50/50 chance to kill caster, or kill enemies.

[I_RULE_YOU]

I'm trying to make an ability that gives a 50/50 chance to kill the caster instantly 3 seconds after the spell is cast, or instantly kill enemies in a 650/1300/1950 area of effect (the spell has 3 level). How would I accomplish this? Explain solutions in detail please.

 

[FireBladesX]

After casting the spell, you do an if/then/else statement. The condition is an integer comparison, checking if Math - Random Number between 1 and 2 is equal to 1.

If it's equal to 1, then create a countdown timer that expires in 3 seconds, and in a second trigger, when the countdown expires (Event: Timer expires), kill the caster. Save the caster to a unit variable upon casting.

Else, pick every unit in a (650 x (Level of Ability Being Cast for Triggering Unit)) radius around the caster and:
Unit - set life if Picked Unit to 1
Unit - cause Triggering Unit to deal 999999 damage to Picked Unit of weapon type Chaos and damage type Acid.

 

[Exide]

Junk
    Events
        Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
    Actions
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                (Random integer number between 1 and 2) Equal to 1
            Then - Actions
                Unit - Kill (Triggering unit)
            Else - Actions
                Wait 3.00 game-time seconds
                Set temppoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
                Set tempgroup = (Units within (650.00 x (Real((Level of Animate Dead for (Triggering unit))))) of temppoint matching ((Owner of (Matching unit)) Not equal to (Owner of (Triggering unit))))
                Unit Group - Pick every unit in tempgroup and do (Actions)
                    Loop - Actions
                        Unit - Kill (Picked unit)
                Custom script:   call RemoveLocation(udg_temppoint)
                Custom script:   call DestroyGroup(udg_tempgroup)

 

[I_RULE_YOU]

I'm stuck here:

Set TempGroup2 = (Units within (650.00 x (Real((Level of Rapture  for (Triggering unit))))) of TempPoint3)

I can't find where to go from there, where would I find the rest?

 

[Darthfett]

I'm stuck here:

Set TempGroup2 = (Units within (650.00 x (Real((Level of Rapture  for (Triggering unit))))) of TempPoint3)

I can't find where to go from there, where would I find the rest?

You picked "Units in Range". You should have picked "Units in Range, matching".

 

[I_RULE_YOU]

Ah, found it.

The trigger works great :thup: +rep

Theres a problem though. In this game, when you kill units, theres a bounty you get. When units are killed by this spell, no bounty is given. How do I solve this?

 

[FireBladesX]

You gotta damage them to get credit, so you could set their HP to 1, then deal 1000 chaos damage to them with the Damage Target function.

 

[LightChaosma]

or just deal 9999999999999999999999999 dmg of type acid

 

[I_RULE_YOU]

Ah, I did:

Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing 1000000000.00 damage of attack type Chaos and damage type Acid

Works like a dream. + rep guys, I thought this request would be much more complicated.

 

[Prediter[BuB]

doesnt look MUI tho

 

[I_RULE_YOU]

What do you mean? It works with no problems......

 

[FireBladesX]

MUI means that if multiple units cast it at the same time, there will be no problems.

Doesn't matter if you only have 1 hero that has that skill.

 

[I_RULE_YOU]

Well, its an AR game, so theres a very remote chance that 2 or more of the same hero will be running around, but the chance of them casting the same 3 second long spell at the same spell is astronomically remote. Should I be worried?

 

[CaptDeath]

i would say no

 

[Darthfett]

Since you used "Triggering unit" after the wait, it is MUI. Triggering unit is not lost after waits, as Casting unit and others are.

Nothing to worry about