Progress Casting Bar MUI GUI

[Norris]

This is useful. Thank you

 

[Devalut]

I'm conflicted:
Scumbag me wants to make a system using special effects behind your back.
Decent Me wants to inform you that special effects can easily replace the bar unit.

 

[M4gz]

Small Update: Fixed the possibility of conflict with other spells (because of using loop inside)

This is useful. Thank you

Thank you for your feedback

I'm conflicted:
Scumbag me wants to make a system using special effects behind your back.
Decent Me wants to inform you that special effects can easily replace the bar unit.

Here it works by changing the animation speed of the unit.
The animation speed is calculated via cast time.

 

[Pyrogasm]

SFX animation speed is now controllable.

 

[M4gz]

SFX animation speed is now controllable.

Thanks. As i get it's not implemented in GUI can you share that function to let me to modify it.

 

[Devalut]

@M4gz
It is in GUI, look for: Special Effect - Time

 

[maddeem]

Please save the abilities into a hashtable to reduce lookup time. If you have hundreds of spells registered to the system, it will really bog it down.

Also why aren't you using effects, they are a lot less overhead performance wise and installing the script. Effects are now capable of doing anything a unit can, animation wise (and more).

 

[M4gz]

Please save the abilities into a hashtable to reduce lookup time. If you have hundreds of spells registered to the system, it will really bog it down.

Also why aren't you using effects, they are a lot less overhead performance wise and installing the script. Effects are now capable of doing anything a unit can, animation wise (and more).

Ok ill do it ASAP. I didnt use hashtable to reduce loading time, because it needs to be initialized.

 

[M4gz]

I have 2 problem to make it with SFX and with Hashtable.
1 - I cant get how to up attached to unit sfx (was trying z coords, height - makes crash and so on)
2 - Cant play animation thru the time, its always 1 sec and doesnt matter what i change.

• CBar Cast
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins channeling an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer CBar_Loop) from 1 to CBar_Abilities_c, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Ability being cast) Equal to CBar_Abilities[CBar_Loop]
          • Then - Actions
            • Set VariableSet CBar_Point_A = ((Position of (Triggering unit)) offset by (0.00, 200.00))
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect at CBar_Point_A using war3mapImported\ProgressBarDummyFinal.mdx
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of (Triggering unit) using war3mapImported\ProgressBarDummyFinal.mdx
            • Special Effect - Set Position - X of (Last created special effect) to ((Position - X of (Last created special effect).) + 100.00)
            • Special Effect - Set Height of (Last created special effect) to: ((Position - Z of (Last created special effect).) + 400.00)
            • Special Effect - Set Position - Z of (Last created special effect) to ((Position - Z of (Last created special effect).) + 500.00)
            • Special Effect - Set Color of (Last created special effect) to color of (Owner of (Triggering unit))
            • Special Effect - Set Time of (Last created special effect) to 0.20
            • Special Effect - Play Special Effect: (Last created special effect), Animation: Birth
            • Special Effect - Set Time Scale of (Last created special effect) to 2.00
            • Special Effect - Set Time of (Last created special effect) to (Ability: (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast))'s Real Level Field Casting Time ('acas'), of Level: ((Level of (Ability being cast) for (Triggering unit)) - 0))
            • Special Effect - Set Time Scale of (Last created special effect) to (((1.00 / (Ability: (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast))'s Real Level Field Casting Time ('acas'), of Level: 1)) + 0.20) x 100.00)
            • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String((Ability: (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast))'s Real Level Field Casting Time ('acas'), of Level: 1)))
            • Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Last created special effect) as (Key (Triggering unit).) of (Key (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).) in CBar_HT.
            • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String((Key (Triggering unit).)))
            • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String((Key (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).)))
            • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String((Key (Last created special effect).)))
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_CBar_Point_A)
          • Else - Actions

• CBar Cast Stop
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Stops casting an ability
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • ((Key (Triggering unit).) is stored as a Handle of (Key (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).) in CBar_HT..) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Special Effect - Set Color of (Load (Key (Triggering unit).) of (Key (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).) in CBar_HT.) to r: 255, g: 100, b: 100
        • Special Effect - Set Alpha of (Load (Key (Triggering unit).) of (Key (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).) in CBar_HT.) to 0
        • Special Effect - Play Special Effect: (Load (Key (Triggering unit).) of (Key (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).) in CBar_HT.), Animation: Death
        • Special Effect - Set Time of (Load (Key (Triggering unit).) of (Key (Unit: (Transporting unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).) in CBar_HT.) to 0.25
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Load (Key (Triggering unit).) of (Key (Unit: (Triggering unit)'s Ability with Ability Code: (Ability being cast)).) in CBar_HT.)
      • Else - Actions

Map is attached

 

[Devalut]

Try my example and frankenstein from there.

 

[Pyrogasm]

I didnt use hashtable to reduce loading time, because it needs to be initialized.

This will never, ever be an effect you would notice.

 

[M4gz]

Try my example and frankenstein from there.

Thanks for your example. Ill try to use it. But im getting offset over the x-axis and it depends of center of the map.

This will never, ever be an effect you would notice.

Thank you for your clarification

 

[Devalut]

>offset
I'm sure some nerd can help us out with that.

 

[M4gz]

>offset
I'm sure some nerd can help us out with that.

As i get its strange behavior in reforged i was trying to set sfx on the place and still getting getting thst issue with z-axis, only dummy unit helps here, as i get

 

[verstefyren]

When I imported the progress bar unit to my map ALL my imported files got broken except the progress bar... Anyone know why?

Edit: I realize this has nothing to do with this system. It is obviously just what happens some times...

 

[Volsungh]

There are some strange behaviours when Casting Time is higher than 5.
For instance with 7 the unit starts casting before the gauge is filled (easy to notice).

It also occurs with casting time higher than 10 which will always start casting before the gauge is filled.

 

[TADMINSTER]

really amazing and useful system.

I have a question,
How do I stop using an ability when I am stunned?

 

[Archideas]

I've double and triple checked the triggers after importing them to another map yet when I try to cast a spell ingame, the progress bar fills up with the speed of the cast time of the spell, yet there is a long delay after that fact before the hero actually finishes casting the ability.

The Progress Bar (Dummy) unit and the model has been imported properly and so are the triggers.