Detecting Spellimpact

[Anderzzon]

So I am going to make a "Dubbel Tap" for my Huntress, with every attack she lands there is a X% chance that she will shot another instant arrow that deals damage equal to her agility times <level of ability>. Though when you use the damage function it deals damage instantly, I want it to wait for the "spell-arrow" to land before the agility damage kicks in, anyway to do this without using JASS? (I should learn JASS I know...)

/Anderzzon

 

[Skippy]

You have to trigger it. If you don't want Jass, use GUI (but you should use JASS ). Move the dummy unit of projectile to target unit and when it gets close, kill it and deal damage.

 

[Anderzzon]

So like,
event unit attacks
unit = huntress
if 1-20=1 then
create dummy arrow at location of huntress
order last created unit to move to "Dubbel Tap"
But then I have no idea how it will detect when it gets close.

I was thinking that maybe I could use Shadow Strike ability and make the buff be like .5 seconds long ang start a trigger which happens every .1 seconds for 2 seconds after the dummy cast and make that trigger pick the unit with hte buff and then deal the dmg? Seems easier. Ofc the trigger will turn on/off on cast to prevent lagg.


/Anderzzon

 

[Skippy]

So like,
event unit attacks
unit = huntress
if 1-20=1 then
create dummy arrow at location of huntress
order last created unit to move to "Dubbel Tap"
But then I have no idea how it will detect when it gets close.

Make 2 triggers.
1) Something like yours, but in the end enable trigger 2
2) Every .1 second, if distance between dummy unit and a target is lesser than X than disable trigger, kill dummy unit, deal damage ...

Your idea should work too. Choose the way you want.

 

[Anderzzon]

I think I am going to use my way. But thanks anyways besides who knows? I might have to use the other way sometime and then I have this thread to use as refrence.

/Anderzzon

 

[Bogrim]

The attack event will fire when the unit begins the swing (before the damage is caused), which can be abused by re-issuing attack orders constantly and therefore resetting the swing at an unintended rate.

Use a damage event system like Weep's GDD, which is easy to use in GUI.