Launching units into the air

[227Minutes]

Lets say I have a spell that launches nearby enemy units into the air

And stunning them temporarily? How do I do this? lol

Thanks

 

[Dyslexia://]

Impale.

 

[227Minutes]

Impale.

But with impale you cant adjust the height, can you?

And how would you get it to work without the spike effect? If i remove the Impale (Effect) effect, the affected units just dissapear for a while, instead of flying up and down.

 

[Sim]

Well, in the trigger editor you can change a unit's current flying height, which will cause it to go up in the air.

With the event Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game-time or so you should be able to have something smooth.

 

[NeuroToxin]

Note, with Daxtremes method, you have to add crow form, then remove it, then change the height

 

[227Minutes]

Note, with Daxtremes method, you have to add crow form, then remove it, then change the height

Can you explain this process in detail please? ;D

 

[Sajin]

INTEL
events
map intel

conditions
none

actions
set Max_Height_Launch = 10

------

CAST
events
unit starts the effect of an ability

conditions
ability = launch

actions
set Launch_unit = target of ability being cast
add crow form to Launch_Unit
turn on rise

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RISE
events
every 0.05 seconds

conditions
none

actions
if -
Launch_Unit_Height less then Max_Height_Launch
then -
Set Launch_Unit_Height = Launch_Unit current flying height + 1 //ground units have a default fly-height of 0
else -
turn off this trigger
turn on Fall

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FALL
events
every 0.05 seconds

conditions
none

actions
if -
Launch_Unit_Height greater then 0
then -
Set Launch_Unit_Height = Launch_Unit current flying height - 1
else -
if -
Launch_Unit_height = 0
then-
Turn off this trigger
Remove Crow Form from Launch_Unit




thats basicly it well thats how I do it(in essence anyhow, this trigger leaks )

 

[skyblader]

Just use hashtables, I think it's more MUI and you can do it in 2 triggers.

 

[Sajin]

Just use hashtables, I think it's more MUI and you can do it in 2 triggers.

*me dun know how to hash the tables *

 

[227Minutes]

Just use hashtables, I think it's more MUI and you can do it in 2 triggers.

Care to elaborate?


And Sajin

How do I do it using your method? For rising, do I set the current flying height to that height variable, then set the variable to variable+1 (or +however much I need)? Cause the way you wrote it out, you dont really change the unit flying height lol:

Set Launch_Unit_Height = Launch_Unit current flying height + 1 //ground units have a default fly-height of 0

Doesn't that only change the variable, not the unit height?

 

[skyblader]

Actually you dont need hashtables to make it MUI, you only need hashtables if you need to save damage/different heights for units. But this is another method.

• Casted
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Throw
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add (Target unit of ability being cast) to FlyingGroup
    • Unit - Add Crow Form to (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Remove Crow Form from (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Unit - Create 1 Dummy for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at TempPoint facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Add Dummy stun and damage to (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Add a 1.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Human Mountain King - Storm Bolt (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)

• Change Height
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Greater than or equal to MaxFlyHeight
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup
            • Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight + FlySpeed) at 0.00
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup2 and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight - FlySpeed) at 0.00

Edit:

The second trigger should be this instead.

• Change Height
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Greater than or equal to MaxFlyHeight
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup
            • Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight + FlySpeed) at 0.00
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup2 and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Less than or equal to (Default flying height of (Picked unit) + 10.00)
          • Then - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (Default flying height of (Picked unit)) at 0.00
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight - FlySpeed) at 0.00

And a setup trigger

• Setup
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
    • Set Hash = (Last created hashtable)
    • Set FlySpeed = 50.00
    • Set MaxFlyHeight = 400.00

 

[227Minutes]

Actually you dont need hashtables to make it MUI, you only need hashtables if you need to save damage/different heights for units. But this is another method.

• Casted
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Throw
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add (Target unit of ability being cast) to FlyingGroup
    • Unit - Add Crow Form to (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Remove Crow Form from (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Set TempPoint = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Unit - Create 1 Dummy for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at TempPoint facing Default building facing degrees
    • Unit - Add Dummy stun and damage to (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Add a 1.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
    • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Human Mountain King - Storm Bolt (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_TempPoint)

• Change Height
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Greater than or equal to MaxFlyHeight
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup
            • Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight + FlySpeed) at 0.00
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup2 and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Less than or equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight - FlySpeed) at 0.00

Edit:

The second trigger should be this instead.

• Change Height
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Greater than or equal to MaxFlyHeight
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup
            • Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight + FlySpeed) at 0.00
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FlyingGroup2 and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set CurrentHeight = (Current flying height of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • CurrentHeight Less than or equal to (Default flying height of (Picked unit) + 10.00)
          • Then - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (Default flying height of (Picked unit)) at 0.00
            • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from FlyingGroup2
          • Else - Actions
            • Animation - Change (Picked unit) flying height to (CurrentHeight - FlySpeed) at 0.00

And a setup trigger

• Setup
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
    • Set Hash = (Last created hashtable)
    • Set FlySpeed = 50.00
    • Set MaxFlyHeight = 400.00

Thanks dude. I didnt do it quite like you did, I used two triggers for the up/down instead, cause for some reason it was messing up for me lol, but still i pretty much used most of your method.

 

[NeuroToxin]

Wait, couldn't you just do

• Lalala
  • Events
  • Unit - A Unit starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) equal to Launch
  • Actions
  • Custom Script: local unit u = GetTriggerUnit()
  • Custom Script: set udg_Caster = u
  • Unit - Add Crow Form to Caster
  • Unit - Remove Crow Form from Caster
  • Animation - Set Caster fly height to X over X seconds.
  • Wait(X seconds)
  • Animation - Set Caster fly height to 0 over X seconds.

 

[227Minutes]

Wait, couldn't you just do

• Lalala
  • Events
  • Unit - A Unit starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) equal to Launch
  • Actions
  • Custom Script: local unit u = GetTriggerUnit()
  • Custom Script: set udg_Caster = u
  • Unit - Add Crow Form to Caster
  • Unit - Remove Crow Form from Caster
  • Animation - Set Caster fly height to X over X seconds.
  • Wait(X seconds)
  • Animation - Set Caster fly height to 0 over X seconds.

That doesn't allow for gravitational acceleration.

 

[skyblader]

Yes it would.. You just have to adjust the rate, but the wait there... Wouldn't cause a problem?