Spells & Systems Mini-Contest #16

[Paladon]

It's related to nature, but it's not going to grant me any points on the Theme part xD

Thanks for the support though

Relax, you´ve more than a week

 

[TheBlooddancer]

I havent read the thread, but is custom models OK?
If so, then there is some breath-pack (Projectiles) and wc3c wich could fit a such theme.

 

[Paladon]

I havent read the thread, but is custom models OK?
If so, then there is some breath-pack (Projectiles) and wc3c wich could fit a such theme.

Nearly no imports allowed :/
But still a nice suggestion.

 

[Eccho]

Imported material, beyond a dummy model, is strictly forbidden.

Yah, thats pretty much it, and have always been, at least for the latest SSMC's.

 

[-Berz-]

No imports.(only the dummy model) but you can just write .mdl as a model.

Edit:
Nice timing Eccho ^^

 

[StaberFire]

Very nice spells everyone, it's good to see the creative juices flowing!
I've come up with an idea but it may take me a bit to finish. =P
Good luck to all.

 

[MistAssass]

Ok ... i think that my spell is almost finish so :

 

[Kwah]

ah-mah-gawdz! This is going fast.

 

[Eccho]

Yeah... I am planning to send mine in on the last day

 

[-JonNny]

Me too , im lazy - wont be finished in the next days
But i finally have an idea , just to mention it before sb other has the same idea
Ill create a Man-Eacting Plant Spell

 

[terradont]

I've given this much thought, but still can't find a good idea...

I'm also trying to kill two birds with one stone here, as i got stuck on my nature hero in my map

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

xD.Schurke your map wont run for me. I can open it in ngjp but it finds tons of syntax errors. Maybe I have wrong version of ngjp? Is 1.5b the latest?

 

[Eccho]

Open it through the game, or resave it in another map folder, or get the latest NewGen which can be find below in my sig. It should work but I remember I had some issues with it too, but it solved itself.

 

[Paladon]

Me too , im lazy - wont be finished in the next days
But i finally have an idea , just to mention it before sb other has the same idea
Ill create a Man-Eacting Plant Spell

Be careful, i think there´re already some spells using that theme at the hive(?).

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

Yeah running it through single player worked. xD.Schurke: Some problems I got killed by a group of footman lol. The hot key doesn't work. In game the spell doesn't seem to do all that much but the trigger is the most complicated thing I've ever seen lol. You have to select the target unit to see which effect worked. Maybe an special effect attachment to the arms if the arms become rooted? Same for legs and head. I can't understand anything in your code lol, add some comments inside for us that are noobs to that type of coding.

Edit: Liked your spell by the way Paladon =D

 

[Paladon]

Edit: Liked your spell by the way Paladon =D

hey, thanks

 

[redscores]

I will join this contest.

 

[-JonNny]

Be careful, i think there´re already some spells using that theme at the hive(?).

I saw one a "Man eating plant" in the spell section but it was just a sommoned unit , i will create one with imba uber Tentrils to pull enemys insde and eat them alive yummy

 

[Paladon]

Ok ... i think that my spell is almost finish so :

Try to avoid leaks. Check out what leaks are and how to remove them.

 

[Just_Spectating]

Ill join


I have an idea muahaha

 

[StaberFire]

Aw, my idea didn't work. =(
Seems like I never put much effort into seeing how destructibles work. =/
Oh well, back to the drawing board for me. D=

 

[Avator]

Hurray, I finally got a nice idea! I'm in for the contest too!

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

Here's an updated version of my spell. Not final but close to it. Tell me what you guys think =). So far so good.

 

[Herman]

I saw one a "Man eating plant" in the spell section but it was just a sommoned unit , i will create one with imba uber Tentrils to pull enemys insde and eat them alive yummy

Sorry to say, but your still going to lose points for originality.

 

[StaberFire]

First Draft =D

For some odd reason this appears to be MUI even though I didn't try to make it be MUI at all...

Well I guess no complaints if it works. =P

 

[Kwah]

Hmm, anyone have comments on a spell that launches trees? [Idea]

 

[StaberFire]

Comment: lawlz.

 

[doom_sheep]

IMMA FIRIN MAH TREEZOR !!!!

E: lol wut allcaps doesnt work D:

 

[The Reborn Devil]

I have an idea now. I'm also making my own struct attachment system for the spell I'm making.

 

[Avator]

My spell entry will be: Bird Bombard!
I'll probably have a first rough version done today or tomorrow

 

[Zack1996]

Thanks for the comment people! I updated my spell and made a change to suit your suggestions! I will check out the new spells soon
It would be great if you could give more suggestions!
PS: Actually, you don't need too many trees, the Tree Spirits leave a dead tree behind when they die.
EDIT: Comments!

Druid Escape: Improved nicely! Good job! Now there are no more shadows! And I find no bug with your spell and its MUI

Anicient Fury: Nicely done spell! It was a really well done ability! However, the treants should not have entangling roots, remove them when they are summoned because the entangling roots have no cooldown

Purge of Nature: Nice! It looks good and I see that it removes blight now! A simple suggestion, make the thing remove blight slowly instead of when it dies. Also, maybe increase the chance to summon a treant if the thing is near blight

Astral Enchantment: Good spell and it looks good! Haven't checked the code but good job! However, the spell is not MUI and you might lose some points for that! Overall, its good but the tooltip could be better .

