Spell Section Suggestion

[Nudl9]

For the spell section i have a suggestion when it comes to standards.
I feel like all spells concerning lightning should have a check mark involving visibility.
The way lightning works with Blizzard's spells like Chain Lightning, Finger of Death -if you can't see the starting point or ending point of the lightning, it isn't visible to you.
Which means you can't see lightning shown in the fog.
Most of the spells concerning lightning in the spell section is missing this.
Which i think is a big drop in quality.
I really feel like this should be required to improve the quality of spells in the spell section.
A spell with a 5/5 rating is something that should be held to the same standard as Blizzard's own spells.

 

[Ralle]

I’m not sure I understand. What exactly do you want to change?

 

[Nudl9]

Its not really a change, but i think spells should be rated lower if the lightning effects from say a custom chain lightning spell show up in fog (which they shouldnt). As i often find myself testing if spells with lightning effects show up in fog or not.

 

[Ralle]

Oh right. So is that specific to the animation/model or something you setup in the call to create the effect?

 

[Nudl9]

Yeah, the short version is that you have to use GetUnitVisibility() and then LocalPlayer() so it only shows for certain players.

 

[KILLCIDE]

I think your suggestion is covered by this rule:

Spells must mimic in-game mechanics.

 

[Nudl9]

Interesting.
Well then it does apply.
I think maybe the problems is caused by reviewers/mods gloss over it since its not something you pay attention to before you really use the spells.

 

[MyPad]

Lighty Forgetthi.

This is something that I haven't considered when reviewing custom spells.

 

[Daffa]

Given the nature of lightning, it might not always come to the mind of each reviewer. Feel free to report troubling resources so we can be aware of the problem.

 

[Chaosy]

I do not disagree with the sentiment but it feels rather harsh to reduce one point for something that can be fixed by changing a value from true to false.