[Solved] Serpent Ward Ability & AoE damage trigger help.

[SpasMaster]

Hello, Hive! I am in need of help for an ability I am making.

It's called Magma Totem and it summons a Totem (Tweaked Serpent Ward). After that via trigger I want to cause the totem to damage all nearby enemy units. Sadly it doesn't happen. Here are the triggers. Any ideas? The ability being used is basically Serpent Ward.

[trigger=Magma Totem]Magma Totem
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Magma Totem
Actions
Set Magma_Caster = (Triggering unit)
Set Magma_Point = (Target point of ability being cast)
Trigger - Turn on Magma Totem Loop <gen>
Wait 14.00 seconds **Thats the duration of the Totem**
Trigger - Turn off Magma Totem Loop <gen>[/trigger]

[trigger=Magma Totem Loop (Initially Off)]Magma Totem Loop (Initially Off)
Events
Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
Set Magma_Value = (10.00 + (5.00 x (Real((Hero level of Magma_Caster)))))
Set Magma_Group = (Units within 225.00 of Magma_Point matching (((Owner of (Matching unit)) Not equal to Player 1 (Red)) and (((Owner of (Matching unit)) Not equal to Player 2 (Blue)) and (((Owner of (Matching unit)) Not equal to Player 3 (Teal)) and ((Owner of (Matching unit)
Special Effect - Create a special effect at Magma_Point using Abilities\Spells\Other\Incinerate\FireLordDeathExplode.mdl
Set Magma_SFX = (Last created special effect)
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
Unit Group - Pick every unit in Magma_Group and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Cause Magma_Caster to damage (Picked unit), dealing Magma_Value damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Magma_Point)
Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_Magma_Group)[/trigger]

 

[Pharaoh_]

It probably has to do with the conditions of the units you pick. So far, they are just... badly placed, what owner exactly do you want the spell to count?

 

[SpasMaster]

Thanks for your response, but I am 100% sure it isn't because of the conditions because I use the same conditions for all my AoE triggered spells and they all work.

Player 1, Player 2 and Player 3 are the players who are allies. Player 4 is the Computer who is also allied with the Players.

So the condition I place should allow the spell to damage everyone apart from those four.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Have you declared the Magma_Value damage? Real variables by default have a value of 0.
You don't have to store the special effect in a variable, just keep the action "Special Effect - Destroy (Last created Special Effect)"; in fact, you don't even use that variable.
For the conditions, just use "((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of Magma_Caster)) Equal to True". Also, make sure the spell is indeed targeting and not some instant spell, like Howl of Terror (which would require (Position of Magma_Caster)) instead.

 

[SpasMaster]

Have you declared the Magma_Value damage? Real variables by default have a value of 0.

I don't understand what you mean by "declared". Anyways I did what you said. I ended up having the Loop trigger happen once. It should happen once every second for 14 seconds. It exploded just once. Here are the modified triggers:

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[trigger=Magma Totem]Magma Totem
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Magma Totem
Actions
Set Magma_Caster = (Triggering unit)
Set Magma_Point = (Target point of ability being cast)
Trigger - Turn on Magma Totem Loop <gen>
Wait 14.00 seconds
Trigger - Turn off Magma Totem Loop <gen>[/trigger]

[trigger=Magma Totem Loop]Magma Totem Loop
Events
Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
Set Magma_Group = (Units within 225.00 of Magma_Point matching (((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of Magma_Caster)) Equal to True))
Special Effect - Create a special effect at Magma_Point using Abilities\Spells\Other\Incinerate\FireLordDeathExplode.mdl
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
Unit Group - Pick every unit in Magma_Group and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Cause Magma_Caster to damage (Picked unit), dealing (10.00 + (5.00 x (Real((Hero level of Magma_Caster))))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Magma_Point)
Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_Magma_Group)[/trigger]

Note: Ability being used as base is Serpent Ward. That selects a point, right?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Silly me, I didn't spot it earlier. You remove the location on the first loop of the trigger and it's unable to retrieve which location you refer to every second.

Remove it after the wait on the first trigger, not each second.

 

[SpasMaster]

That was it. Yeah, I was silly enough not to see that too. Anyways I am really thankfull. :* +rep