Spells & Systems Mini-Contest #16

[raft_pl]

Yeah, althought i dont know if its going to work or not. I've never used locals in such way, but i heard its possible.

 

[StaberFire]

Blegh, I shoulda learned JASS first instead of GUI. The global is used in four triggers. D=

 

[raft_pl]

Ouch D: I think you should use jass then, unless you'll find some smart solution

But meh, i think you could localize the caster anyway and use another variable to store the unit through triggers. Like

• Blah
• Events:
  • Unit - A unit starts effect of an ability
• Actions:
  • Custom script: local unit udg_AECaster = GetTriggerUnit()
  • Set AECaster_2 = AECaster
  • Unit - Order AECaster to do blah
  • Trigger - Turn on Blah2
  • [...]

• Blah2
• Events:
  • Time - Every bleh seconds
• Actions:
  • Custom script: local unit udg_AECaster = udg_AECaster_2
  • [...]

 

[StaberFire]

Hmm well I've started working on localizing some points, I'll try to work some smart way like you said 'cause I really suck at JASS, I just started learning like a week ago lawl.

EDIT: Also this was a guess and it obviously doesn't work, just trying to find the points of units in a unit group.

• Custom script: local location udg_temppoint = GetUnitLoc(GetPickedUnit())

What's the actual code? (I feel like I'm cheating. =P)

 

[raft_pl]

In jass picked units are called EnumUnits ;p Just change it and it should be ok.

By the way, i started seriously learning jass like 2 weeks ago, and like last weekend i didn't think i'll be able to write anything more complicated than a simple function with a loop any time soon... And now - i've made an entirely MUI jass spell You just have to have an idea of what you want to create in jass, and a spell is very good reason to start playing around with it.

Edit:
Uhm, remember that you have to place the custom scripts before any other actions in your trigger, meaning you cant put them inside a group-pick loop.

 

[StaberFire]

I downloaded JassCraft a while ago and it didn't work for me. =(

Anyways thanks for the help I greatly appreciate it.

 

[BlackShogun]

I'm in, almost finished my entry but it just needs a few workings

 

[Eccho]

Nice... Another participant. This is going to be a tough match (and alot of judging for poot^^).

 

[Ribenamania]

Noo~ Why didn't anyone told me bout' this =(
I'm gonna participate it.. hmm thinking of spell ideas. =) Goodluck everyone

P/S: Is importing materials allowed?

 

[Eccho]

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

I say no more... Good luck you too : )

 

[Zack1996]

Hey! I comment other people's spells and I don't get any for my own .
I have no idea what else to change at the moment so suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!
PS: Paladon and terradont, thanks for the +rep
EDIT: Seeing that some people have no idea what to do, lets give some ideas!
Seeds: Throws some seeds at the target point. The seeds may grow into a tree, a treant, roots which entangle people or a poisonous plant which poisons people.
Tree Shield: Creates a shield that surrounds the trees in the target area. The trees will periodically heal allied units and after the shield expires, a burst of energy will damage enemy units and revive some trees.
Nature Cage: Summons a cage that prevents the units in the area from moving out of the cage.
The Hidden Forest: The hero spawns alot of trees which eventually becomes a forest. The forest is somwhat like a maze and there are many traps inside the forest. There may be vines which can disable a unit's movement, thorns to damage units or even poisonous plants to poision units.
EDIT2: I think there will be lots of competitors in the competition . Thus, PurplePoot might need to spend lots of time judging, lets +rep him when the contest ends/contest results release .
EDIT3: Updated my spell, attached to post

 

[Eccho]

Zack, let me give you a small comment then :]

The concept of the spell is overall good, and seems quite unique (except the spawning of trees which is used more than by just you). However the effects seem rather boring : and/or try to find an ingame sound which boosts the spell.

 

[Justify]

Just a question... is it allowed to have "two" spells? I mean, the first one places it, the second one triggers is, like Lanayas traps in DotA??

 

[Paladon]

Just a question... is it allowed to have "two" spells? I mean, the first one places it, the second one triggers is, like Lanayas traps in DotA??

I don´t know lanayas trap spell but (if i understood your question correct) it should be.
But.. i don´t advise that strategy.

