[Trigger] Line of Sight not wokring

[Dogmirian]

Hello Forum.

My problem is that i have an ability that when cast, activates a trigger to see if it's target can see the caster.

i have so far
-((Casting Unit) is visible to (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast))) equals true
-Then
--do actions
-Otherwise
--do actions

every time i check it, no matter whether my unit was visible or not, it always was detected as not visible.

all help will be apreciated, thank you

 

[defskull]

Any Target-unit based spell will expose the location/visibility of the Caster to the Target (if it is enemy), it is hard-coded engine in Warcraft III.

EDIT:
The statement above is true, but when it comes to Trigger Editor, the Event fired off even before the fog is revealed, that's why we can use the trigger condition (check post #4)

 

[Dogmirian]

so would a point check work
where i checked the casters and the targets point and see how close they are to each other.
though that would run into the trouble of cliffs but it shouldn't be to hard to get around.

 

[defskull]

I spoke too soon, sorry.
The trigger really did work, don't know why yours not working.

Hey, my test map just work ?

Try it out, instructions inside.

 

[Dogmirian]

this is so helpful, thank you defskull

i was able to reverse engineer your test and found out i was using the wrong trigger for the conditions i was using.

for future reference:
i was using the unit finishes casting ability trigger.
when i should have been using a unit starts the effect of an ability

again thank you defskull for such a quick and thorough investigation of this problem.

 

[defskull]

Remember, mostly, spells use that Event to properly execute a trigger without any bug, although there are certain times that the spell is unique, you need to use Finishes casting an ability, when at most, you should use Starts the effect of an ability.