[Trigger] Need help on auto-cast ability

[Hollification]

What I want is this autocast ability to pop an elemental effect on basic attack, I have black arrow on autocast but I don't know what I'm doing wrong or how to fix it. At the moment I'm using immolation instead because I have no clue how to use autocast in triggers

What I am trying to do: On auto attack hit, causes either a fire,ice, or lightning explosion, dealing damage based on the attackers INT multiplied and such. I also want to add effects such as burning, freezing (slow), paralysis. I just need to know how to clean up the trigger or how to create a new one that functions with auto cast abilities

• Elemental Mastery DMG
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is attacked
  • Conditions
    • ((Attacking unit) has buff Elemental Mastery ) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • Set RandomElement = (Random integer number between 1 and 3)
    • Set EM_Point = (Position of (Attacked unit))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • RandomElement Equal to 1
      • Then - Actions
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Attacked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Undead\FrostNova\FrostNovaTarget.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        • Unit - Cause (Attacking unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 300.00 at EM_Point, dealing ((Real((Intelligence of (Attacking unit) (Include bonuses)))) + 1.00) damage of attack type Hero and damage type Cold
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_EM_Point)
      • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • RandomElement Equal to 2
          • Then - Actions
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Attacked unit) using Abilities\Weapons\Bolt\BoltImpact.mdl
            • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
            • Unit - Cause (Attacking unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 300.00 at EM_Point, dealing ((Real((Intelligence of (Attacking unit) (Include bonuses)))) + 1.00) damage of attack type Hero and damage type Cold
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_EM_Point)
          • Else - Actions
            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
              • If - Conditions
                • RandomElement Equal to 3
              • Then - Actions
                • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Attacked unit) using Doodads\Cinematic\FirePillarMedium\FirePillarMedium.mdl
                • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
                • Unit - Cause (Attacking unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 300.00 at EM_Point, dealing ((Real((Intelligence of (Attacking unit) (Include bonuses)))) + 1.00) damage of attack type Hero and damage type Cold
                • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_EM_Point)
              • Else - Actions

Thanks in advanced to anyone who can teach

 

[KILLCIDE]

Simply basing it off an auto-cast spell won't do much Ralle made a reeeally old post about it way back when, but his method has always worked for me.

 

[Hollification]

Simply basing it off an auto-cast spell won't do much Ralle made a reeeally old post about it way back when, but his method has always worked for me.

Would a passive work?

 

[KILLCIDE]

Would a passive work?

Passives are basically already on auto-cast. Do you mind elaborating?

 

[Hollification]

Passives are basically already on auto-cast. Do you mind elaborating?

If I gave bash no stun but a 100% chance, and no bonus damage, can I activate the trigger through the bash? Then I could just reduce the mana through triggering instead maybe.

 

[KILLCIDE]

If I gave bash no stun but a 100% chance, and no bonus damage, can I activate the trigger through the bash? Then I could just reduce the mana through triggering instead maybe.

So you just basically want it so that everytime a unit attacks, something happens to the attacked unit and the attacker loses mana?

 

[Hollification]

So you just basically want it so that everytime a unit attacks, something happens to the attacked unit and the attacker loses mana?

Immolation will work with my current triggers I believe, if I just add mana reduction. Thanks for the help

 

[KILLCIDE]

Immolation will work with my current triggers I believe, if I just add mana reduction. Thanks for the help

Ahh so its not auto-cast you want, you just want a turn on turn off function. If thats the case, then you'd have to check for the order ID.

 

[Ardenian]

Don't use auto-cast effects, they do not work appropriate, sadly, I had a similar problem like this, too.

My solution would be, you create a dummy unit having all abilities that can be triggered by chance.

Don't limit yourself to how the abilities look in the object data.

For burning, for example, create a Rejuvenation with negative healing amount, so it damages the unit and create a custom buff, so it looks as if the unit is burning, modifying the special effect of the Rejuvenation ability so it looks like burning.
Frost Nova ( or Slow if you want a more configurable one) for Frost Arrows and Stormhammer of the Dwarfen Knight hero for Paralysis.

 

[Hollification]

Don't use auto-cast effects, they do not work appropriate, sadly, I had a similar problem like this, too.

My solution would be, you create a dummy unit having all abilities that can be triggered by chance.

Don't limit yourself to how the abilities look in the object data.

For burning, for example, create a Rejuvenation with negative healing amount, so it damages the unit and create a custom buff, so it looks as if the unit is burning, modifying the special effect of the Rejuvenation ability so it looks like burning.
Frost Nova ( or Slow if you want a more configurable one) for Frost Arrows and Stormhammer of the Dwarfen Knight hero for Paralysis.

I had no idea Rejuv could go into negative values. I was looking at Shadow Strike and wondering, how am I going to make this burning... haha
I still don't know how to make leak-less dummy casts I'm pretty new to Triggers. Like I know that you need to create a dummy at the loc(variable), but I'm not sure how to give it the proper ability and make it cast it on a group of targets for example, and not hit me.

 

[KILLCIDE]

I had no idea Rejuv could go into negative values. I was looking at Shadow Strike and wondering, how am I going to make this burning... haha
I still don't know how to make leak-less dummy casts I'm pretty new to Triggers. Like I know that you need to create a dummy at the loc(variable), but I'm not sure how to give it the proper ability and make it cast it on a group of targets for example, and not hit me.

You can add the ability to them by using the Unit - Add Ability function in the triggers. To cast it on a group of people, you can use the Unit Group - Pick Every Unit In Unit Group function and filter them out using If/Then/Else. Wietlol shows a perfect example on this post.