[Trigger] Magic shield

[Molaf]

I don't know if the question has already been asked but . How do you trigger a magic shield that takes every damages until dissapearing (like the priest bubble in wow) I was thinking of creating a dummy unit that would take all the incoming damages but how do I redirect the damages properly ? Any idea ?

 

[LordDz]

Naga Sea Witch - Mana Shield?
http://classic.battle.net/war3/neutral/nagaseawitch.shtml

 

[Alright]

> Naga Sea Witch - Mana Shield?

He wants something similar to an absorb shield like the one on World of Warcraft, not something that absorbs mana

What I can think of is putting an effect on the unit, have 100% damage transfer (spirit link), though I don't think that would really work :S

There is a spell in spells section that has what you're looking for, but is in vJass. http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/spells-569/light-shield-2-1-3-a-131394/

 

[Molaf]

Yeah no I'm looking for a trigger. But the spirit link might be a good idea I'm gonna try this.
I thought of redirecting the damages by "hand" but using this might be more effective. I just need to adjust the life of my dummyshield.

 

[Alright]

Keep in mind spirit link doesn't actually kill the target, it damages until 1 HP then it wears off. So you might want to add one point to the total absorption, and then remove the dummy unit whenever spirit link ends.

If it doesn't work though, no idea, as I can't seem to find any kind of working absorb system.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Use a DDS for this, it'll solve a lot of problems.

Looking_for_help currently has the best DDS for us triggerers/GUI'ers.

 

[Wietlol]

You need a buff system that can keep track of the source. (At least that is how I would do it.)

 

[Molaf]

What is a DDS ?

Yeah wietlol I thought of something like this aswell, the shield can be dispelled so .. that's all good ^^

 

[Wietlol]

DDS = Damage Detection System.

I think that Physical Damage Detecion of looking_for_help will furfill your needs very well. (The same as Dat-C3 mentioned.)

 

[nedio95]

DDS = Damage Detection System
As war3 has... no "good" "native" way of detecting damage dealt people have made quite a few workarounds with scripts being GUI or JASS or vJASS etc.

I personaly prefer Bribe's DDS, although I have not worked with any other and can not make comparison.

So, lets say as example it would work as this (not look, only work !)

• Cast spellshield
• Events
  • Unit starts the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • Ability = Shield
• Actions
  • Set UnitIndex = Unit Index of Caster
  • Set ShieldOn_Bool[UnitIndex] = True
  • Set ShieldAmount_Real = 500
  • or if it stacks
  • Set ShieldAmount_Real = ShieldAmount_Real + 500

• DDSDetectsDamage
• Events
  • DDS Detects Damage
• Actions
  • UnitIndex = Unit Index of DamageReceiver
  • If ShieldOnBool[UnitIndex] == True
  • then
    • If ShieldAmount_Real[UnitIndex] > Damage
      • then
        • Damage = 0;
        • ShieldAmount_Real[UnitIndex] = ShieldAmount_Real[UnitIndex] - Damage;
      • else
        • Damage = Damage - ShieldAmount_Real[UnitIndex]
  • else

 

[Dr Super Good]

You also need a 0 timeout timer with a DDS system so that you can correctly heal the unit as the event fires before the damage is removed from the unit's health.

 

[Wietlol]

But that is about how the system should work.
People who want to use the system don't have to care about that. They should be able to set "Damage" to 0 and all should be fine.

 

[Molaf]

Yeah I had a look at that Jass thing and ... I will stick with my triggers for now ..
This DDS is looking great tho... triggering a proper DDS probably means a lot of floating texts .. ^^

I will try this spiritual link at first and see if I can custom the effect based on some specific caracteristics such as intelligence or strenght. If it doesn't work properly I'm gonna use your system Nedio it looks good, just need to set it for "target of ability being cast" and "attacked unit" instead of DDS system. Thanks !

 

[nedio95]

Have in mind that without DDS you have no way of detecting how much damage was dealt.
You do not have to make the DDS yourself and it does not involve floating texts at all, there are quite a few very good DDS systems in the spell section.

 

[Molaf]

Yeah I tried earlier and .. fail. I guess I'll have tu use one of those indeed..thanks !

 

[Daffa]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...-a-261223/?prev=status=a&u=Daffa%20the%20Mage
It could help

 

[Molaf]

This looks nice indeed. I'm gonna have a look. thanks