Spell: Portal

Ironside · Aug 14, 2010

Hello, I'm not sure on how I would create a spell like this:

Caster target's a point, then it creates a portal 250 distance away from caster infront of him and 1 at target point of ability casted, and then it should set way gate ability to eachother, so each of them teleports units to the other one. The portals last 15 seconds.

InfinateAnswers · Aug 14, 2010

Erm simple... Unit starts the effect of an ability, Set CastingPoint = point of ability being cast, Set Portal1 = position of unit with offset 250 and polar offset (facing angle of (Triggering unit)), Create 1 portal at casting point, Create 1 portal at Portal1, set both portals to a variable, and the custom script for removing point leaks. Trigger 2 = Unit comes within range of portal1, Move unit to portal2

Ironside · Aug 15, 2010

Exactly that last part, if someone come into portal 1 and get's teleported to the 2nd, then 2nd will run because the unit entered portal 2, and it will become a stuck...

Also I want it to work with Waygate Ability, not with custom move units...

Adiktuz · Aug 15, 2010

then just create a waygate at the target point at at the other point, then use the action for setting a waygate's point and activate the waypoint...

you might need to save the waygates into a variable first...

Ironside · Aug 15, 2010

As far as I know, you can only make a waygate to lead to a region, which would break MUI big time, I'd also like if someone can actually make the spell, as I still am not able to make MUI, can be JASS, vJASS or GUI, but needs MUI.

InfinateAnswers · Aug 15, 2010

Nope, u can connect 2 waygates together.

Ironside · Aug 15, 2010

I guess so then... Anyone going to make it in a MUI version? =)

InfinateAnswers · Aug 15, 2010

instead of portal portal make 2 waygates and give them the waygate ability but change their model...

Ironside · Aug 15, 2010

Yea, that's what I meant with Portal, I'll edit waygate

But I hope someone will do this, as I need it MUI, and I'm not capable of making it MUI myself.

InfinateAnswers · Aug 15, 2010

sorry to lazy and un-inspired =x

Adiktuz · Aug 15, 2010

Barathrum said:
Yea, that's what I meant with Portal, I'll edit waygate

But I hope someone will do this, as I need it MUI, and I'm not capable of making it MUI myself.

well, you cannot set the waygate as a target but you can set the waygate's position to be the target...

Events
- Unit - A unit starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
- Ability being cast is equal to Portal
Actions
- Set Point1 = TargetPointOfAbilityBeingCast
- Set Point2 = PositionOfTriggeringUnit
- Set Point3 = Point2 offset by 250 towards Angle From Point1 to Point2
- Unit - Create 1 waygate for OwnerOfTriggeringUnit at Point1 facing
- Neutral Building - Enable Last Created Unit
- Neutral Building - Set Last Created Unit Destination to Point 3
- Unit - Add a X second Generic expiration timer to Last Created Unit
- Unit - Create 1 waygate for OwnerOfTriggeringUnit at Point3 facing
- Neutral Building - Enable Last Created Unit
- Neutral Building - Set Last Created Unit Destination to Point 1
  - Unit - Add a X second Generic expiration timer to Last Created Unit
- Custom Script: call RemoveLocation(Point1)
- Custom Script: call RemoveLocation(Point2)
- Custom Script: call RemoveLocation(Point3)

I'm not sure if this will work okay since I'm not sure if LifeTimers affect buildings and I'm not sure if waygates can still transfer you to the point after I called RemoveLocation... If it will not teleport you or will not get destroyed after a set time, you can use a hashtable to save the locations and also a counter of how many seconds the portal still has and use a periodic looping trigger...

Pharaoh_ · Aug 15, 2010

It's very easy with the waygate ability. The following is totally MUI:

Spell
- Events
  - Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
- Conditions
  - (Ability being cast) Equal to Dark Portal
- Actions
  - Set P_Points[1] = (Position of (Triggering unit))
  - Set P_Points[2] = (Target point of ability being cast)
  - Set P_Points[3] = (P_Points[1] offset by 250.00 towards (Angle from P_Points[1] to P_Points[2]) degrees)
  - Unit - Create 1 Portal for Neutral Passive at P_Points[2] facing (Angle from P_Points[2] to P_Points[1]) degrees
  - Unit - Make (Last created unit) Invulnerable
  - Unit - Grant shared vision of (Last created unit) to (Owner of (Triggering unit))
  - Unit - Add Waygate ability to (Last created unit)
  - Neutral Building - Set (Last created unit) destination to P_Points[1]
  - Neutral Building - Enable (Last created unit)
  - Unit - Add a 15.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
  - Unit - Create 1 Portal for Neutral Passive at P_Points[3] facing (Angle from P_Points[1] to P_Points[2]) degrees
  - Unit - Make (Last created unit) Invulnerable
  - Unit - Grant shared vision of (Last created unit) to (Owner of (Triggering unit))
  - Unit - Add Waygate ability to (Last created unit)
  - Neutral Building - Set (Last created unit) destination to P_Points[2]
  - Neutral Building - Enable (Last created unit)
  - Unit - Add a 15.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_P_Points[1])
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_P_Points[2])
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_P_Points[3])

