Snippet DummyCaster

[Viikuna]

I usually prefer neutral passive for dummy caster, instead of neutral hostile.

Its not nice to get: " Out troops are under attack" messages when dummy caster casts some positive buffs to my troops for example.

 

[Weep]

...meh. Making it a global with that name requires vJASS anyway, so I'm back to voting against making it a requirement.

(What about the other questions I edited in? Also, Viikuna has another good point.)

 

[Viikuna]

Yea, I too used to use neutral hostile, but neutral passive seems to be more reliable.

Also, I think this requires vJass already, because of all those library and struct thingies.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

>Yea, I too used to use neutral hostile, but neutral passive seems to be more reliable.
I agree. Also doesn't show a green circle for a creep spawn thing. Might change that.

 

[13lade619]

bumping this..

Dummy unit lacks / has some oversights:

Dummy displays on minimap creep camp. (disable via OE field)
Dummy has collision (fix by setting movement to flying)
Dummy has sight range (set to zero)

 

[SanKakU]

didn't read through everything, but read the code introduction and the first few code lines.

got one question.

is this system basically designed in mind for use with making custom creep spells? because that's what i was pondering using it for.

 

[priest170234]

One question...
Since the player is set to Neutral..
It will be neutral who kills the unit instead of the player who kills it!
How can I change that?

 

[Weep]

One question...
Since the player is set to Neutral..
It will be neutral who kills the unit instead of the player who kills it!
How can I change that?

If you're good enough with vJass to want to use this system, you ought to also know that the spells cast by a dummy shouldn't do any damage; it should all be triggered, and then you can have the damage source be whatever unit you want (ie. the "real" caster).

Otherwise, just change the dummy's owning player before casting, and back to neutral afterward.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

Yep. And unless extra buff tray icons bother you, I'd use this through Status only.

 

[Buzzard]

//      Thanks:
//     ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
//          - Viikuna for demonstrating how to make dummy casters cast instantaneously.
//

Ming sharing how? Is there more than setting the dummy unit's cast point and back-swing to 0.00?

 

[emjlr3]

um...is it just me or is this caster dummy difficult to move...?

 

[PurgeandFire]

It has a movement speed of 0. You'll have to change that. This is meant mostly for dummy casting. idk whether or not increasing the movement speed alters the functionality of the dummy caster though, I never tried it.

 

[Weep]

It has a movement speed of 0. You'll have to change that. This is meant mostly for dummy casting. idk whether or not increasing the movement speed alters the functionality of the dummy caster though, I never tried it.

Yes, having 0 movement speed is essential* for the dummy to be able to cast instantly, without having to turn.

*A unit with movement speed can be made to function like this by removing 'Amov' from it.

 

[emjlr3]

a movement speed of 0 also makes it impossible to move, anywhere, even via triggers?

 

[Weep]

No, it's possible; the "unit" will move with SetUnitX/Y, but its model will not. Alternately, the unit and model both will move with SetUnitPosition. As a third option, with some extra code, you can make a turning, movable, instantly-casting dummy; read how at the link.

 

[emjlr3]

hmm ok, good stuff