Storm bolt question

[Igor_Z]

Can u tell me how can I detect when the stormbolt hits the target.. So i want when the stormbolt hits the target to play a sound? PLease help

 

[Element of Water]

That's a lot harder than it sounds unfortunately. It would probably need a very complex Jass code...

 

[onisaiyan808]

Or you can use a Wait Condition action to check when the target unit of ability being casted unit has the buff.

 

[Igor_Z]

oh thanks for the help. I'll use wait action

 

[onisaiyan808]

Yo welcome, braddah. Rememba to repz who done help yo, yah?

 

[Igor_Z]

But I can't make it i don't know why, because how can i find when the stormbolt missle hits?! I have tryed to copy the stunned(pause) buff and make it custom for my spell but doesn't show the buff and what if the unit dies? The buff won't even show?. When I'm done +rep i promise

 

[doom_sheep]

give the buff a sound

 

[onisaiyan808]

give the buff a sound

That works, too.

Why haven't I thought of that? D=

 

[Igor_Z]

Oh y right. So stupid

 

[howl2000]

someone told me that if you wait x seconds

where x is distance between unit and caster / missle speed

It will be exactly what you are looking for for your wait time.


But all those are good ways that I didn't think about thank you all for expanding my knowledge

 

[onisaiyan808]

someone told me that if you wait x seconds

where x is distance between unit and caster / missle speed

It will be exactly what you are looking for for your wait time.


But all those are good ways that I didn't think about thank you all for expanding my knowledge

If you're right, you just solved my problems. THANKS!

 

[terradont]

someone told me that if you wait x seconds

where x is distance between unit and caster / missle speed

It will be exactly what you are looking for for your wait time.


But all those are good ways that I didn't think about thank you all for expanding my knowledge

But that would only work on not moving targets, wouldn't it?

For slow-moving missiles and/or fastmoving units, or even units that teleport away from the missile, it would mess up totally.

Unless i got it totally wrong xD


As for a solution for if the target is killed(for future spells maybe) just set the storm bolt dummy damage to 0 and do the damage via triggers after the unit has the stun.

 

[howl2000]

terradont is right

But that screws up any single wait time.

But most poeple know that the only way to make a reliable on hit effect is with periodic .01 sec checks or to use a jass damage detection system(no clue how this works haven't checked it yet).

well besides object editor stuff that is

 

[bountygiver]

Here is how I use to time the exact time when a projectile based target spell hits a target.
My procedures are quite tedious though, although I inserted my own leak prevention. Maybe someone else can make a simplified version of this.

function SpellMove takes nothing returns nothing
    local trigger trg = GetTriggeringTrigger()
    local unit u = GetHandleUnit(trg,"u")
    local unit t = GetHandleUnit(trg,"t")
    local unit e = GetHandleUnit(trg,"e")
    local unit f = null
    local location l = GetUnitLoc(e)
    local location m = GetUnitLoc(t)
    local location n = PolarProjectionBJ(l,---(Missile Speed * 0.02)---,AngleBetweenPoints(l,m))
    local group k = GetUnitsInRangeOfLocAll(---(Missile Speed * 0.02)---, l)
    call SetUnitPositionLocFacingBJ(e,n,AngleBetweenPoints(l,m))
    if IsUnitInGroup(t, k) then
 
        ----(Insert Spell Effect here)-----

        call RemoveLocation(l)
        call RemoveLocation(m)
        call RemoveLocation(n)
        call GroupClear(k)
        call DestroyGroup(k)
        call DisableTrigger(trg)
        call FlushHandleLocals(trg)
        call DestroyTrigger(trg)
        set u = null
        set t = null
        set e = null
        set k = null
        set l = null
        set m = null
        set n = null
        set f = null
        set trg = null
    endif
    call RemoveLocation(l)
    call RemoveLocation(m)
    call RemoveLocation(n)
    call GroupClear(k)
    call DestroyGroup(k)
    set u = null
    set t = null
    set l = null
    set m = null
    set n = null
    set k = null
    set e = null
    set f = null
    set trg = null
endfunction

function Trig_SpellName_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    local unit u = GetSpellAbilityUnit()
    local unit t = GetSpellTargetUnit()
    local location l = GetUnitLoc(u)
    local unit e = CreateUnit(GetOwningPlayer(u),---(Dummy Caster)---,GetLocationX(l),GetLocationY(l),0.00)
    local trigger trg = CreateTrigger()
    call SetHandleHandle(trg,"u",u)
    call SetHandleHandle(trg,"t",t)
    call SetHandleHandle(trg,"e",e)
    call TriggerRegisterTimerEventPeriodic(trg,0.02)
    call TriggerAddAction(trg,function SpellMove)
    call RemoveLocation(l)
    set u = null
    set t = null
    set l = null
    set e = null
    set trg = null
endfunction

I created a dummy caster and move it towards the target in 0.02 second intervals upon casting, and destroy it and initialize spell effects upon contact.

And yeah, don't worry about lag issues. I've used these types of spells on really crap PCs and they still run smoothly.

 

[Razorbrain]

someone told me that if you wait x seconds

where x is distance between unit and caster / missle speed

It will be exactly what you are looking for for your wait time.


But all those are good ways that I didn't think about thank you all for expanding my knowledge

then someone is lying becouse the target could move after the spell had been casted

 

[Igor_Z]

Thank you guys for the help but... bountygiver can i get that in GUI cuz i don't understand JASS rly....? And doom_sheep it doesn't work with giving the buff a sound because u can't give imported sounds to the buff... That is the problem

 

[bountygiver]

Hmm... I don't think there really is a way to make my script in GUI, but I'll try. Maybe I can come up with a good solution on this Thursday, when my exams are over

 

[Dagguh]

Yo welcome, braddah. Rememba to repz who done help yo, yah?

How the f*** is Wait helpful?

It's friggin bugged as hell.

OP: There is no perfectly working method to achieve a trigger firing when any projectile hits.

 

[Razorbrain]

yes, there is, but it is designed to work with units firing, not spells, but it could be adjusted

 

[Dagguh]

You mean Orb of Slow (or Lightning)?
That kinda disables any other orb effects and buff placers from working, eh...

 

[Razorbrain]

not orb of slow, Poison Attack, shouldnt be too buggy to my knowledge

 

[bountygiver]

Thank you guys for the help but... bountygiver can i get that in GUI cuz i don't understand JASS rly....? And doom_sheep it doesn't work with giving the buff a sound because u can't give imported sounds to the buff... That is the problem

Well... I tried, it can be done in GUI, but I can't find a way to make it support multiple casters with GUI, so... sorry but I'm making it in JASS here. I've included a test map with my post. It's a storm bolt with an exploding effect which basically uses the previous system i mentioned in my last post a few weeks ago. I've put the instructions in the trigger comments.

Hope this will help.

EDIT: Fixed a critical bug with the last uploaded test map.

 

[Igor_Z]

OK i will use it somehow but i think it won't be that helpful cuz i don't understand JaSS but i'll try something +rep for your hard work