N> Help with trap spell.

[Celestamine]

what i want to happen is that when an enemy goes near my trap. it activates. for now im having trouble finding the right event. x.x

 

[graystuff111]

run a periotic timer that checks if there are units within a certain range, I'd say every .2-.3 seconds

 

[Hoernchen]

That isn't exactly the smartest way. The easiest way would be to take an already existing 'trap' spell like goblin mines or ward and then to remove the effects of that ability. Say if you take the goblin mine spell, set damage to 0, so that it doesnt actually have an effect. Then set detonation radius to your desired radius.

This way the dummy trap will die if a unit comes within detonation radius. You then simply use the Unit - Unit Dies event to capture this moment and then pick all enemy units within X range of Triggering Unit to get the units that set off the trap.

 

[-Berz-]

As others said make a trigger that checks (dunno) it depends on what kind of trap s it but you can freely use 0.50

So you need a unit group, and when some unit from the group comes close enough, trigger the trap.

If you use detonation, you can get a problem...because you yourself can kill a trap and it will trigger.

 

[Hoernchen]

If you use detonation, you can get a problem...because you yourself can kill a trap and it will trigger.

You can just add a condition to check whether Killing Unit belong to an ally of owner of Triggering Unit and Killing Unit not equal to No Unit or Triggering Unit.

 

[-Berz-]

That's true ^^

As you can see there isn't just one way to make something 8')

 

[Arusar]

create a explode mine ability with no damage
and try


event -unit dies

cond -triggering unit equal to (your trap)

act -(your Action)


action ex: pick enemy unit at XXX range from (your trap) and do your what you want to do

 

[Celestamine]

yay! ok i got the first part of my trap done. now i just need to know how to drag units to my trap at a certain speed. XD