Barrage and Fan of Knives Bug

[FarAwaY]

Now this is probably not discussed before in this thread; if it is, then my apologies but I doubt so.

Anyways...there is a little weird bug with barrage and fan of knives.

First off, for Fan of Knives, there is an option to set "Max Number of Targets". When set to 0, it means it attacks an infinite number of units = meaning any unit that comes within its AoE will be damaged.

However, when I tested it, it appears it hits only a maximum of 5 enemies, sometimes 4, for no apparent reason. When tested on a blank map, it attacks all 10 units around it. What kind of bug is this and how do I fix it?

For Barrage, there is a similar bug as well. When tested on a blank map, it hits all 7 units, correctly. However, in a bigger map that I made, it hit only 4 enemies instead of 7. To further test what was wrong, I chanced upon something.

The unit was carrying 3 same items which I will refer to them as Flute. Now, the unit has 3 Flutes, and they appear to be "causing the bug". When the unit has no flutes, it hit 7 enemies. When it has 1 flute, it hit 5 enemies. When it has 2 flutes, it hits 5 enemies. When it has 3 flutes, it hits 4 enemies.

However, the item, although tested to be causing the problem, does not make sense. It only gives Command Aura, +100 Damage, and Attack Speed increase. No orb effect of any kind is included.

Any ideas?

 

[HydraRancher]

Remove the command aura, test.
If it doesnt work, add it back.
Remove the attack speed bonus, test.
If it doesnt work, add it back.
Remove the attack damage bonus, test.
If it doesnt work, remove them all and test.

Report the results.

 

[kaboo]

why dont u set the max targets 100? there wont be more enemies around you any time ...

 

[Moridin]

^You're assuming he makes a normalish map. If let's say the units are tiny, or if they have no collision, etc, lots of possibilities for the units to exceed 100.

 

[FarAwaY]

@kaboo: I did that already. Changed it to 5, 100, 99999, 0....Doesnt work.

@Hydra: What would be the point? I cant change the item because I like it the way it is. Besides, the more important one is the Fan of Knives one.

 

[kaboo]

gonna test this
test1 - creating the ability -> isnt the problem maximum total damage{MTD}?
test2 - ingame test of MTD for fan of knives -> it solved it for me

 

[FarAwaY]

Maximum Total Damage.....Havent thought of that.......................Hmm. Good point. I'll assume this is for BOTH Barrage AND Fan of Knives?

 

[kaboo]

barrage has max total damage too so it could the problem of both

 

[RangerX]

i have tested the "fan of knives" and worked on lots of units ..[don't count them but around 20 you must do something like this ...
your damage is for example 100 and want to hit 200 targets then your Maxim damage [Level x - Data - Maximum Total Damage] must be 100x200=20,000

 

[kaboo]

omfg im so noob i cant even make the barrage work , i made the skill and it does nothing

 

[FarAwaY]

Jesus....I just tested out both barrage and fan of knives....and you were right, kaboo. It appears that because I added alot of damage to the skill, the maximum total damage was too little, so it damaged what little units it could.

Thanks alot Kaboo u helped me fix both problems. +rep

Dont worry about barrage. Actually I made it as a Multishot skill. At least now I know it isnt a bug.