My ability doesnt work

[warcraftguy]

Ok what i did was created a starfall ability and i waned to change it from falling stars to lightning bolts. How do i do that? I changed a hole bunch of stuff but it still is just a blank attack.

 

[SilverHawk]

Open the Starfall buff and modify the field "Art - Effect" to whatever you want it to be. You probably were in the ability editor.

 

[warcraftguy]

i did and it still diddnt work

 

[SilverHawk]

Are you completely sure you edited the buff and not the ability or effect? I tried it and it worked fine for me.

 

[DM Cross]

Done it! Works for me...

SilverHawk is right, and I know this for a fact because I've already done this spell, it's called Storm, in my map. Anyway, what I did was I took the Monsoon buff and effect and just changed the name, its basically the same result with a bit less work.

ALSO! Since you seem to be doing a similar spell, I thought you might like to add rain to your spell? So it seemed like a lightning storm, or whatever? Anyway, here's the trigger, use it if you want

E: Unit - A unit begins casting an ability.
C: (Ability being cast) is Equal to <your ability here>
A: Environment: Create at (Region centered at (Position of Triggering unit)) with size (600.00, 600.00)) the weather effect Ashenvale Rain (Heavy)

Now, you don't have to use that size, or that actual effect, there are other rains, but I liked that one because it sort of forms a bit of dust rolling on the ground, or something, so it looks really chaotic! Also, you CAN (though you don't have to) add the condition
(Triggering unit) is Equal to Hero

Hope that helps ya some, and have fun with the weather effect.

 

[warcraftguy]

ok i got the lightning to show but its not going over teh attacked unit. Its going over the caster?

 

[DM Cross]

Um...can't say I've ever seen my Storm do THAT! Lol, sorry, but I can't help...Copy what you did onto a post, and I'll recreate it to try to troubleshoot it for ya...

 

[SilverHawk]

If that's the case, you most likely edited the effect. The Starfall effect goes on the caster, and the Starfall buff goes on the targets.

 

[1stlancer]

One easy way of seeing what it is you want to replace is to make sure you can see your main editor window while you choose models. Then, you can preview which model you're selecting, or, in your case, what the default model is. Look for the falling star, then change THAT.

P.S. This advice is meaningless for this particular situation, as many posters have already pointed you in the right direction by telling you to edit the buff. This is mainly for future reference.