Attack Ground Problem

[dragonhord]

Well ok... So I have this spell called Fire Mortars! and I want it to fire 2/3/4/5 mortars at the targeted point... Now that's cool and all woohoo... But the thing is I want the mortars to be like AoE and there is a 500 aoe target point so I want the mortars to attack random areas... I can do that just fine too... I based the units that attack off of the Demolisher unit so they can attack ground and this is my trigger...

• Fire Mortars
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Fire Mortars!
  • Actions
    • Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Set TempPoint2 = (Target point of ability being cast)
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to (1 + (Level of Fire Mortars! for (Triggering unit))), do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Demolisher for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at TempPoint facing Default building facing (270.0) degrees
        • Unit - Add a 2.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
        • Set TEMP_Point1 = (TempPoint2 offset by (Random real number between 0.00 and 500.00) towards (Random angle) degrees)
        • Unit - Set level of Napalm for (Last created unit) to (Level of Fire Mortars! for (Triggering unit))
        • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Attack Ground TEMP_Point1
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TEMP_Point1)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint2)

Problem is... The damn demolisher units won't attack the ground... Any idea why?

 

[Laiev]

• Unit - Set level of Napalm for (Last created unit) to (Level of Fire Mortars! for (Triggering unit))
  • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Attack Ground TEMP_Point1

You set level of "Napalm" but you don't cast it, you just order the unit to "Attack", not to cast it.
What Napalm ability base is?

EDIT: Your dummy already got the "Napalm"? If not

• Unit - Add Napalm to (Last created unit)

 

[dragonhord]

Nope... Made sure I didn't touch that...

 

[vypur85]

What about trying to use a separate event?

Event
 A unit enters Playable Map Area
Condition
 Unit-Type of (Triggering unit) Equal to Demolisher
Actions
 Set TempPoint2 = (Position of (Triggering unit))
 Set TEMP_Point1 = (TempPoint2 offset by (Random real number between 0.00 and 500.00) towards (Random angle) degrees)
 Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Attack Ground TEMP_Point1
 Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TEMP_Point1)
 Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint2)

 

[dragonhord]

Worth a shot I suppose...

 

[Laiev]

So why you set level of ability if the unit don't cast it?

 

[dragonhord]

My bad... Napalm is a base of umm... whats that skill called.. Burning oil... For burning the ground... So it's passive... Doesn't need casting, and teh unit does already have it yes.

 

[Laiev]

change in unit editor

Combat - Attack - 1 - Weapon Type (ua1w) Artillery

Else edit Area Of Effect (Full/Medium/Small) to what you want.

 

[dragonhord]

change in unit editor

Combat - Attack - 1 - Weapon Type (ua1w) Artillery

They already are 0.o... Aren't they? I based it OFF of the Demolisher .

 

[Laiev]

Something is wrong, because I make it and test with trigger...

 

[dragonhord]

Well I don't know what the hell is wrong... I'm going to take the locust off and give them a model and see if they even HAVE attack ground...

 

[Laiev]

If the locust is the problem, just make invulnerable and unselected with trigger too.

EDIT: ORRRRRRRRR MAYBEEEEEEEEEEE the problem IS...... it need a minimum range to attack ground. The demolisher need some range to attack ground selected.

 

[dragonhord]

Mmm well I hadn't thought of that but I did fix the initial problem of it not doing anything... For some reason the units didn't have an attack.. I think it was the fact that I set dice to 0 instead of 1... Hit the wrong key . But changing that seems to have fixed it... Ty though +rep . Now would you have any idea how to actually fix the minimum range thing? Because that might be a problem XD

 

[Laiev]

Finded

Combat - Minimum Attack Range (uamn) 250 (demolisher)

set to 0 over \o/

thx for the rep

 

[Faust]

What problem do you have with minimum range?

 

[dragonhord]

Finded

Combat - Minimum Attack Range (uamn) 250 (demolisher)

set to 0 over \o/

thx for the rep

Tyty. Problem solved

 

[Laiev]

@Faust

He need to dummy attack ground with low range just it

So just put 0 to minimum range

@dragonhord

NP