Spell Homing Missile

[1337D00D]

Import Difficulty: Moderate

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I've seen a couple people ask for this, but it was never made. Someone has made a different version of this in the past, however it leaks and it is more complex than it needs to be. So here is mine.

This spell launches a missile at a target. The missile will attempt to hit the target, but can miss if the target moves to fast.



You will need KaTTaNa's Handle Vars system, along with a gamecache variable called "GameCache" case sensitive and without quotes. If you already have it, you can skip this.

Importing:
The only thing you need to import is the HandleVars system above and the actual trigger inside the map. Once you have imported the spell, you MUST change the settings inside the trigger. You can customize which spell the trigger goes with, which unit the missile is, the turn rate of the missile, the damage caused for each level of the ability, and how fast the missile travels. You must have an ability to cast this, and a dummy unit that has the Locust ability.

Extras:
-You can change how long the missile will stay alive by adding a negative regeneration rate to the dummy missile unit.
-You can change the model art of the missile unit to be whatever you want.

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Enjoy!

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EDIT: w00 post 140!

 

[emjlr3]

u dont null ur locs, and u do some uneeded things, like

call CreateNUnitsAtLoc(1,HomingMissileDummyId(),GetOwningPlayer(caster),casterpos,(GetUnitFacing(caster)+GetRandomReal(-(HomingMissileAngle()/2.00),(HomingMissileAngle()/2.00))))
call SetHandleHandle(time,"dummy",GetLastCreatedUnit())

could be 1 line

u dont clear the timers cache either, so that is a leak as well

and its kinda weird how if they target is right in front of u attacking u, the missile will shoot out in a circle, and just circle around the target

 

[1337D00D]

Yeah, i forgot to flush xD.

I recently started jassing, so I'm getting there.

Fixed.

And if you want the missile to work at close range, change the random angle to 0.

 

[SFilip]

Ahhh indenting is your friend

First of all

function Trig_OnCastHomingMissile_Conditions takes nothing returns boolean
    if (GetSpellAbilityId() == HomingMissileSpellId() ) then
        return true
    endif
    return false
endfunction

change intro

function Trig_OnCastHomingMissile_Conditions takes nothing returns boolean
    return GetSpellAbilityId() == HomingMissileSpellId()
endfunction

Second...you need some implementation instructions.
As a separate (disabled) trigger...mention that it needs the local handle vars system, link to its topic here, note that the unit and the ability have to be copied and have their ids edited etc.

 

[1337D00D]

Done. Now uses KaTTaNa's system instead of Vexorian's


w00t post 160! xD

 

[elmstfreddie]

I would check it out, but I'm too lazy to get all of those extra things... Try making a spell similar to this (however it works) without having to import extra crap. Other than the importing sounds cool.

 

[1337D00D]

You know you could just download the test map....

 

[elmstfreddie]

? GOOD POINT LOL...
God I am stupid.

Cool spell! I noticed something though, when it "misses" and blows up, even if it's close it doesn't do dmg. Am I seeing wrong, or does it only do damage when it "hits". I think it should do damage even if it misses if it's close

 

[SFilip]

Approved (bump).

 

[NieBla]

Isn't it a little to bit easy to evade, you can see it coming because it's slow and if you just move to the left/right it starts to circle aroud you and dies .

I think you can improbe it by making it faster.

But hey, I'm just a n00b.

 

[SFilip]

> I think you can improbe it by making it faster.
Most likely it can easily be changed by the users. It's slow for demonstration purposes, you wouldn't be able to see that it can miss if it moves too fast.

 

[Sim]

Five Star Bump!

 

[Kazuga]

Nice spell but...

I love this spell, finally somone uses a little bit more fantasy when creating a spell. Though I love this spell, I can't use it since it's in Jass. If you could make it in GUI or tell me how to do to use Jass created spells. Please tell me

 

[The Helper]

5 Star Bump

 

[kingkingyyk3]

This spell is broken, it uses LHV.

 

[Sim]

Thanks!

Naturally, if the author wishes for this spell to be approved again it will need an update!

 

[Sammyboy03]

Answer:

Simple:thup:

Use the fan of knives ability then set the number of targets what ever you want. :thup: