Hero facing Direction

[eric92]

How do I make dummy units get created at a point after a spell, in front of my hero in whatever direction he is facing?

Im trying to make spell that makes several dummy units in a line in the direction the hero is facing.

 

[Ghan]

Assuming a trigger that fires upon "Starts the effect of an ability"....

• Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red) at ((Center of (Playable map area)) offset by 256.00 towards (Facing of (Triggering unit)) degrees) facing Default building facing degrees

 

[eclypt]

ok. just be sure to remove the leaks.

you can set the Point of the unit and remove its on the final of the trigger using a custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_My_Var)

 

[Ghan]

The leakage is actually a bit more complicated here due to the Polar Offset. There are two leaks - one for the initial point and one for the offset point. So a scheme like this is needed:

Point1 = (Center of (Playable Map Area))
Point2 = Point1 offset towards blah....
Do stuff
Remove both points

 

[eclypt]

yeah, i din't read it to the end lol

 

[eric92]

No I was talking about making a spell that creates several dummy units in a line pointed in the direction the hero faces. So her is an example.

> = direction of hero
* = dummys


> *****

***** <

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My dummy units will then cast a warstomp. I know how to do this but I dont know how to position them all in the direction that the hero faces.

 

[HeX.16]

Made this long ago.

 

[eric92]

Thank you it works, but is there a way to get rid of the land deformation that warstomp and thunderclap cause?

 

[eclypt]

try to change the Base Ability in the Object Editor, then Reconfigure the Trigger to this new Abillity. i think you can use the "Roar" from NE's Druid