 

[-Berz-]

I think that is more like hero contest... i had a similar idea... than i thought thats not really fitting D:

 

[Eccho]

Berz, I'm not sure about that. You know, when we had the trap theme Redscores (I think it was) set traps and had a dummy ability which was triggering all the traps on the ground. You are right though, it may not fit it, but I think it is allowed.

 

[Herman]

If your asking if your allowed to use more than one trigger for your spell, some GUI spells you have to, so I'd assume you can

 

[BlackShogun]

If the two spells are part of one spell, ie an activate/deactivate type, then it should be fine, but you cannot have 2 separate whole spells.

 

[Eccho]

OH yeah, now I know what to do. I must just find some funny "WTF" formulas and calculations, then I am good to go

 

[Rmx]

i want to enter the contest but i don't know where to load my map ???

 

[Eccho]

You mean, where you upload it?
If you 'go advanced' on your post it will give the option to 'Manage Attachments'
Simply attach the map to your post.

 

[Justify]

If your asking if your allowed to use more than one trigger for your spell, some GUI spells you have to, so I'd assume you can

No, I want to have something like that:

Spell 1: Place traps.
Spell 2: Trigger traps.

For sure thats just an example, since I would have a great idea then

 

[Avator]

No, I don't think it's allowed to separate a spell into 2 spells.

 

[Paladon]

No, I want to have something like that:

Spell 1: Place traps.
Spell 2: Trigger traps.

For sure thats just an example, since I would have a great idea then

And it´s unoriginal if you ask me...but let´s surprise.

 

[Justify]

The idea itself is unoriginal, but for sure I would do it in a special way my problem is that I need an ok from poot xD I'll send him a pm and ask

 

[BlackShogun]

wow my code is giving me a pain in the ass, it litterally wouldnt do something because i used elseif's and presumably my worldeditor doesn't like them ¬¬
and atm the projectile wont move unless i put the setunitposition outside an if... even though it should work inside the if aswell as the if just says "if (not IsUnitInRange(u, targ, 10)) then" .. as in if the projectile isnt within 10... then move it, but it just wont because my worldeditor is cool

 

[Eccho]

10 range eh? thats very small. Make sure you find the 'exact' range of the projectile in that case. 64 or 32 as range is an option as well since it still looks neat.

 

[StaberFire]

Bah you're all so good at this... I can't even get my damn spell to be MUI. ='(

 

[Eccho]

You could always read some tutorials =) Poot made a mui gui system tutorial. Im sure you can use it as a 'small system'. Ask him to link you to it. I couldnt find it at the moment :s

 

[BlackShogun]

I've got it working just about now, but im sure theres something wrong with the actual world editor here, because 1, my elseifs wouldnt work earlier for no reason, and 2, it seems to believe half my values are negative... when theyre not Oo my targets were getting healed... dno whats going on here but its quite rediculous ><

 

[Eccho]

Well, if you post the code maybe the issue reveals itself.

 

[BlackShogun]

i really dont know whats going wrong here, spent about an hour and a half tinkering and slowly some parts have started to work but as far as i could tell it shouldve been working all this time anyway, and now it seems to heal the target when i order it to do damage

thanks in advance

 

[Eccho]

Hmm... Yeah it looks weird indeed... Let me investigate it further.

Edit: BlackShogun I did not find the whole solution to your problem, but a Debug message inside

endif
if IsUnitInGroup(targ, udg_BeeSwarmed) and (not IsUnitType(targ, UNIT_TYPE_DEAD)) then
    call SetUnitPosition(u, x2, y2)
    call BJDebugMsg(R2S((BeeSwarmBaseDPS(lvl)*BeeSwarmInterval())+dmg)) //this was the msg I added
    call UnitDamageTarget(cast, targ, (BeeSwarmBaseDPS(lvl)*BeeSwarmInterval())+dmg, true, true, ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL, WEAPON_TYPE_WHOKNOWS)
   [...]

gave the following result:

0.150

and so on...

As you can see something is wrong with your damage input... It goes from positive to negative, and thats why the unit gets healed.

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

Think we need a thread just for final version's of each spell. Delete any double posts inside. Would make organizing this a little easier.

