need help with a basic trigger

[_PV]

Hi, i need help with a trigger... An example i can give is in DotA Tiny's "Toss" ability. i want a unit to somehow fly through the air, like quickly increasing his height and then slowly decreasing his height to it's former stage, almost like a forward leap or something like that.. please help

 

[Maker]

There's a Paladon's jump system in the spell section. Search it and maybe you can use that.

 

[defskull]

Tiny's Toss is done by adding Crow Form to the effected unit, right?
Change its height to a higher position then reduce its height to the ground back
Almost like a Leap ability

 

[_PV]

thanks, im going to go get the paladin's jump now.. defskull, i want the launched unit to fly backwards, should i use the same movement trigger as the one in the knockback trigger that makes the unit actually knock back whilst he is in the air?

 

[defskull]

A reverse leap?

 

[GhostThruster]

Use the same system, but change the unit's facing angle.

 

[_PV]

ive been away from my computer for a week so here i am again. anyway, i nearly got it right, the unit is just leaping to the wrong direction lol i'm fixing it now. thanks guys.
oh, one more thing, i want my camera angle to shift as the unit changes direction, and i need a way to prevent a player from pushing the insert or delete key because they mess up the camera angle. i also cant get the camera angle to turn as the unit turns =[

 

[dardas]

reverse angle is easy..

local real unit1 = caster
local real unit2 = target
local real x = GetUnitX(unit1)
local real y = GetUnitY(unit1)
local real x2 = GetUnitX(unit2)
local real y2 = GetUnitY(unit2)
local real dx = x - x2
local real dy = y - y2
local real angle = Atan2(dx * dx + dy * dy)
    call SetUnitX(unit2, x + distance * Cos (angle * bj_DEGTORAD)
    call SetUnitY(unit2, x + distance *Sin (angle * bj_DEGTORAD)

not sure about angle, did it without looking at polar projection..

 

[defskull]

Facing of casting unit instead of Facing of effected unit ?

 

[GhostThruster]

If you want the 'backwards leap' effect, make him face the angle from the start position to the landing position +180, which means he'll basically face the opposite direction of the leap.

 

[_PV]

Thanks guys, i seem to have got it right =] my only problem at the moment is that camera... when i say(e.g.): apply camera001 over 0.00 seconds
then: lock camera to unit001 over 0.00 seconds rotation based on units rotation.

then i cant find a way for the camera to turn based on the units rotation, i mean, i set it to " camera rotation based on unit's rotation" as stated in my examlp, but if the player presses the del or insert key, the camera resets and i don't want those keys to reset my camera angle.. the camera rotation also doesn't work..

 

[Maker]

• Camera Update
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Camera - Set Player 1 (Red)'s camera Rotation to (Facing of Hero) over 0.10 seconds

 

[_PV]

hmm that seems logical... im gonna try it out later today and deliver my results =] thanx

 

[tjordell]

Ehm... If you want this all triggered you need to calculate the Parabola of an height. You can find how to calculate a parabola in my spell "Shock Bomb". Search for my name in the searchfield and you should see all my spells that I've done.
Hope this helps =)