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Made an ability, life drain based, that creates a wisp on the overhead of targeted unit, the wisp is deleted after 0.20 seconds and then aoe damage is dealt around the unit along with an explosion effect, whilst this is acceptable it isnt exactly what i want.
I want it to create a wisp on the overhead of a unit during the life drain effect and do Aoe Damage and an explosion effect once the Life Drain effect has finished.
I created a rough trigger that is functional but isnt exactly what i want. i could probably do this myself but theirs probably a better way to do it than the way im thinking, also its 3:30am.
Soul Explosion
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Soul Explosion [Ultimate]
Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for (Triggering unit)) Equal to 1
Then - Actions
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of (Target unit of ability being cast) using units\nightelf\Wisp\Wisp.mdl
Wait 0.20 seconds
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
Wait 0.20 seconds
Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Objects\Spawnmodels\Other\NeutralBuildingExplosion\NeutralBuildingExplosion.mdl
Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 300.00 at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)), dealing 500.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
Wait timers can work, but I think it's better to have a loop timer that lasts until your Life Drain ends. I also recommend not using Unit - Damage Area for it will damage anything and everything. You will have to properly filter out units using a Unit Group function.
So if your Life Drain lasts 5 seconds:
On cast:
On Cast
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Soul Explosion [Ultimate]
Actions
Set Caster = (Triggering unit)
Set Owner = (Triggering player)
Set Counter = 0.00
-------- --------
Set Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Target using Abilities\Spells\Other\TalkToMe\TalkToMe.mdl
Set Special_Effect = (Last created special effect)
-------- --------
Trigger - Turn on On Cast <gen>
On loop:
On Loop
Events
Time - Elapsed game time is 0.10 seconds
Conditions
Actions
Set Counter = (Counter + 0.10)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
Or - Any (Conditions) are true
Conditions
Counter Greater than or equal to 5.00
(Target is dead) Equal to True
(Current order of Caster) Not equal to (Order(lifedrain))
Then - Actions
Special Effect - Destroy Special_Effect
-------- --------
Set TempLoc = (Position of Target)
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 300.00 of TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(TempUnit is alive) Equal to False
(TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Owner) Equal to False
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Caster to damage TempUnit, dealing 500.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Else - Actions
Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempLoc)
Trigger - Turn off On Loop <gen>
Else - Actions
Do note that this isn't MUI. I also added extra conditions of why the spell would stop: target dies, caster is no longer channeling life drain (stunned, dies, etc), or if the duration is over.
After some modifications and fixes the trigger worked how i want it to, Here are the completed triggers.
Soul Cast
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Soul Explosion [Ultimate]
Actions
Set Soul_Caster = (Triggering unit)
Set Soul_Owner = (Triggering player)
Set Soul_Counter = 0.00
-------- - --------
Set Soul_Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Soul_Target using units\nightelf\Wisp\Wisp.mdl
Set Soul_Effect = (Last created special effect)
-------- - --------
Trigger - Turn on Soul Loop <gen>
Soul Loop
Events
Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
Set Soul_Counter = (Soul_Counter + 0.10)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
Soul_Counter Greater than or equal to 3.00
(Soul_Target is dead) Equal to False
(Current order of Soul_Caster) Equal to (Order(lifedrain))
Then - Actions
Special Effect - Destroy Soul_Effect
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Soul_Target using Objects\Spawnmodels\Other\NeutralBuildingExplosion\NeutralBuildingExplosion.mdl
Set Soul_Effect = (Last created special effect)
-------- - --------
Set Soul_TempLoc = (Position of Soul_Target)
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Soul_Caster) Equal to 1
Then - Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 200.00 of Soul_TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set Soul_TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Soul_TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is alive) Equal to True
(Soul_TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Soul_Owner) Equal to True
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Soul_Caster to damage Soul_TempUnit, dealing 2000.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Else - Actions
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Soul_Caster) Equal to 2
Then - Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 250.00 of Soul_TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set Soul_TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Soul_TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is alive) Equal to True
(Soul_TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Soul_Owner) Equal to True
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Soul_Caster to damage Soul_TempUnit, dealing 4000.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Else - Actions
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Soul_Caster) Equal to 3
Then - Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 300.00 of Soul_TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set Soul_TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Soul_TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is alive) Equal to True
(Soul_TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Soul_Owner) Equal to True
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Soul_Caster to damage Soul_TempUnit, dealing 8000.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Else - Actions
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Soul_Caster) Equal to 4
Then - Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 350.00 of Soul_TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set Soul_TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Soul_TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is alive) Equal to True
(Soul_TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Soul_Owner) Equal to True
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Soul_Caster to damage Soul_TempUnit, dealing 16000.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Else - Actions
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Soul_Caster) Equal to 5
Then - Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 400.00 of Soul_TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set Soul_TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Soul_TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is alive) Equal to True
(Soul_TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Soul_Owner) Equal to True
