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I have a pretty basic question which i'd just want to hear some suggestions one. Basically, i want to make a grenade-like spell with a dummy projectile. By "dummy projectile", i mean that i want to use a spell which has projectile art. I want to know what spells work for this, and how you'd do it.
I know that one approach is to create two dummies, and have the one cast a spell based on acid bomb (for instance) on the other. To trace when the projectile hits, you just use a timer to wait (distance)/(missile speed) seconds. However, this requires the second dummy to be selectable, which feels a bit lame. What other options are there? Are there any good ground-targeting abilities which can be used without side-effects?
Also consider that i want to be able to use two similar abilities on one unit, so i may have to use a dummy spell for the targeting (to avoid collisions between spell orders).
I know that one approach is to create two dummies, and have the one cast a spell based on acid bomb (for instance) on the other. To trace when the projectile hits, you just use a timer to wait (distance)/(missile speed) seconds. However, this requires the second dummy to be selectable, which feels a bit lame. What other options are there? Are there any good ground-targeting abilities which can be used without side-effects?
Also consider that i want to be able to use two similar abilities on one unit, so i may have to use a dummy spell for the targeting (to avoid collisions between spell orders).