Autocasting spells

[FireBladesX]

Is there a way to make units automatically shoot off spells?

I tried "Unit is attacked, order attacking unit to Orc Far Seer - Chain Lightning Attacked Unit", or Undead Dreadlord - Carrion Swarm L (point variable)", but every once in a while, about 1 in 20 casts, my Caster just stands there, not moving and even worse not attacking.

Bein more specific, the skill icon glows green (you know, when you order an ability to be cast, and the unit is moving to cast it?), but the unit stands there and does not cast. Or attack.

How do I fix this?


Edit:
Kay, I solved it. Took too darn long. Watever, got nothin else but time, who am I to complain.

 

[Infinitegde]

Quick question, 1: Does the unit have the ability. 2: Does it have the mana to cast the ability?

 

[FireBladesX]

Both, it sits there tryyying to cast the ability, but the ability doesn't cast. And the cast range is about 1000, and the unit attack range is about 600.

 

[Ashcat]

The problem is in the object editor, that trigger will work.

 

[Rhymer]

Cooldown?

 

[FireBladesX]

They got cooldowns and all. Like 7 seconds or 12 seconds or so.

And the skills that I'm basing off of are Neutral Hostile Carrion Swarm, Neutral Hostile Chain Lightning, and Neutral Hostile Shadow Strike. Shadow Strike works the best, I think, and by coincedence the unit has zero cast animation.

 

[FroznYoghurt]

Try using orb of slow :thup: works wonders sometimes

Change spell from "Slow" to "Chain Lightning" or spell of your choice

 

[FireBladesX]

That will only work when units are ordered to attack... Ty for suggestion, tho

 

[vypur85]

What about using a dummy to cast the spell? But this makes the hero ability passive. Try posting the actual trigger. I want to try .

 

[FireBladesX]

K, posted those triggers.

I was thinking about that (making dummy units), but I would need twice the amount of abilites, and I wasn't sure how to do an efficient MUI cooldown system. I was gonna make them autocasts, probably.

Also, they're not heroes. Jus mentioning.




Anyone else getting this problem, by the way? Cause I know a lot of maps where the units automatically cast, especially TDs, AOS maps...



'Kay, here they are.

Spoiler

ChainLight
    Events
        Unit - A unit Is attacked
    Conditions
        (Unit-type of (Attacking unit)) Equal to Gnoll Warden
    Actions
        Unit - Order (Attacking unit) to Orc Far Seer - Chain Lightning (Triggering unit)

Spoiler

Carrion
    Events
        Unit - A unit Is attacked
    Conditions
        (Unit-type of (Attacking unit)) Equal to Crypt Fiend
    Actions
        Set tmpPoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
        Unit - Order (Attacking unit) to Undead Dreadlord - Carrion Swarm tmpPoint
        Custom script:   call RemoveLocation( udg_tmpPoint )

Spoiler

ShadowStrike
    Events
        Unit - A unit Is attacked
    Conditions
        (Unit-type of (Attacking unit)) Equal to Night Elf Runner
    Actions
        Unit - Order (Attacking unit) to Night Elf Warden - Shadow Strike (Triggering unit)

You want the info on the casters, too?

 

[vypur85]

> efficient MUI cooldown system

This is really not easy. (To me I'd say that it's impossible )


I've tried it. It worked. It doesn't have the green color effect thing (yes, I know what you mean ).

 

[FireBladesX]

Witchcraft curses my computer. .


You can do a MUI cooldown system, depending on your type of map, using custom values and periodic triggers. Easier on the lag if your cooldowns are round numbers (multiples of 2, 3, or 4, you get what I mean)

 

[vypur85]

> You can do a MUI cooldown system

Yeah but it's not perfect. You can't see the blurred cooldown icon thing. Or you could do something similar to DotA's Dagger item. Replace, wait 3 seconds, then replace. But still no cooldown thing (but items can have shared cooldown, so... it's a bit different I guess).

 

[FireBladesX]

Mmm yeah. In my head, I was still thinking about units that you wouldn't be actively controlling, hence their autocasted nature. But for a hero, that problem would be a bitch.

 

[Panda]

EDIT: nvm, looked wrong on the triggers

 

[Ashcat]

I suggest starting a brand new map, creating only these few triggers, and testing them in that map. If they work, then your original map has some conflicting triggers or object editor problems. If it doesn't, then witchcraft does indeed curse your computer. : P

 

[FireBladesX]

'Kay, I'll try that out.

Jus cause I dont think I mentioned it before, the abilities work 95% of the time, but every rare once in a while, a unit gets stuck.

 

[FireBladesX]

Yeah, every 1 in 50 units or so, the spell doesn't go off and the unit freezes, trying to cast the spell. And it's really hard to tell which unit does it, since I'm using random units from a unit group that contains every unit to check. However, it seems to work on a consistent type of unit (footmen).

And with the Carrion Swarm (A point-targeted ability, not unit-targeted), it randomly doesn't work, and at a much greater frequency.

 

[WilliamPa]

It is simple, it is the highest command in unit... Ability - Default that usually works.

 

[FireBladesX]

I was under that impression that the function that you specified was reserved for the activation of autocasting spells on a unit's creation.