Moving Dummy around

[BloodDrunk]

hello there, Idk how to make the dummy unit moves around the hero

• Water Shield Moving
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set WaterShield_TrigUnitLoc = (Position of WaterShield_TrigUnit)
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 360, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set WaterShield_Point = (WaterShield_TrigUnitLoc offset by 200.00 towards (Real((Integer A))) degrees)
        • Unit - Move WaterShield_Dummy[(Integer A)] instantly to WaterShield_Point
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_WaterShield_Point)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_WaterShield_TrigUnitLoc)

I uploaded a video so you can see exactly what I want it to look like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUP98_RjCrA It's around 15-25 seconds of video

 

[WaterKnight]

The way you currently do it, it would spawn a full circle of dummies every interval. But if you want to imply a movement, there has to be some speed. Just increase the angle in each interval and create a single dummy unit on that angle.

 

[defskull]

The basic formula is Speed = Distance / Time, where Distance is fixed (360 -> degrees).
So if you want the dummy to circulate your unit in 3 second, your speed should be;
Speed = Distance / Time
Speed = 360 / 3
Speed = 120

In 0.03 interval, it should be;
Speed = 120 * 0.03 = 3.6

Therefore, the dummy will move at speed of 120 range per second (3.6 range per 0.03 second), orbiting the origin unit.

The "speed" is the angle in this case.

• Actions
  • Set Angle = (Angle + 3.60)
  • Unit - Move Dummy instantly to (Origin offset by DistanceFromOrigin towards Angle degrees)
  • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Origin)

 

[BloodDrunk]

hha, yes defskull you are right as always. I remembered that i should use integer

• Set Angle = (Angle + 3.60)

to make it spin after I put the question and couldn't delete it afterwards.

 

[defskull]

Angle should be in Reals, because if you're using it via Integer variable, you're gonna need to convert it to reals to use the function, better to just use Reals - less conversion, more efficient.