Casting from Locusted units.

J

Jazradel

Helping people do more by doing less.
Reaction score
102
In my map I have 3 units. A Summon, a Hero and a Dummy Caster. The Summon has Locust(untargetable), Endurance Aura, and Cloud(it autochannels it). My hero can summon the Summon every 35 seconds and they last for 120 seconds. When I cast my heros ultimate I want flames to appear over every Summon near my hero and deal damage to nearby units. The two ways I thought of going this with are Immolation and Flame Strike. The problem is you can't target or get location from Locust units(aside from last created) so I can't order it to cast flame strike(or immolation) at its position or order a dummy unit to cast flame strike on it.

So how would you do it?

Edit: I rewrote my question. See below for the old one.

I have an ability that summons wards. These wards are immobile, invincible(locust), unselectable(locust) and have an aura that gives speed(endurance) and evasion(smokescreen).

I want when my unit cast its ultimate to deal X dps to units by the ward. MY problem is you can't use the pick command to order these units(or other units) to cast flamestrike(my current dps ability) at the location of the ward(you can pick or get location from units with locust). So how do you do it? My next problem is changing it so it won't interupt wards.

Basically what I'm asking is:
How do you get the position of units with Locust.
 
Maybe make it so when the ultimate is cast pick every unit in playable map area and then check if it's your locust unit and if it is give it the ability immolation?
 
a locusted unit is pretty much unselectable. I didn't really read all of the question, but i know that putting an auto ability like phoenix fire works on the locust. If you are trying to cast onto the locust, that could be more difficult. The problem is that if you are using a targetable spell that aims at a unit...I don't think it can be done. You could aim it at the location of the unit, there are ways to do that, but that would hardly do for most things.
 
ThE-eNiGmA is right it is impossible to use pick to select Locust units. I just need a way to get the location of each Summon with range on my Hero.
I can't use Phoenix fire because I need it to work only when my hero casts its ultimate. Is there a way to emulate the effects of Locust but still be able to use Pick unit and Position of Unit?

Edit: You can target Locust units if you create them in trigger by using Last Created Unit. Maybe I can set up an array and assign each Oil Spill and new number when it is created.
 
BlizZard

This meybee help :rolleyes:
If you go the undead special units and make locust have like 200 mana
put the spell that you want in the active spells nad put immaliton or what it calld on auoto cast?
Try that
 
BlizZard

Sorry 4 doubble posting,
you cant Create locust with triggers joust try it out
 
Make a permanent immolation ability which requires a research. Then make it so when the hero casts his ultimate the research is set to 1 and when it's finished make it set the research to 0.
 
> when it's finished make it set the research to 0

Sounds good, but, unfortunately, it isn't working.
You can't unresearch researches...
 
Make the ultimate move a copy of metamorph and make the immolation require the unit you turn into then.


I tested it and I don't think that works.
 
Care for weird thoughts? Here's one:

Locusts don't necessarily need the ability "Locust" :)

Remove it, put "Ward" in "unit classification" and "Decoration" in "targeted as".
That will, obviously, make them selectable, but as for shooting...
do you have a unit that can shot decoration?
 
Instead of a temproy spell you could make the ultimate an upgrade ability like engineer upgrade. That would work fine.
 
I tried using this code. I didn't work.
Edit: I just realized that it will cast cloud before it has a chance to cast flamestrike. I'll fix that right away and then see.
Edit2: I put in the wait command and it works perfectly. Thank you everyone. Except you.
Code: 
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units owned by (Owner of hero) matching (((Unit-type of (Matching unit)) Equal to Summon) and (((Region centered at (Position of hero) with size ((300.00 + ((Real((Level of Ultimate  for hero))) x 100.00)), (300.00 + ((Real((Level of Ultimate  for hero and do (Actions)
    Loop - Actions
        Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Human Blood Mage - Flame Strike (Position of (Picked unit))
        Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Human Dragonhawk Rider - Cloud (Position of (Picked unit))

