Making summon spells have an AOE selection, making units with timed life?

[IronForge]

How do I go about making summon spells like Serpent Ward have an AOE selection? Reason being I want to make a ward with lots of auras and want to show range affected.
Also, how do I make units die after some time? Any way to make their life timed? I will be creating units through triggers and want to get rid of them after 60 seconds. (This unit an unselectable unit with the 'locust' ability only put in for art to compliment the earlier spell's AOE effect)

 

[nerovesper]

use channel ability as base then set:

Disable Other Abilities: false
Follow Through Time: Your animation time
Option: Visible and Targeting Image
Target Type: Point Target
Area of Effect: Your Aoe Circle

Then make a trigger that summons the unit on the point or create a dummy that has serpent ward ability to cast it on the point.

Here is how to add timed life to a unit.

• Unit - Add a 60.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)

under Unit - Add Expiration Timer

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

Why don't you use infernal?

 

[nerovesper]

because it destroys trees even if you remove it from the targets allowed setting.
well if you like it that the spell destroys trees and cancels channeling ability, you can use it as base.

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

Damn your right... I forgot the fucking ministun and the tree removal...

 

[Smiddle]

Use Healing Ward.

 

[nerovesper]

oh yea, forgot about that and the stasis trap too. xD

 

[Captain Griffen]

I think those two have hard coded aura sizes / or get them from the default abilities on the default unit they respectively summon?

 

[IronForge]

Yeah.
I used infernal. Looking for alternatives.
Anyone please help?

 

[Captain Griffen]

nerovesper had the right idea.

 

[Smiddle]

In case healing ward/stasis trap don't work, channel should be the best option.

I think those two have hard coded aura sizes / or get them from the default abilities on the default unit they respectively summon?

Maybe you can add a fake aura?

 

[Captain Griffen]

Maybe you can add a fake aura?

How will that help? I didn't write those defaults in for show.

 

[idodik]

Use a dummy AOE ability, say Flame Strike (In case it's Flame Strike it has 0 cast time). Now create another ability based on Summon Bear which summons the ward in 0 AOE and 0 cast range and give it to a dummy ability. Of course, you'll need a custom buff as well.
Now, create a trigger:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit begins the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) equal to Summon Ward
• Actions
  • Set temppoint = (Target point of ability being cast)
  • Unit - Create 1 dummy at temppoint for (Owner of (Triggering Unit)) facing (Random Angle) degrees
  • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_temppoint)
  • Unit - Add a 1.00 second Force of Nature expiration timer to (Last created unit)
  • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Neutral Beastmaster - Summon Bear

That way the ward summoned will have a nice looking timer on it and not just disappear.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Why not just spawn one ward unit at the target point.... Far more efficent as no middle dummy needed.

Just do what nerovesper said in his first reply, as that is the easiest way.

Yes some other dummy spells could be used, but is it worth the effort looking for something when another method will work just as well?

 

[IronForge]

Doesn't work. I need 3 levels summoning 3 different units. No way to make triggers respect ability level.

 

[Captain Griffen]

Yes there is. GetUnitAbilityLevel.

 

[nerovesper]

trigger

• Set Leak_Point = (Target point of ability being cast)
• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • (Level of (Ability being cast) for (Triggering unit)) Equal to 1
  • Then - Actions
    • Unit - Create 1 Level 1 summon for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Leak_Point facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
  • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Level of (Ability being cast) for (Triggering unit)) Equal to 2
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Level 2 summon for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Leak_Point facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
      • Else - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Level 3 summon for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Leak_Point facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Leak_Point)

something like this.

 

[IronForge]

Ah thanks. Will try that out tomorrow. What were the triggers under?

I just want something like the Infernal spell (the channel idea would work i guess) that can custom set the size of the aoe. I just want to get rid of the destroy trees and the stun.

 

[Captain Griffen]

Then you can't use Infernal. Use channel.

 

[nerovesper]

use the channel because it doesn't destroy trees. just do the setting I posted on my first post.

EDIT: Captain Griffen beat me to it. LOL! xD

 

[IronForge]

The triggers you mentioned... can you tell me what 'get unit ablilty level' is under?

 

[IronForge]

What category is 'unit level ability' under? Been trying for hours to find it.


Found it under 'interger comparison' when for hours i was looking under boolean. Well thanks, but your advice isn't really noob friendly. Not wanting to sour anything but I ended up asking someone else. and spending a few hours searching the triggers over, time better spent on actual development. I'm in no way condemning anyone, just feeling abit fustrated at the moment. The hive has been a great help, it just failed me this once. Thanks anyway.