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Soul_Caster to damage Soul_TempUnit, dealing 32000.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
(Ability being cast) Equal to Soul Explosion [Ultimate]
Actions
Set Caster = (Triggering unit)
Set Owner = (Triggering player)
Set Damage = (Power(2000.00, (Real((Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Caster)))))
Set AoE = 150 + (50 x (Real(Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Caster)))
-------- --------
Set Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Target using units\nightelf\Wisp\Wisp.mdl
Set Special_Effect = (Last created special effect)
-------- --------
Trigger - Turn on On Cast <gen>
On Loop
Events
Time - Elapsed game time is 0.10 seconds
Conditions
Actions
Set Counter = (Counter + 0.10)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
Or - Any (Conditions) are true
Conditions
Counter Greater than or equal to 3.00
(Target is dead) Equal to True
(Current order of Caster) Not equal to (Order(lifedrain))
Then - Actions
Special Effect - Destroy Special_Effect
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Soul_Target using Objects\Spawnmodels\Other\NeutralBuildingExplosion\NeutralBuildingExplosion.mdl
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
-------- --------
Set TempLoc = (Position of Target)
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within AoE of TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(TempUnit is alive) Equal to False
(TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Owner) Equal to False
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Caster to damage TempUnit, dealing Damage damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
Else - Actions
Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempLoc)
Trigger - Turn off On Loop <gen>
Else - Actions
Your damage incremented 2000^(level of ability). So at level 1, you have 2000^1, which is 2000 damage. Level 2 is 2000^2, which is 4000, and so on. Instead of having a lot of If/Then/Else checking what level it is, just store the damage into a variable. Same goes for AoE: your AoE increased by 50 for each level (150 + (50 x Level of Ability). At level 1, this will be 200, and level 2 this will be 250, and so on. Alternatively, you can store these values in a config trigger like so:
Map Init
Events
Map initialization
Conditions
Actions
Set Damage[1] = 2000
Set Damage[2] = 4000
Set Damage[3] = 8000
Set Damage[4] = 16000
Set Damage[5] = 32000
-------- --------
Set AoE[1] = 200
Set AoE[2] = 250
Set AoE[3] = 300
Set AoE[4] = 350
Set AoE[5] = 400
Your trigger will look slightly different if you use this method. You will need to cache a new variable that stores the level of the ability for the caster:
On Cast
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Soul Explosion [Ultimate]
Actions
Set Caster = (Triggering unit)
Set Owner = (Triggering player)
Set Level = (Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Caster)
-------- --------
Set Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Target using units\nightelf\Wisp\Wisp.mdl
Set Special_Effect = (Last created special effect)
-------- --------
Trigger - Turn on On Cast <gen>
On Loop
Events
Time - Elapsed game time is 0.10 seconds
Conditions
Actions
Set Counter = (Counter + 0.10)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
Or - Any (Conditions) are true
Conditions
Counter Greater than or equal to 3.00
(Target is dead) Equal to True
(Current order of Caster) Not equal to (Order(lifedrain))
Then - Actions
Special Effect - Destroy Special_Effect
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Soul_Target using Objects\Spawnmodels\Other\NeutralBuildingExplosion\NeutralBuildingExplosion.mdl
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
-------- --------
Set TempLoc = (Position of Target)
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within AoE[Level] of TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(TempUnit is alive) Equal to False
(TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Owner) Equal to False
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Caster to damage TempUnit, dealing Damage[Level] damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
I havent really meddled with creating custom spells so i posted it to see if anyone could do better. I also fixed another spell, that was causing quite a bit of frustration, thanks to your triggers
Regarding the Soul Explosion spell, i used your second method due to it being easier for me to manipulate the damage and aoe of it if i ever want to change them.
Soul Cast
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Soul Explosion [Ultimate]
Actions
Set Soul_Caster = (Triggering unit)
Set Soul_Owner = (Triggering player)
Set Soul_Level = (Level of Soul Explosion [Ultimate] for Soul_Caster)
-------- - --------
Set Soul_Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Soul_Target using units\nightelf\Wisp\Wisp.mdl
Set Soul_Effect = (Last created special effect)
-------- - --------
Trigger - Turn on Soul Loop <gen>
Soul Loop
Events
Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
Conditions
Actions
Set Soul_Counter = (Soul_Counter + 0.10)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
Soul_Counter Greater than or equal to 3.00
(Soul_Target is dead) Equal to False
(Current order of Soul_Caster) Equal to (Order(lifedrain))
Then - Actions
Special Effect - Destroy Soul_Effect
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of Soul_Target using Objects\Spawnmodels\Other\NeutralBuildingExplosion\NeutralBuildingExplosion.mdl
Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
-------- - --------
Set Soul_TempLoc = (Position of Soul_Target)
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within Soul_Aoe[Soul_Level] of Soul_TempLoc) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set Soul_TempUnit = (Picked unit)
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Soul_TempUnit is A structure) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is Magic Immune) Equal to False
(Soul_TempUnit is alive) Equal to True
(Soul_TempUnit belongs to an enemy of Soul_Owner) Equal to True
Then - Actions
Unit - Cause Soul_Caster to damage Soul_TempUnit, dealing Soul_Damage[Soul_Level] damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
I havent really meddled with creating custom spells so i posted it to see if anyone could do better. I also fixed another spell, that was causing quite a bit of frustration, thanks to your triggers
Regarding the Soul Explosion spell, i used your second method due to it being easier for me to manipulate the damage and aoe of it if i ever want to change them.
I always favor the second method. The former only becomes useful if your spell has A LOT of levels. I can't even imagine trying to edit a variable with an index size of 100. Always keep both in mind
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Soul Explosion
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Soul Explosion [Ultimate]
Actions
Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of (Target unit of ability being cast) using units\nightelf\Wisp\Wisp.mdl
Wait 0.20 seconds
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