I'm fixing memory leaks later by the way.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • Varine Varine:
    I think on the new one they did change it, but idk. I don't really care whatever the government is doing right now because it's consistently absurd. Like what is RFK doing in charge of health anything? I love the bear story because WTF was that, but also, pretty much every time he talks it's WTF. Like even his voice sounds microwaved
     +1
  • Varine Varine:
    The pyramid is fucking dumb as shit, no matter how you arrange it.
  • Varine Varine:
    It's actually remarkably easy to make mayonnaise though. Fun fact, it USED to kind of be a French mother sauce. I believe that Careme considered it one, it may have been aioli but that has also built a different meaning than it used to. An aioli is just mayonnaise I mixed with other shit typically, I didn't start it don't come at me
  • Varine Varine:
    It's very hard to do it on a large scale though
  • Varine Varine:
    Depending on how you pour the oil the consistency can vary wildly, but that's true for most emulsions. I can only make about two quarts at a time with my robo coup, and if I have to make several in series because I forgot to order it becomes really obvious even when I do it. We have to wait and mix them all together to make sure we have the same thing.
  • Varine Varine:
    Hollandaise is also kind of like that, emulsions require a very steady hand to do exactly the same every time.
  • Varine Varine:
    Luckily I live in an age with electricity so it's way fucking faster, but when I was just a boy trying to find my place I had some hardcore chefs that made use do things like that by hand. It is WAY easier to get right by hand because you control it and can feel it, but it takes soooooo much longer. And on the scale a modern kitchen requires... I serve 400-500 guests on average per day right now, if I had 100 then we could do things way better
  • Varine Varine:
    But we can't do that. In the winter yeah, but I HAVE to get people through here right now so I can afford the staff that we CAN do that. We have about 100 days of summer, and if that summer doesn't make us what it will, then I can't operate the other most of the year with my staff. The owner is talking about closing two days a week to cut down on labor, I told him he should cut down on vacations and it did not go great. I do think I won though, I have to keep my fucking core staff and they have to be gainfully employed
  • Varine Varine:
    Sure some of them might take a second job, but I can't just cut my entire staff to unlivable hours, nor can I can cut them off all winter if I want them to come back.
  • Varine Varine:
    And also, there is no fucking way I'm pulling these hours come september. I only do this right now because I have to, the second I don't have to be the one doing it I won't be
  • Varine Varine:
    I have a 5 person core staff in the kitchen, not including me or Chef Ben
  • Varine Varine:
    Though two of those people are likely not making it this year. One of them has been replaced, the other I am kind of trying to. He's being a giant bitch, today I had to get onto him because in the three hours before I left he had taken like thirty minutes for cigarette breaks
  • Varine Varine:
    And he was also complaining to me the other day that he was out of weed so couldn't smoke any before work that day, and was confused about why I was annoyed he was telling me, his boss, that he is smoking weed everyday before work.
     +1
  • Varine Varine:
    Like yeah I can tell. I don't need to fucking know.
  • Varine Varine:
    So now he's getting scrutinized and will not be top of the list. I know I don't have the smartest people but I do expect them to have some common fucking sense
  • Varine Varine:
    I did do a rare thing for me and hire a girl last month without warning. Everyone was made at me because I started her at like 21, but she worked with me before and I was like don't care. She made 19 at her old job and I wanted her to come work with me, she is the best
     +1
  • Varine Varine:
    I'm going to get her a raise at the end of the summer. She wants to go to school again, but I want her to still work with me so.... she kind of can just tell me what the price is. I can go to 25 if she keeps up. I need to get her onto line more, that's what she wants, but I need her where she is and it's not fair that she doesn't get the little bit of raise that comes with it. She can do it no problem, I've worked with her there.
  • Varine Varine:
    It's just hard to move and train people unnecessarily right now. And also the line fucking sucks, it's not any more fun. This is turn and burn so I have the bankroll, and everyone suffers for it
  • Varine Varine:
    Eventually we'll get it balanced, we'
  • Varine Varine:
    we're starting online orders and stuff, but I also turn that off all the time because I barely keep up trying to be the best at Sysco shit
  • Varine Varine:
    I think it's gonna be a good fall and winter though. We're going to have a good staff, they will get along, they will be able to manage the workload and the complications, they know how to really cook this year, like every person on line knows their steak temps. Some of them use thermometers a lot and they don't always use them right, but they do know how to do it. Failure, especially in this field, is the only way to get better. They'll get it
  • Varine Varine:
    They won't get feel down while they do the thermometer, but we didn't have an instant read probe when I was learning. Like they did but god knows how off it is, you HAD to do it by feel. Even if the chef was fine with me bringing my own, it takes too long. Poke and know
  • The Helper The Helper:
    420 threads in the Artificial Intelligence forum :)
  • The Helper The Helper:
    Happy Monday!
     +1
  • The Helper The Helper:
    and then it was Tuesday!
     +1

      The Helper Discord

      Members online

      No members online now.
      Online now:
      555 (members: 0, guests: 555)

      Share this page

      Affiliates

      Hive Workshop NUON Dome World Editor Tutorials
      Top