Ability not finishing when killing a unit

[Fung]

    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Free Souls 
    Actions
        Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)

I copied mana burn to create Free Souls. The point of the ability is exactly what it says. There are tormented children in my map and a quest requires you to free their souls.

I want the unit to die, that happens, but not instantly. I want the ability to finish its bolt then play the units death animation and have a couple special effects fire off on the corpse. I tried using "Wait" but then the unit doesn't die.

Thoughts? Thanks!

 

[HydraRancher]

simple change begins the abillity to finishes ability and use the special effect trigger

• Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability

• Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Objects\Spawnmodels\Undead\UndeadDissipate\UndeadDissipate.mdl

 

[Fung]

I have tried that and 'Stops casting an ability' using either doesn't kill the unit.

 

[HydraRancher]

let me pull a trigger.

• Kill
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Free Soul
  • Actions
    • Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Objects\Spawnmodels\Undead\UndeadDissipate\UndeadDissipate.mdl

try this. if not this

• Kill
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Free Soul
  • Actions
    • Wait 1.00 seconds
    • Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Objects\Spawnmodels\Undead\UndeadDissipate\UndeadDissipate.mdl

 

[Infinitegde]

Make a global unit variable called UNIT
Events
A unit starts the effect of an ability

Condition
(w/e)
Actions-
Custom Script: local unit udg_UNIT = GetSpellTargetUnit()
Wait X seconds
Unit - Kill UNIT

 

[HydraRancher]

if you are going to post a trigger, use tags.

 

[Fung]

let me pull a trigger.

• Kill
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Free Soul
  • Actions
    • Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Objects\Spawnmodels\Undead\UndeadDissipate\UndeadDissipate.mdl

try this. if not this

• Kill
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Free Soul
  • Actions
    • Wait 1.00 seconds
    • Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Objects\Spawnmodels\Undead\UndeadDissipate\UndeadDissipate.mdl

Neither works.

Make a global unit variable called UNIT
Events
A unit starts the effect of an ability

Condition
(w/e)
Actions-
Custom Script: local unit udg_UNIT = GetSpellTargetUnit()
Wait X seconds
Unit - Kill UNIT

Not very familiar with scripting, but this didn't work either.

 

[Fung]

    Events
        Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Free Souls 
    Actions
        Unit - Kill (Target unit of ability being cast)
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Objects\Spawnmodels\Undead\UndeadDissipate\UndeadDissipate.mdl

Hah combing both your suggestions did the trick!

 

[Naga'sShadow]

Your issue is the finish casting event. You can't find the spell target with that event, use starts the effect of. Just use a wait if you need to get the timing together.

 

[Fung]

Your issue is the finish casting event. You can't find the spell target with that event, use starts the effect of. Just use a wait if you need to get the timing together.

Anytime I add 'wait' it kills the trigger.

 

[Fung]

For future reference of anyone who has a similar problem with the wait command. I resolved my problem by using "Target of current camera view" instead of "Target of ability being cast".

 

[saw792]

Despite the fact that "Target of current camera view" is sure to cause undesired results.

You need to save the target unit to a variable as the target unit is lost through a wait. Infinitegde has the right trigger.

 

[Dirac]

Set Some_Unit = Target Unit of Ability Being Cast
wait 0.9 secs
Kill (Some_Unit)

This trigger is very simple. No need for scripts.

NOTE: Dont Use The Some_Unit Variable for other triggers!

 

[Fung]

Both of you are right, but in my map my method works. Just like people to know there are 2 ways to skin a cat.