Special Effects

[Videz]

I REALLY do not like triggers.

Anyways, I trying to create a simply enough effect to be created at a point on the map.

I cannot understand why but


Environment - Execute Warp In Effect at Point 001 from (Triggering Effect Unit(Origin))


why does this have to have "FROM" on it? I mean holy shit can blizz think of anything else that would make shit so meaningless

Anyways, I am just mad at my self that I could not even create this simply task of a trigger without having to get on here to ask for it

 

[Dr Super Good]

why does this have to have "FROM" on it? I mean holy shit can blizz think of anything else that would make shit so meaningless

It is not Blizzard's fault that you do not know the difference between an effect and an actor.

Effect - A type of data used to provide interaction functionality. An example is that all weapons fire an effect and that effect usually results in some kind of damage being dealt to the target of the weapon.

Effects do everything related to standard melee abilities, weapons and behaviours. The from field is important so that the game engine knows which unit is applying the effect to what. Without it there would be no way to run a damage or kill effect and give proper kill credits. Note that there is a generic from player effect executor as well. Effects generate no visual elements directly but can trigger certain death animations and also be used to generate actors.

Actor - Actors are visual elements that the user sees while playing. An example is the gun shot from the Ghost as that is not part of the animation.

What you want is to create an actor at that point. Everything from the art for units to graphics for certain effects are done via actors.

 

[Videz]

I see, I'll let you know how it goes then lol