In case you want a different effect, you will need hashtable.

Edit: Ooops, sorry, I had this page opened for an hour now and didn't see the new replies!

Adiktuz · Aug 15, 2010

Pharaoh_ said:
It's very easy with the waygate ability. The following is totally MUI:

Spell

Events

Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Dark Portal

Actions

Set P_Points[1] = (Position of (Triggering unit))

Set P_Points[2] = (Target point of ability being cast)

Set P_Points[3] = (P_Points[1] offset by 250.00 towards (Angle from P_Points[1] to P_Points[2]) degrees)

Unit - Create 1 Portal for Neutral Passive at P_Points[2] facing (Angle from P_Points[2] to P_Points[1]) degrees

Unit - Make (Last created unit) Invulnerable

Unit - Grant shared vision of (Last created unit) to (Owner of (Triggering unit))

Unit - Add Waygate ability to (Last created unit)

Neutral Building - Set (Last created unit) destination to P_Points[1]

Neutral Building - Enable (Last created unit)

Unit - Add a 15.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)

Unit - Create 1 Portal for Neutral Passive at P_Points[3] facing (Angle from P_Points[1] to P_Points[2]) degrees

Unit - Make (Last created unit) Invulnerable

Unit - Grant shared vision of (Last created unit) to (Owner of (Triggering unit))

Unit - Add Waygate ability to (Last created unit)

Neutral Building - Set (Last created unit) destination to P_Points[2]

Neutral Building - Enable (Last created unit)

Unit - Add a 15.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)

Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_P_Points[1])

Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_P_Points[2])

Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_P_Points[3])

In case you want a different effect, you will need hashtable.

Edit: Ooops, sorry, I had this page opened for an hour now and didn't see the new replies!

yeah, the same trigger... ^^

Ironside · Aug 15, 2010

Ok thank you all, this works great!

defskull · Aug 24, 2010

Region leaks can be cleaned by ' call RemoveRect(udg_yourvariable) '

Ironside · Aug 24, 2010

This has nothing to do with the thread, as they use points, not rects...

Cihparg · Aug 24, 2010

Here's some jass natives, which might get handy.

JASS:

native WaygateGetDestinationX       takes unit waygate returns real
native WaygateGetDestinationY       takes unit waygate returns real
native WaygateSetDestination        takes unit waygate, real x, real y returns nothing
native WaygateActivate              takes unit waygate, boolean activate returns nothing
native WaygateIsActive              takes unit waygate returns boolean

Examble:

Help: Insert the function to map script, it helps a lot. If you use full jass, then just add it there.

Function

JASS:

function SetupPortal takes unit port1, unit port2, boolean cake returns nothing

  local real x
  local real y

  // AbilityAdd

  if cake == true then

    call UnitAddAbility( port1, 'Awrp' )
    call UnitAddAbility( port2, 'Awrp' )

  elseif cake == false then

    call UnitRemoveAbility( port1, 'Awrp' )
    call UnitRemoveAbility( port2, 'Awrp' )

  endif
  
  // For WP 1
  
  set x = GetUnitX( port2 )
  set y = GetUnitY( port2 )
  call WaygateSetDestination( port1, x, y )
  call WaygateActivate( port1, cake )
    
  // For WP 1
  
  set x = GetUnitX( port1 )
  set y = GetUnitY( port1 )
  call WaygateSetDestination( port2, x, y )
  call WaygateActivate( port2, cake )

endfunction

The Call

JASS:

// Enable
call SetupPortal( mywp1, mywp2, true )
// Disable
call SetupPortal( mywp1, mywp2, false )

I hope this was helpful.

OnEdit: Spelling fixes
OnEdit2: Added AddAbility

Ironside · Aug 25, 2010

Aww, this thread is already solved, why more answers, though this JASS version can get handy

Cihparg · Aug 25, 2010

It should sure help with MUI ^^

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