[Spell] Shoot Abillity

[stonneash]

I Need To Know how to make a Shot ability that fires a missile forward as soon as the player clicks the icon and the bullet will hit it's first target that it will hit

 

[Chaosy]

make a ability with 0.5 second cooldown use a integer to detect if its first or second cast

 

[stonneash]

make a ability with 0.5 second cooldown use a integer to detect if its first or second cast

I Didn't Understand

 

[Chaosy]

you want the whole ability made or just telling HOW to do?

 

[stonneash]

you want the whole ability made or just telling HOW to do?

i Tried to do it on my own but i didn't know, what i exactly mean is that you don't have to pick a target, it automatically shoot forward and hits the first target

if you can make it and attach a file i would be glade, but if you can't just tell me how

 

[Squiggy]

You create a dummy unit using your missile model with phoenix fire (10 range).
You then do a periodic trigger to move it faster than 522 (max. speed for units).
And last, you detect if a unit is attacked by your dummy and have it killed.

There you go~

 

[best_player_88]

And last, you detect if a unit is attacked by your dummy and have it killed.

WHAT? since when phoenix fire is an attack order?

 

[Chaosy]

phoenix is the model of the attack missile... ( a unit which you can detect damage from....)

 

[best_player_88]

I never use damage detection system, I belive it cause lags, is that right or wrong?

 

[ap0calypse]

I never use damage detection system, I belive it cause lags, is that right or wrong?

That's wrong, as long as the damage detection is well-made.
It is safe to say that (nearly?) all spells/systems you find here on the hive do not cause lag, as long as they're used correctly.

 

[best_player_88]

That's wrong, as long as the damage detection is well-made.
It is safe to say that (nearly?) all spells/systems you find here on the hive do not cause lag, as long as they're used correctly.

I belive you probably right, Thanks. +rep

 

[defskull]

Here's a test map for you.
Everything can be configured, if you don't understand how it works, PM me.

 

[scourge069]

you just need to set your triggering unit's facing angle as the angle that the dummy missile will move towards(by this I mean TempReal = Facing of TriggeringUnit)..I guess you will need to have 2 Unit Groups for this, the 1st one will detect if there are units in the proximity of the dummy missile, and the 2nd Unit Group will be used to randomly pick 1 unit from the 1st UnitGroup only if there are more than 1 unit in the proximity..and that's it, you can do whatever action you want..

 

[best_player_88]

Here's a test map for you.
Everything can be configured, if you don't understand how it works, PM me.

By the way, a nuke which is moving at 550 movement speed (more than unit maxiumum) will hit twise a unit which is blinking and will hit countless times if the unit is moving via trigger (slidings) is there a way to fix this?
Edit: I checked the test map and realized that a nuke dies as soon as it is used, hence not creating opertunity for double damage

 

[defskull]

Wait, why would it hit many times if I kill the dummy unit and remove it from index of arrays ?
Have you actually tried the situation yet before giving feedback ?

 

[best_player_88]

Wait, why would it hit many times if I kill the dummy unit and remove it from index of arrays ?
Have you actually tried the situation yet before giving feedback ?

No I haven't, but it really confused me to be given a test map for unitgroup rather then map for damage detection which was the main subjust so far...
Still, I have learned a lot from that test map!.

 

[defskull]

Ah I got Unit Group leak, missed this;

• Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within ShootDetectAOE of TempLoc) and do (Actions)

Just put the set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true above the unit group action.

Also,

No I haven't, but it really confused me to be given a test map for unitgroup rather then map for damage detection which was the main subjust so far...

I don't understand this, what are you trying to say ?

 

[ap0calypse]

[...] to be given a test map for unitgroup rather then map for damage detection which was the main subjust so far...
Still, I have learned a lot from that test map!.

I think you're mistaken. This was the original post:

I Need To Know how to make a Shot ability that fires a missile forward as soon as the player clicks the icon and the bullet will hit it's first target that it will hit

And that's exactly what defskull's map does. It's no unit group/damage detection test, but a requested ability.

You did indeed start a discussion about damage detection, but all posts here are directed towards the original post, not you. Unless it uses quotes of course (like my posts ).

Ah I got Unit Group leak, missed this;

• Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within ShootDetectAOE of TempLoc) and do (Actions)

Just put the set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true above the unit group action.

(Quoted this again because it's important, don't want him the OP to miss this).