 

[Ribenamania]

I had major problem with my spell. It has no syntax error but I can't start the map. Anyone had this kinda problem before? I've tried many changes and it still won't work. =(

EDIT: Fixed =)

 

[StaberFire]

Ahh, this is racking my brain. Could somebody please point out to me why this isn't MUI? I followed wyrmlord's tutorial loosely and configured the concept to what fit my spell but it still isn't MUI.

Also I know there's a leak with AE_TargP, it's because I forgot how to remove array variables. I'll fix that later.

 

[Zack1996]

Actually its rather simple to make it MUI.
Instead of using whatever AoE target spell, use Tornado .
That is one.
The second thing is to make the armour/health regeneration thing MUI. That is also rather simple. Instead of giving a fixed unit (I assumed you made a variable which is assigned to the butterfly thing), pick all units in playable map area matching Matching Unit is Alive and Unit-Type of Matching Unit equals to (Your dummy special effect thingy). After that, set the unit to a temporary unit variable (Temp_Unit or something)Then just do whatever other thing it is you did for your current spell except change the variable unit to Temp_Unit or whatever. You could get some examples from my spell pack in siggy

 

[doom_sheep]

Actually its rather simple to make it MUI.
Instead of using whatever AoE target spell, use Tornado .
That is one.
The second thing is to make the armour/health regeneration thing MUI. That is also rather simple. Instead of giving a fixed unit (I assumed you made a variable which is assigned to the butterfly thing), pick all units in playable map area matching Matching Unit is Alive and Unit-Type of Matching Unit equals to (Your dummy special effect thingy). After that, set the unit to a temporary unit variable (Temp_Unit or something)Then just do whatever other thing it is you did for your current spell except change the variable unit to Temp_Unit or whatever. You could get some examples from my spell pack in siggy

picking stuff makes lag. use unit group variables.

 

[PurplePoot]

Enums are actually really fast.

 

[Eccho]

Doom_Sheep, unit groups are actually checking every handle unit on the whole map and checks if it matches your conditions. When picking units in playable map area, sure you have to use unit group variables since it would otherwise leak a unit group, but thats all. (or use set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true). There would be a difference on destructables however, since there are mostly over a thousand of them at the same time.

 

[doom_sheep]

Doom_Sheep, unit groups are actually checking every handle unit on the whole map and checks if it matches your conditions. When picking units in playable map area, sure you have to use unit group variables since it would otherwise leak a unit group, but thats all. (or use set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true). There would be a difference on destructables however, since there are mostly over a thousand of them at the same time.

i mean add the dummy to group as it is created and remove when its dead. doesnt lag for me. pick all units in playable map area matching condition does

 

[Razorbrain]

okay, im pulling out

seems i have more things to take care of that i thought

oh, and im pissed off at the world editor at the moment becouse it wont do what i tell it to do

 

[BlackShogun]

thanks for looking at it eccho i will have another look tonight at my spell and see if i can fix things up. The thing is the damage can go down aswell as up, it should go down if the unit stays still and up if the unit moves, but it always goes down, whats more confusing is that the moment the overall damage reaches 0 or less the timer should be destroyed, so it should never heal. very confusing, im sure a solution will arrise eventually tho. I may just learn vJass and rewrite it in that, i do want to learn it anyway ^^

 

[-Berz-]

oh, and im pissed off at the world editor at the moment becouse it wont do what i tell it to do

I lol'd

I will start with the spell today.

 

[Justify]

Poot allowed me to, so I'll start today with my spell. Let's see if it's to unoriginal^^

 

[-Berz-]

I just have my first problem...

