[Spell] Reversing Chain lightning

[konva]

Hello, We all know that chain lightning damage is reduced by each jump. Is there a way to reverse that? Make every jump stronger instead of weaker? Thank you for responding me

 

[mogulkhan1Axe]

i think use negative value in editor (example -0.15) for 15% increased dmg but u gonna have to test it

 

[konva]

i cant use negative values :/

 

[mogulkhan1Axe]

oke go
File>Preferences>General>Allow Negative Values in the object editor

PS. Also mark auto create unknown variables it will help u when u try to paste some new spell

 

[konva]

Ahh okay thanks

 

[mogulkhan1Axe]

no problem

 

[Nichilus]

Some field may still not work with that. However if you hold down [SHIFT] button while opening some window, you can write negative values as well.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

If the value goes too low it might bug and accidently insta-kill every target past the first insta-kill. Not sure of it, saw it in a few maps.

 

[EdgeOfChaos]

If you set it too low or with too many bounces, it will expand exponentially and have a ridiculous amount of damage. I've never seen it actually bug though.

Example: we have a 200 damage lightning with -1 decay, and 7 bounces. 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, and you're at enough damage to kill the strongest heroes, from 200 damage... Chain lightning gets out of hand quickly when you make it grow, so be careful.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

If the bounce number is past 22 you'll most likely fatal.

 

[sethmachine]

If the bounce number is past 22 you'll most likely fatal.

You mean crash with a fatal error? Is that because the damage value overflows / is too big? Does it necessarily have to crash?

 

[Vinz]

Such value is decimal so be careful when setting it to something lower than -1.

 

[NeosDany]

Just trigger your own chain lighting, you will need a dummy to cast the chains that will deal 0 points of damage and you will need to store the damage you want, this way you can create even a limitless chainlighting skill.
You can do it with casting time or with a damage detector system from another user.
To store the ammount of damage you are going to deal first set the mana of the first dummy unit to 0 then add him the damage you want to deal then increase it every bounce and set the mana of the new dummy to the mana of the previous and an augment.

 

[Vinz]

this way you can create even a limitless chainlighting skill.

I don't think it will be needed, or the current chain lightning has limitations, or if it is worth the time creating a custom chain. :/

 

[konva]

well, i was thinkning about something like 200 and increase it by around 5-10%, chain lightning has -15% i guess, so lets add +5% up to +15%