Possible conflict? Area damage and Timed Life?

[chovynz]

I wonder if anyone else has come across this.

I create a unit, then apply a Generic expiration.
At expiration the unit dies and deals x damage to the surrounding area.

The expiring unit can be damaged directly (i.e. if my hero attacks it.) Any normal units that are in the damage area get hurt. Any units that have a generic expiration in the damage area does not get hurt.

Anyone know why this is and if theres a way to fix it so the expiring units damage any closeby units that already have an expiration?

 

[Choppa]

How are you damaging the surrounding units?

 

[chovynz]

area damage
In Gui

Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 500.00 at (Center of (Playable map area)), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal

In Jass

   call UnitDamagePoint(Unit, delay, radius, X, Y, amount, attackboolean, rangedboolean, attackType, damagetype, weapontype)

native UnitDamagePoint takes unit whichUnit, real delay, real radius, real x, real y, real amount, boolean attack, boolean ranged, attacktype attackType, damagetype damageType, weapontype weaponType returns boolean

My triggers if you must know.

   set Mine = CreateUnit(GetOwningPlayer(Caster), MineID(), CasterX, CasterY, bj_UNIT_FACING)
   call UnitApplyTimedLife(Mine ,'BTLF', MineFuse())
   call TriggerSleepAction(MineFuse())

   set Explosion = CreateUnit(GetOwningPlayer(Caster),'h00Q',GetUnitX(Mine),GetUnitY(Mine),bj_UNIT_FACING)
   call UnitDamagePoint(Mine, 0, MineBlastRadius(), GetUnitX(Mine), GetUnitY(Mine), MineDamage(), true, false, ATTACK_TYPE_MELEE, DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL, WEAPON_TYPE_WHOKNOWS)
   call UnitApplyTimedLife(Explosion, 'BTLF', 2)

 

[Choppa]

As in like a meat wagon splash?
Edit:
Are the timed units invulnerable to that attack type or damage type?

 

[darkRae]

So you don't want the Expiring Unit to damage any other Expiring Unit?
Well, as far as I know, 'Unit - Damage Area' deals damage to ALL units.

My suggestion is to add units with Expiration Timer (after you give it) to a Unit Group.
Then when you're going to do damage, pick all units within the expiring unit that doesn't belong to that Unit Group, and cause it to damage Picked Unit.

Hope it helps

 

[chovynz]

As in like a meat wagon splash?
Edit:
Are the timed units invulnerable to that attack type or damage type?

I dont think so. They are based off Goblin Land Mine. They have the AOE damage upon death (Goblin Mine) (This might be the thing interfering actually, now that I think about it.)

Edit: I turn on all options in the object editor, i changed the AOE type to big mine and sappers...No change at all.

So you don't want the Expiring Unit to damage any other Expiring Unit?
Well, as far as I know, 'Unit - Damage Area' deals damage to ALL units.

My suggestion is to add units with Expiration Timer (after you give it) to a Unit Group.
Then when you're going to do damage, pick all units within the expiring unit that doesn't belong to that Unit Group, and cause it to damage Picked Unit.

Hope it helps

I thought it damaged all units as well. I DO want it to damage every unit. That's why this puzzles me.

 

[Choppa]

I just wanted to make sure, do you mean to have the midpoint in the centre of the map?

Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 500.00 at (Center of (Playable map area)), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal

 

[Somatic]

You want it to Damage all units in the area, including all other mines or not.

 

[chovynz]

-.-
I think I'm not being clear.

Yes, I want the mine to damage all units, including other mines.
My unit is a custom unit based off Goblin Mine. The mines have the AOE damage upon death (Goblin Mine) ability.

All mines have a timed life applied to them (that's a Generic Expiration to all you Guiers.) When they die they explode.

The ONLY units that are NOT getting affected by the mines explosions, but they SHOULD BE affected, are other mines.

Changing the AOE damage to sappers or Big Mine in the object editor, nor targeted as, nor allow targets doesn't make the mines take damage.

Choppa: that GUI code has nothing to do with my trigger. That is the standard Damage Area GUI Action. I am using Jass which looks like this:

   call UnitDamagePoint(Mine, 0, MineBlastRadius(), GetUnitX(Mine), GetUnitY(Mine), MineDamage(), true, false, ATTACK_TYPE_MELEE, DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL, WEAPON_TYPE_WHOKNOWS)

 

[TheDamien]

Damage area is buggy. Use a ForGroup instead.

 

[chovynz]

How would I do that?

 

[darkRae]

Ooh, now I get it, but I don't know the correct solution yet XD
Try picking all the mines nearby, kill them and do damage.

 

[TheDamien]

How would I do that?

It is something like this, off the top of my head:

function DoStuff2 takes nothing returns nothing
    if (etc..) then
        call UnitDamageTarget(etc..)
    endif
endfunction

function DoStuff1 takes nothing returns nothing
    local group g = CreateGroup()
    call GroupEnumUnitsInRange(g, <x>, <y>, <radius>, null)
    call ForGroup(g, function DoStuff2)
endfunction

You can pass data between the functions with globals.

 

[Somatic]

If the mines have hp lesser than the explosion damage, then use trigger to pick them up and Kill them