Trigger

• Spell Copy
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Touch of Nature
  • Actions
    • Set UnitVarAlly = (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Countdown Timer - Start TimerAlly as a One-shot timer that will expire in 10.00 seconds
    • Unit - Add Armor Bonus to UnitVarAlly
    • Unit - Set level of Armor Bonus for UnitVarAlly to (Level of Touch of Nature for (Triggering unit))
    • Unit - Add Damage Bonus to UnitVarAlly
    • Unit - Set level of Damage Bonus for UnitVarAlly to (Level of Touch of Nature for (Triggering unit))
    • Unit - Set life of UnitVarAlly to ((Real((Integer((Life of UnitVarAlly))))) + (90.00 x (Real((Level of Touch of Nature for (Target unit of ability being cast))))))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Integer((Percentage life of UnitVarAlly))) Less than or equal to 33
      • Then - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Random integer number between 1 and 100) Less than or equal to 33
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Set life of UnitVarAlly to 100.00%
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of UnitVarAlly using Abilities\Spells\Human\Resurrect\ResurrectTarget.mdl
            • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
          • Else - Actions
      • Else - Actions

Ok the problem is that this don't trigger even if the life is 1% and chance 100%

Trigger2

• If - Conditions
  • (Integer((Percentage life of UnitVarAlly))) Less than or equal to 33
  • Then - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Random integer number between 1 and 100) Less than or equal to 33
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Set life of UnitVarAlly to 100.00%
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of UnitVarAlly using Abilities\Spells\Human\Resurrect\ResurrectTarget.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
      • Else - Actions
  • Else - Actions

 

[BlackShogun]

@-BerZeKeR-: before i mention the second part: the line

• Unit - Set life of UnitVarAlly to ((Real((Integer((Life of UnitVarAlly))))) + (90.00 x (Real((Level of Touch of Nature for (Target unit of ability being cast))))))

doesnt look right, you are healing the target by 90x(spell level) of the TARGET unit, surely this should be 90x(spell level) of the triggering unit?

The only thing id say about the second part is that, if the first part heals them (which i dont see how it does considering the above comment) then maybe their health is now above 33% and so the

• If - Conditions
• (Integer((Percentage life of UnitVarAlly))) Less than or equal to 33

is no longer applicable

 

[-Berz-]

Yeah i figure that out (the thing with target unit insted of triggering) but it still don't work... D:
Hmmm.... that may be true, i will try to swap the order.

 

[BlackShogun]

Lol it only took me like 2 hours to get down the basics of vJASS and recreate my spell in it >< but theres still problems with it lol. Hopefully easier to fix now tho - ya' know, or harder

EDIT: hmm yet again i cant find a solution and in my eyes everything looks fine, don't know where else to post this to get feedback on anything i may have missed so here it is:

Bee Swarm

scope BeeSwarm initializer Init

//=========================Bee Swarm by BlackShogun==========================//
//=================================Setup=====================================//

//spell rawcode
private constant function BeeSwarmRawCode takes nothing returns integer
    return 'A000'
endfunction

//dummy unit rawcode
private constant function BeeSwarmModel takes nothing returns integer
    return 'h000'
endfunction

//dummy unit model
private constant function BeeSwarmSFX takes nothing returns string
    return "Abilities\\Weapons\\CryptFiendMissile\\CryptFiendMissile.mdl"
endfunction

//base damage per second
private function BeeSwarmBaseDPS takes integer lvl returns real
    return 5.0*lvl
endfunction

//increase in damage per second for every second the target is moving
private function BeeSwarmIncDPS takes integer lvl returns real
    return 0.5*lvl
endfunction

//decrease in damage per second for every second the target is moving
private constant function BeeSwarmDecDPS takes nothing returns real
    return 0.5
endfunction

//duration of spell
private constant function BeeSwarmDur takes nothing returns real
    return 20.0
endfunction

//the movement and effects interval
private constant function BeeSwarmInterval takes nothing returns real
    return 0.03
endfunction

//distance moved by projectile each interval
private constant function BeeSwarmDist takes nothing returns real
    return 15.0
endfunction