Rooting: The hotkey doesn't work but the visual effects are better now . However, instead of summoning a treant, why not make the roots grow outwards and entangle units or something?

Forest Spirits: A really good spell but unfortunately, it is not MUI. Also, I could hear a priest die when the spell was over, replace the priest model with say, a sentry ward? Also, instead of removing the priest thing (I haven't checked the code but I believe thats what you did), add an expiration timer, its like a summon timer, its under units. Then, the lightning effects are harder to make MUI (maybe impossible if you want your spell to look really good) so I suggest removing them for now until you can find a way to make it MUI. Other than that, good job

PS: Please do try and make a refresh key (ESC is good) to refresh spells, mana and health.

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

Rejuvenation Dust is very creative. Pretty special effects (what I liked most). I like how u can trap enemies in the trees =D. Sure its MUI though? Uses a global "temppoint". If you use that you should set the array the temppoint[player number of triggering unit] to at least make it MPI. I'd suggest making it a local though.

• Custom script: local location temppoint = GetSpellTargetLoc()

Just set that in each of the three triggers. Or

• Custom script: local location array temppoint

Edit: Entangling roots in Ancient's Fury has 15 second cooldown. Only be able to use it twice after level 2.

 

[Zack1996]

Actually, it is MUI. TempPoint is destroyed at the end of the trigger, so it will not clash with the other triggers and thus it is MUI. Usually things become not MUI when the spell takes some time/contains wait actions in the trigger. In this case, my spell does not have waits or periodic events connected to the spell casting itself.
Anyway, I guess I must have seen it incorrectly when I said that the entangling roots have no cooldown.

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

Astral Enchantment: Pretty sweet =D. Seems like it should be an ultimate since it would be pretty powerful. The armor increase/decrease is bugged. At level 3 it should increase/descrease armor by 6 per second. The first second it increases by 4 then by 2 every second after. Yea I think its MUI since there are no wait actions.

Zack1996 sorry bout that. I see globals I think non MUI lol. Only took a quick look at your triggers.

 

[The Reborn Devil]

I have uploaded my struct attachment system here: Link.

 

[Eccho]

Sweet, all of the spell seems great, and we have a larger list than usual of contestants . I'll probably start to do something today, or tomorrow, after my hand-in schoolwork.

Hmm, anyone have comments on a spell that launches trees? [Idea]

It could work but it might look corny in wc3. But if you like to try :]

 

[Cr34p]

Yeah running it through single player worked. xD.Schurke: Some problems I got killed by a group of footman lol. The hot key doesn't work. In game the spell doesn't seem to do all that much but the trigger is the most complicated thing I've ever seen lol. You have to select the target unit to see which effect worked. Maybe an special effect attachment to the arms if the arms become rooted? Same for legs and head. I can't understand anything in your code lol, add some comments inside for us that are noobs to that type of coding.

ok i will upload a new version with comments ;O, hotkey should work hmm, the effects also will be redone ... hate effects!!

 

[-Berz-]

Well i started a few days ago... I just don't have time to "finish" and my idea sux.. D:

 

[Vestras]

I'm in.

 

[-JonNny]

According to my Man Eating Plant Spell
I made some little tests of fomulars and tested how it would look ingame
The Tendrils will be done this way , the Plant was just for a Test
Cant wait to see it later in movement grapping enemys and pulling them inside

I already see the whole code infront of my eye , just gotta start
It will contail a general System which allows to attach Tendrils of each kind to any units and the Spell itself
Damn , Mapping is fun

Tendril Test

 

[Cr34p]

so I reworked my spell, added some more effects to show if the target won't deal damage anymore or can't cast spells, also I added some description to my code for those who want to learn etc. also added a new effect when the unit dies. There won't be a treant but all nearby enemies will be rooted

Edit: @-JonNy: hope you make it, looks realy nice the idea .
Also all other spells look realy good, later i will give some better comments

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

that looks awesome -JonNny. can't wait to see it in action =D

 

[Vestras]

WIP pic.

 

[Joe-black-5]

Ill join
this time im 100 time better than last time (last time i didnt know what leak means XD)

 

[Eccho]

Oh yeah, so many participants. This is going very well. Jonny's idea sounds great (I just happend to love stuff involved with neat calculation formulas^^).

I hope you guys make it.
Roar.

 

[Paladon]

Added the final (and preventable) 'remove blight' effect.
Latest version:
EDIT: I´ve a new entry now. Forget the Purge of Nature spell.

 

[MistAssass]

a updated version of the spell ... 2 leaks less ...

 

[StaberFire]

The armor increase/decrease is bugged. At level 3 it should increase/descrease armor by 6 per second. The first second it increases by 4 then by 2 every second after.

Actually I changed it to a constant 2 on purpose, I guess I just forgot to change the tooltip. Making 45 levels of Inner Fire in object editor was not on my list of things that are worth it to do. =P

Yea I think its MUI since there are no wait actions.

Actually I just realized it's not because of the global AECaster. The effects check the level of ability for the caster so if 2 heros cast it at once the effects will be based on the second casting hero. Oh noes. Trying to find a way around this. >_<

 

[raft_pl]

There, i think its the final version of my spell, as i dont plan to add any healing effects/anything.
Mainly fixed the visual side of the spell, but there are other improvements as well.

@Staber
Just add

• Custom script: local unit udg_AECaster

At the beggining of your trigger. It should work if the global isn't used in any other trigger

 

[Razorbrain]

you mean local unit udg_AECaster?