Target area abilities

[HellslayerX15]

How do you know what units has been hit by a target area ability?

is the target area a circle or a square? or something in between?
or is it possible to just use target unit of ability being cast?

 

[l0git3c]

Its triggered ability, or its just original ability like Rain of Fire?

If it is triggered ability, maybe some kind like this?

• Set tempPoint = (Target point of ability being cast)
• Set tempGroup = (Units within 500.00 of tempPoint matching (((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of (Triggering unit))) Equal to True))
• Unit Group - Pick every unit in tempGroup and do (Actions)
  • Loop - Actions
    • Blablabla
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_tempPoint)
• Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_tempGroup)

And enemy units who has been hit by the spell is in tempGroup

 

[Saia_Djinn]

if you want to detect it while a blizzard and that sort of spells your only way to respond to them is to trigger the whole spell where every unit is already saved in a group or a array

 

[HellslayerX15]

Its triggered ability, or its just original ability like Rain of Fire?

If it is triggered ability, maybe some kind like this?

• Set tempPoint = (Target point of ability being cast)
• Set tempGroup = (Units within 500.00 of tempPoint matching (((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of (Triggering unit))) Equal to True))
• Unit Group - Pick every unit in tempGroup and do (Actions)
  • Loop - Actions
    • Blablabla
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_tempPoint)
• Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_tempGroup)

And enemy units who has been hit by the spell is in tempGroup

yes but wouldnt this pick the units in a circle? the area-thing doesnt seem like a circle to me but i dont know if it is.

 

[Saia_Djinn]

AOE is circle it goes in every direction from the center as far as the AOE range of the spell

 

[Marcelo Hossomi]

The area of effect is a circle with a center and a radius. l0git3c's method works well, as (Target point of ability being cast) will be the center of the circle (and is GUI-leakless )

In the case of Frost Nova, for example, use (Target unit of ability being cast), as the center of the circle would be that unit.

OFF: Damn it, my new keyboard is horribe!

 

[HellslayerX15]

well thanks all then

edit ~ rep goes to Saia_djinn for answering my question in the best way

edit again ~ marcelos was better but saia was first xD

3rd edit ~ knowing who to give rep is a major problem for me