//===============================EndSetup====================================//
//==================NOTE: DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING BEYOND HERE===================//

struct BeeSwarm_Data
    unit cast
    unit targ
    unit u
    real x
    real y
    real dmg
    real time
    effect sfx
endstruct

globals
    private timer t = CreateTimer()
    private BeeSwarm_Data array ar
    private integer total = 0
endglobals

private function Conditions takes nothing returns boolean
    return GetSpellAbilityId() == BeeSwarmRawCode()
endfunction

private function Effects takes nothing returns nothing
    local BeeSwarm_Data dat
    local integer i=0
    local real x1=GetUnitX(dat.u)
    local real y1=GetUnitY(dat.u)
    local real x2=GetUnitX(dat.targ)
    local real y2=GetUnitY(dat.targ)
    local real a=Atan2(y2-y1, x2-x1)
    local real mx=BeeSwarmDist()*Cos(a)
    local real my=BeeSwarmDist()*Sin(a)
    local integer lvl=GetUnitAbilityLevel(dat.cast, BeeSwarmRawCode())
    
    loop
        exitwhen i>=total
        set dat=ar[i]
        
        if not IsUnitInRange(dat.u, dat.targ, 50) then
            call SetUnitX(dat.u, x1+mx)
            call SetUnitY(dat.u, y1+my)
            call SetUnitFacing(dat.u, 57.29583*a)
        endif
        
        if IsUnitInRange(dat.u, dat.targ, 50) and (not IsUnitType(dat.targ, UNIT_TYPE_DEAD)) then
            call SetUnitX(dat.u, x2)
            call SetUnitY(dat.u, y2)
            call UnitDamageTarget(dat.cast, dat.targ, (BeeSwarmBaseDPS(lvl)*BeeSwarmInterval())+dat.dmg, true, true, ATTACK_TYPE_NORMAL, DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL, WEAPON_TYPE_WHOKNOWS)
            if dat.x!=null then
                if IsUnitInRangeXY(dat.targ, dat.x, dat.y, 5) then
                    set dat.dmg=dat.dmg-(BeeSwarmDecDPS()*BeeSwarmInterval())
                else
                    set dat.dmg=dat.dmg+(BeeSwarmIncDPS(lvl)*BeeSwarmInterval())
                endif
            endif
            set dat.x=x2
            set dat.y=y2
        endif
        
        if (BeeSwarmBaseDPS(lvl)+dat.dmg<=0) or (dat.time>=BeeSwarmDur()) or (IsUnitInRange(dat.u, dat.targ, 50) and IsUnitType(dat.targ, UNIT_TYPE_DEAD)) then
            call DestroyEffect(dat.sfx)
            call RemoveUnit(dat.u)
            set ar[i]=ar[total-1]
            set total=total-1
            call dat.destroy()
        endif
        
        set dat.time=dat.time+(1*BeeSwarmInterval())
        set i=i+1
    endloop
    
    if total==0 then
        call PauseTimer(t)
    endif
endfunction

private function Actions takes nothing returns BeeSwarm_Data
    local BeeSwarm_Data dat=BeeSwarm_Data.create()
    local player p
    local real a
    
    set dat.cast=GetTriggerUnit()
    set p = GetOwningPlayer(dat.cast)
    set dat.targ=GetSpellTargetUnit()
    set a=57.29583*Atan2(GetUnitY(dat.targ)-GetUnitY(dat.cast), GetUnitX(dat.targ)-GetUnitX(dat.cast))
    set dat.u=CreateUnit(p, BeeSwarmModel(), GetUnitX(dat.cast), GetUnitY(dat.cast), a)
    set dat.sfx=AddSpecialEffectTarget(BeeSwarmSFX(), dat.u, "chest")
    set dat.dmg=0
    set dat.time=0
    set p=null
    
    if total==0 then
        call TimerStart(t, BeeSwarmInterval(), true, function Effects)
    endif
    
    set total=total+1
    set ar[total-1]=dat
    
    return dat
endfunction

private function Init takes nothing returns nothing
    local trigger T = CreateTrigger()
    call TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ(T, EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_SPELL_EFFECT)
    call TriggerAddAction(T, function Actions)
    call TriggerAddCondition(T, Condition(function Conditions))
endfunction

endscope

I'm guessing it would help if i explain the spell so: Its based on channel and is single target. Creates dummy unit that acts as projectile homing in on the target unit. Once it reaches the target it deals damage over time. When the target is moving the periodic damage increases, when the target stands still the periodic damage decreases, lasts 20 seconds or until damage per second drops to 0.

EDIT: Attachment removed.

 

[spiwn]

I got an interesting idea
And I reached my first problem - tree fading. Unfortunately there is no way to fade one, only with triggers, without editing it's model.