[Trigger] slowley not killing!

[subressor]

hi, i am making an area of my map where it is desert. and when a unit enters the desert, thier movement speed is slowed, they take 1 damage per 2 seconds, and they have a special effect on them. and when they come out of the desert, all of that goes away within 30 seconds (or somthing like that)

but i confuzzle myself every time i try this, these are my current triggers, they will hold if only 1 unit is in the desert, but more than 1 and i think it could get messy, can anyone see a solution??

• desert
  • Events
    • Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in desert1 <gen>) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Remove All buffs from (Picked unit)
        • Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 1.00 damage of attack type Chaos and damage type Normal
        • Unit - Set (Picked unit) movement speed to 100.00
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\Doom\DoomTarget.mdl
        • Wait 1.80 seconds
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

-and my other one-

• desert canceling
  • Events
    • Time - Every 30.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • ((Picked unit) has buff Wind Running ) Equal to False
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set (Picked unit) movement speed to (Default movement speed of (Picked unit))
      • Else - Actions

ty

 

[PurplePoot]

If you put a wait within a unit group, it will wait before enumerating the next target.

 

[subressor]

but then how do i get rid of that special effecT? dose it automaticly go after a certain amount of time? i am so confuzzled

 

[PurplePoot]

You could destroy it right away (But then, if it has a death anim, it plays that), or you could add it to an array, increase the index integer by one, and destroy them all later, or you could do a myriad of other things with it.

 

[FamousPker49]

well, have you tried this in game? or do you just think it will not work, but what you should do is what purple poot said with the array and such, but I don think it will damage, because you use "Triggering Unit" to damage it, when it is a periodic time event

 

[PurplePoot]

Haha, you never know, 'null' may still be a valid Damage Source. (never tested it myself, but then again why would I?)

 

[FamousPker49]

Ya from a logical standpoint, that should not work, but then again we are dealing with Blizzard, that is one reason I was asking if he had tested in game. Lol, I think when I get home I will test that and get back to you. ;p

 

[Bobo_The_Kodo]

Trigger:
desert
Events
Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in desert1 <gen>) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Remove All buffs from (Picked unit)
Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 1.00 damage of attack type Chaos and damage type Normal
Unit - Set (Picked unit) movement speed to 100.00
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Other\Doom\DoomTarget.mdl
Wait 1.80 seconds
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
-and my other one-

Trigger:
desert canceling
Events
Time - Every 30.00 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
((Picked unit) has buff Wind Running ) Equal to False
Then - Actions
Unit - Set (Picked unit) movement speed to (Default movement speed of (Picked unit))
Else - Actions

ty

First, you never add "Wind Running" to the guy thats in the desert
also, using set to default move speed is a bad idea, incase you have any other slow effects, it will reset then change their movement permanently
In the second trigger, picked unit is never defined, so that will not work
also, as poot said, everything will delay and glitch, so you dont want to put the wait in the loop.. you could call another function within that loop to have the wait and destroy the spec eff

 

[subressor]

umm, how would i add a buff to a unit?? i'm thinking about making a buff (purge re-named with diff effect) for the slow bit, but in the trigger, i can't find add buff to a unit.
(oh and btw, wind running is a diffrent ability, its like wind walking, but u don't go invisi)

 

[PurplePoot]

Make an ability with no effects, based off Inner Fire or Cripple or something. Make it last for 0 seconds (forever). Have a dummy cast it on your unit.

Then, you can remove it with Unit - Remove Specific Buff (erm... there is one, right? Too used to UnitRemoveAbility in JASS)

 

[Bobo_The_Kodo]

no, just make an aura like slow aura(no one ever uses this) and make it have 0 range, and have no effects, and set the buff to something, then you can use Unit - Add Ability (Aura)
or
Unit - Remove Ability (Aura)
i havnt tested, but you might be able to use channel to give a passive buff

 

[subressor]

hmm, i like the idea of the arura, add it to unit when it enters, and remove it when it leaves.

but 1 problem... i totally SUCK at custom abilities/buffs/effects (i ushally just copy a original ability, make it a hero ability, and change dmg and stuff, works fine with me XD)
could anyone design an arura to do this? or do i have to post a new thread somwhere else?

 

[Bobo_The_Kodo]

just take endurance aura, set it to have 1 level, change speed bonus to 0, attack speed bonus to 0, and set the range to 0, then change the buff to whatever your buff is
for a buff all you have to do is change the attachment points, the model, the icon, and the tooltip

 

[PurplePoot]

Blarg, just CnP Slow Aura, change the buff to your buff, set the AOE to 0, targets to Self, and slow to 0

EDIT: Bobo beat me to it.

 

[edge[d1]]

you know, you can actually check the terrain type at some location... better than rectangular region, although slightly more difficult triggers...

If you put a wait within a unit group, it will wait before enumerating the next target.

and mess up enumeration process. wait must NOT be present within pick-loops

(erm... there is one, right? Too used to UnitRemoveAbility in JASS)

yep. there is one.

Blarg, just CnP Slow Aura, change the buff to your buff, set the AOE to 0, targets to Self, and slow to 0
EDIT: Bobo beat me to it.

he should use a tornado slow aura because it doesn't have an icon...

 

[Bobo_The_Kodo]

Quote:
If you put a wait within a unit group, it will wait before enumerating the next target.
and mess up enumeration process. wait must NOT be present within pick-loops

Waits work fine in a pick every unit and do actions in my experience, i have used them many times

Quote:
Blarg, just CnP Slow Aura, change the buff to your buff, set the AOE to 0, targets to Self, and slow to 0
EDIT: Bobo beat me to it.
he should use a tornado slow aura because it doesn't have an icon...

if you actually READ the posts you would see that at first i said use slow aura, but after i used endurance aura just as a quick example because many people can not find slow aura as easily, also an icon helps, because the whole point of this dummy ability is to show that the unit does indeed have the buff

 

[PurplePoot]

Slow Aura = Tornado Slow Aura...

Since when was there any other slow aura in wc3?

 

[Just_Spectating]

Dummy unit in the desert that has aura that has AoE of desert, or just bunch of dummy units in desert wit that aura and maybe immolation for the dmg so that it covers any desert area

 

[edge[d1]]

Waits work fine in a pick every unit and do actions in my experience, i have used them many times...

well keep using it if you wish. as long as you don't teach others to use it...

if you actually READ the posts you would see that at first i said use slow aura

sorry. for some reason i figured he meant modified endurance aura by that...