Multishot with barrage - fail, please help.

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megaddd

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Hello, i was trying to make an electricity tower do multishot, i set everything in the ability right, but when i tested, it only attacks 1 enemy at a time.. I was really dissapointed, because i checked everything 3 times, but still didn't work.

ability specs:
Art - animation names:
Art - area affect:
Art - Button pos:
Art - Button pos:
Art - Button pos:
Art - Button pos:
Art - Caster
Art - Caster - blah
Art - Caster - blah
Art - Caster - blah
Art - Effect
art icon:
art icon:
art lighting affects:
art- Missile Arc: 0.00
Art-Projectile art: Power_orb.mdx (doesn't work, shows as invisible, pls help)
art - Target
art - Target atch pts:
art - Target atch pts:
art - Target atch pts:
art - Target atch pts:
art - Target atch pts:
art - Target atch: 0
Data - damage per target: 50.0
Data - Max number of targets: 5
Data - Maximum total damage: 99999.0
Sound - Effect Sound: None
Sound - Effect Sound(Looping): None
Stats - Area of effect: 1200.0
Stats - buffs
Stats - Casting range: 0.0
Stats - Casting time: 0.0
Stats - Cooldown: 2.0
Stats - Duration - Hero: 1.0
Stats - Duration - Normal: 1.0
Stats - Effects
Stats - Hero ability: False
Stats - Item ability: False
Stats - Levels: 1
Stats - Mana Cost: 0
Stats - Priority for spell steal: 0
Stats - Race: Human
Stats - Targets allowed: Air,Enemy,Ground
Stats - Check Dependencies: True
Stats - Requirements: Upgrade Electricity Towers
Stats - Requirements - Levels:
Text - Editor Suffix:
Text - Hotkey normal:
Text - Hotkey turn-off:
Text - Name: Multishot
Text - Orderstring Activate:
Text - Orderstring Deactivate:
Text - Orderstring turn on/off:
Text - Orderstring Use/turn on:
Text - Tooltip - Normal: Barrage
Text - Tooltip - Normal - extended: Fires powerful electricity bolts at nearby enemy units, dealing <hrtt,mindmg2> - <hrtt,maxdmg2> damage per hit.


Please help, this is getting really annoying to me .. :banghead::confused:

Thanks.

Edit: by the way, just in case you ask, i made the towers immobile units.
 
Tom Jones

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Try resetting the projectile art, and try it again. If it works, the custom model is breaking the ability.
 
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Dasslokk

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this ability is a pain in the ass, and it has caused me plenty of frustration.
This is how i got it working:
Make sure your unit has it as a normal ability, then change it to a hero ability (and nothing more).

EDIT:
What i mean is changing "Stats - Hero ability: False" to true.
 
Tom Jones

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It seems that even though you remove the techtree requirement, the upgrade must still be researched in order for the ability to work. I did this and got it working:
Trigger:
  • Test
    • Events
      • Map initialization
    • Conditions
    • Actions
      • For each (Integer A) from 1 to (Number of players), do (Actions)
        • Loop - Actions
          • Player - Set the current research level of Barrage to 1 for (Player((Integer A)))
 
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Oh nvm, attaching. (sorry accidently double posted)
 

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ok, so I took a new look at it and managed to fix it this way:

the unit I wanted the ability on only used attack 1, so I enabled attack 2 and set it with ground as allowed targets. It's seems very weird to me, but just check the Siege Engine (barrage) unit the the humans "special" folder and the regular siege engine unit and you will see that difference.

worked great for me.
 
Tom Jones

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Not max research level allowed, but current research level (that action is just above the action you used).
 
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The modified ability for the regular siege engine with barrage worked, but when i set everything the same and used multishot on my tower, it just replaced the original attack of the tower :banghead:
 

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I looked through your map and here's what I changed

Result: 3 unit multishot with Attack Type 1

Under Temporary Electricity Tower:
Attack Type 1: Missile
Attack Type 1 Number of Targets Allowed: 3
Attacks: Attack 1 Only

Under Multishot:
Number of Targets Allowed: 3
Projectile: Necropolis/Spirit Tower
Mana Cost: 0

I hope this helps! :)
 
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Cres said:
I looked through your map and here's what I changed

Result: 3 unit multishot with Attack Type 1

Under Temporary Electricity Tower:
Attack Type 1: Missile
Attack Type 1 Number of Targets Allowed: 3
Attacks: Attack 1 Only

Under Multishot:
Number of Targets Allowed: 3
Projectile: Necropolis/Spirit Tower
Mana Cost: 0

I hope this helps! :)
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YOU ROCK!! Thanks alot man ! Thanks for all your help guys !
 
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