Need help making this work.

[aple]

Well, I have most of the trigger done but there are two problems.

1. I'm guessing this is because of the graphic I use, but when it is killed it scars the map with a graphic. It can be walked through, and it does nothing but scar the map.

2. When I use the Queue Animation action, it waits 'till about 2 seconds after the unit is created to actually play the animation.

• PlayerCastsForceShield
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Begins casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Force Shield
  • Actions
    • -------- Make Force Field --------
    • Unit - Create 1 Force Shield for Player 1 (Red) at (Target point of ability being cast) facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Make (Last created unit) Invulnerable
    • Unit - Add a 15.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
    • -------- Pretty Up --------
    • Sound - Play Sentry_ForceFieldLaunch <gen>
    • Animation - Queue (Last created unit)'s birth animation
    • Animation - Queue (Last created unit)'s stand animation
    • -------- Check --------

The graphic I'm using is Epsilon's SC2 Force Field. A third problem that I'm not really worried about but would like to fix is it skips over the sound being played occasionally. I am, however, sure that this is just limitations with the Editor.

Is there possibly something like Hyper Triggers like in SC1 that can fix some of these problems?

Edit: The force fields do go away, but they last a very long time.

 

[Adiktuz]

1) yeah, its probably because of the effect model itself

2)I guess you should make the first animation as Set Unit animation rather than queue...

 

[Meticulous]

Try making a second trigger that removes the force field from the game when it dies.

 

[aple]

1) yeah, its probably because of the effect model itself

2)I guess you should make the first animation as Set Unit animation rather than queue...

...Heh. Never thought of that, sorry I don't know triggers that much. xD
That pretty much fixed it.

Try making a second trigger that removes the force field from the game when it dies.

I could make the remove in the first trigger. But the problem with that is that I'd have to make a hashtable or something that stores ever single force field made, and their timer, and do something that'll remove each individual one when that timer is up...

If I don't do that, and instead use last created unit, it'll skip like every 5 force fields.

It is either that, or something that I am very CLEARLY missing. I wouldn't be surprised, I do that a lot and when it comes to WC3 triggers I'm clueless...

 

[Adiktuz]

why not just make the force field as an effect attachment of a buff, and make the skill add that buff?