Multishot

[eL.GERifalte]

Hey there,

can any one here write me or help me write a trigger for an multishot that depends on a passive hero ability just for give the ability different levels?

 

[Zoraykos]

This is very easy to do and you don't even need to use triggers!

First off, go to the object editor and search for the 'Barrage' ability.
Next make it a Hero ability (this is very important).
Then just modify all the important things - Missile Art, Number of Targets (don't change to 0 unless you want an infinite amount), Damage per Target, Area of Effect/Cast Range (these should be the same as the attack range of your unit), tooltips, and allowable targets.

Hope this helps!
-Z

 

[apocalypse_dude]

barrage ability
disable the tech requirements
make it multi level and hero type and give it to your hero

 

[eL.GERifalte]

Hm sry for low information, have been in a hectic...

by using this way, will i be able to say how many percent of normal dmg the missels will do?
and are the targets randomly aimed or will it att the nearest units of the main target

 

[Spyda Man]

DO NOT state damage for hero "barrage", if u put the spell under hero the damage is counted as percentage. And it will hit units closest to the hero, unless u use dummy units and use JASS to do so.

Edited*
If u want the ability to deal 100%, set the damage to 1.00

 

[eL.GERifalte]

k thx

 

[johannesr]

Is it possible to turn this skill into an active one?

 

[Teh_Ephy]

You mean where you click a button and it sends deals X damage to Y # of units? I've asked a similar question before, and I believe the answer was you need triggers, have a dummy unit attack five units close to the hero.

 

[johannesr]

I decided to stay with the passive one, but i have problem. I set the maximum targets to 2 and targets allowed to enemy,ground,air,not self. But it shoots everything around the unit, even allies.

 

[Pyritie]

Huh. Try making it without the enemy target allowed.

 

[johannesr]

And another thing i forgot to mention: it shoots everything and it shoots more targets than 2

 

[DragoonZombie]

And another thing i forgot to mention: it shoots everything and it shoots more targets than 2

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(Link)

Last, we calculate the number of targets we want.
-Unit already gets 1 for normal attacks.
-Unit already gets 1 for having barriage.
-Unit already gets 1 for the number of targets.
-If you change number of targets to 0, the unit gets a LOT of attacks.

So the minimum number of targets you can have is 3, and the maximum is somewhere around 9. Here is an image of an archer tower with multiple shot.

 

[johannesr]

k i fixed the number of targets but it still shoots allies :/

 

[Pyritie]

Are the targets allowed under the Unit's attack types or the Barrage attack types?

 

[johannesr]

Both are the same. Only units attack types have extra stuff like wards, debris etc

 

[Pyritie]

What other abilities does the unit have? Maybe they're causing problems.

 

[johannesr]

Since its a hero, i always learn multi shot first and test it. So i dont think other abilities are causing this. And well i noticed that the number of targets is still not fixed completely. I set the maximum targets of lvl 1 to 3 targets. And lvl 2 to 4 targets. At lvl 1 it shoots 2 targets and at lvl 2 it also shoots 2 targets. :/ man this skill is messed up

 

[Pyritie]

If that doesn't work, you could always try phoenix fire...

 

[johannesr]

Is that an active or passive skill?

 

[Pyritie]

Passive. It's the ability that lets phoenixes spew fire at nearby opponents. However, there isn't an icon for it, so you'd have to make a dummy ability.

 

[DragoonZombie]

but phoenix fire shoots automatically, even if you dont attack

 

[johannesr]

I decided to make another ability out of phoenix fire. And ill just leave my multi shot ability to a double shot.

 

[Zoraykos]

HOLD EVERYTHING. And look at this. Worked for me on my map.

http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/mshot.php

 

[johannesr]

That page was posted here earlier. And i followed it, still the same issue

 

[Zoraykos]

well that sucks.

 

[Pyritie]

If your hero has any other "modifier abilities" (like lightning attack or any flaming arrow sort of things), then barrage does not work well with them.

 

[johannesr]

I already said that the hero currently has only 1 skill. The multishot skill

 

[Pyritie]

Well those aren't skills. They're abilities which don't show up in the UI.

Anyway, I was just wondering. I tried making a unit with barrage and lightning attack, but it didn't work.

 

[DragoonZombie]

barrage does show up in the UI.

Added Sample Map, where everything works fine.
I also added damage detection to see if you can really modify the damage of barrage. My result was no

 

[Pyritie]

I never said barrage didn't show up, I meant things like Lightning Attack, Phoenix Fire, Cold Attack, etc.