy unit when it comes within XXX range of an enemy unit.

 

[spasms]

ok, that will work for my rocket launcher with AOE on death. But what about bullets that hit instantly and without AOE?

 

[Wolwy5]

Well, it isn't that hard. you could make a dummy unit, let's say, Bullet. When it is fired you star a loop. You move the bullet 5-10 units per loop, and check for collision. This loop happens at once. So there is no "every x seconds game time" nor any "wait x seconds". You simply move the bullet in 0 seconds so it looks like it is instant. And make a small aoe(20-50), cause else it will hardly ever hit a target.

 

[spasms]

ok thanks