The strange occasion of dummy impale

[ToldYouSo]

Hello! It seems like a rare issue for me, but somehow dummy wont cast Impale ability.

if spellid == 'A04K'
set LVL = GetUnitAbilityLevel(c,'A04K')
set x = GetSpellTargetX()
set y = GetSpellTargetY()
set F = CreateUnit(GetOwningPlayer(c),dummy,GetUnitX(c),GetUnitY(c),0) //GetUnitFacing(c)
call UnitApplyTimedLife(F,'BTLF',4.5)
call UnitAddAbility(F,'AUim')
call SetUnitAbilityLevel(F,'AUim',LVL)
call IssuePointOrder(F,"impale",x,y)
endif

A04K - Custom ability for impale, AUim - dummy impale abil

The only thing that might be unclear - I set range caste of A04K as 2200, while setting range cast of AUim to 2300 with wave range as 2200.

 

[Pyrogasm]

Nothing is wrong there. Must be the configuration of your dummy, then, so I would check that. Impale can be cast by units with 0 sight radius directly targeting into Fog of War so it isn't that.

 

[Chaosy]

Spawn the unit manually in the editor and give it the ability then try to cast it. Will narrow down the options of fault considerably.

 

[Riki]

I ran into a similar problem not long ago, also with an Impale-based ability. In my case, it was a strange behavior that occurred with my hero's Channel ability, I set the skill as "Instant" cast and selected "impale" as the base ID, which makes all Impale based skills to never cast through triggers. It appears that Channel abilities must have a base ID that matches the type of cast.

Just a possibility, but maybe you have this same problem?

And yes, this is a documented problem with Channel, you can check it here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/...6TuQ0tjfKHXBELWpo/edit#heading=h.jh0prnzh31tm

 

[ToldYouSo]

I ran into a similar problem not long ago, also with an Impale-based ability. In my case, it was a strange behavior that occurred with my hero's Channel ability, I set the skill as "Instant" cast and selected "impale" as the base ID, which makes all Impale based skills to never cast through triggers. It appears that Channel abilities must have a base ID that matches the type of cast.

Just a possibility, but maybe you have this same problem?

And yes, this is a documented problem with Channel, you can check it here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/...6TuQ0tjfKHXBELWpo/edit#heading=h.jh0prnzh31tm

Thx, Ill try to figure out.


For now I have changed Channel ability "allowed targets" from "point or target" to just "point" and currently testing it out. Maybe It will help.