A drowning effect...

[Hacktually]

Ok I have a map where heros can hide in deep water but I want them to begin to drown after being in the water for 15 secs. I want the unit to take damage over time until he dies or leaves the region. Any ideas on how to drain the life?


(btw i know people dont drown in 15 secs but this is an anti-camp trigger)

 

[martix]

Erm, you can make it based on the dive ability(or whatever). And start a timer to count 15 sec then begin to drain life. Whats that hard about it?

 

[Hacktually]

i dont know what the dive ability (or whatever) is...can u be more specific?

 

[martix]

Oh... ok - its simple actually the ability is called submerge. Detect when the unit "casts" this ability and start the 15 sec timer. When the timer expires use another trigger to begin to drain him periodically.
Simple enough?

 

[Hacktually]

actually using the submerge ability is useless...I just want to know how to drain...not detect it. I have that part ready to go....

 

[Tonks]

Calculate how much life the unit has, and remove 1/15th of the amount every second for 15 seconds.

 

[purple_grunt]

ez

u just gotta say every 1 second or so take the unit and subtract # life.

 

[martix]

Yea, well You still need to detect when the unit submerges, then start that timer, when the timer expires begin substracting life from that unit using periodic events.

 

[Tonks]

Yea, well You still need to detect when the unit submerges, then start that timer, when the timer expires begin substracting life from that unit using periodic events.

I think he intends to start killing unit when it goes in the water, and have it die over 15 seconds.

 

[Hacktually]

i detect it by a unit entering the water region...no need for ability. And where would i find the triggers to decrease a units life by a percent?

 

[martix]

Not kill then instantly, read the first post. Anyway, it should work like this.

Edit: Use "Unit - Set life(percentage)" or something like this...

 

[sorryre]

u can do in triggers,every#of game time deal#damage..

 

[rayquaza218]

YEah and you can have a action to turn on or off the periodic damage trigger.

 

[Hacktually]

ahh that makes sense and I finally got it worked out! thanks fellas