Repeating Special Effect

[CysticCraze]

Hey how do i get a special effect to repeat continually for 10 seconds?

heres my trigger i want the second special effect to loop.

New Ability
    Events
        Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Gernade 
    Actions
        Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 500.00 at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) using Abilities\Spells\Demon\DarkPortal\DarkPortalTarget.mdl
        Wait 2.00 seconds
        Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        Unit - Create 1 Holy Knight for Player 1 (Red) at (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Target point of ability being cast) using Abilities\Spells\Orc\Disenchant\DisenchantSpecialArt.mdl
        Wait 10.00 seconds
        Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

 

[WolfieeifloW]

special effect to loop.

Create a loop and create and destroy the effect for ten seconds, I think that will work.
[Wait for someone more experience to answer though, just to be safe ]

 

[CysticCraze]

Yea but i cant find the effect under the object editor, i think its a model, meaning i gotta do it outside the program?

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Target point of ability being cast) using Abilities\Spells\Orc\Disenchant\DisenchantSpecialArt.mdl

?

Just put this inside a loop:

        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Target point of ability being cast) using Abilities\Spells\Orc\Disenchant\DisenchantSpecialArt.mdl
        Wait 1.00 seconds [b]<-- Every 1 second or whatever[/b]
        Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

?, but make sure it only runs for ten seconds.

 

[YourFace]

why dont you make another trigger with the evnet every 1 second and turn it on at the end of the trigger you posted above(new trigger is initially off)
then do create special effect (whichever effect you want) at the place you want, then destroy it
then wait 10 seconds and turn the trigger off(new one)
also if you want the special effects to follow a unit
then you have to set the variable in the new trigger as well, perhaps a unit group to varify which unit you want
EDIT
also what are you looking for in your second post?

 

[CysticCraze]

Was just in relation to his post, but i see what your saying and thank you

 

[OMGedDude]

A shorter way might be this: *freehand*

Event
<Your Event>
Conditions
<Your Conditions>
Actions
<Your Actions>
For Each Integer A from 1 to <how many times you want it to repeat>
Loop
Special Effect - Create <Your effect> at <your location>
Destroy (last created special effect)

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Event
<Your Event>
Conditions
<Your Conditions>
Actions
<Your Actions>
For Each Integer A from 1 to <how many times you want it to repeat>
Loop
Special Effect - Create <Your effect> at <your location>
Destroy (last created special effect)

That'd be good.

 

[CysticCraze]

How do i set it so it only happens to a specific set of units, all the same ofcourse.

 

[WolfieeifloW]

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    If - Conditions
        [attacked/damaged/etc] unit-type = [footman/peasant/etc] = True
    Then - Actions
        For Each Integer A from 1 to 10
            Loop
                Special Effect - Create <Your effect> at <your location>
                Wait 1.00 seconds
                Destroy (last created special effect)
    Else - Actions

Kay, finally done, that's it there.

 

[Fung]

Is there anyway to make the loop infinite without crashing the user?

I have a spell that frees a units soul (kills them) and plays an effect. I'd like for a beam of some sort to loop where they died. Possible?

 

[istar]

erm... if it would crash the user, that would be a serious issue
use custom effect
instead of making a 2 sec effect loop forever
use a custom effect that is permanent until removed
a little bit increment of map size > crash

 

[WolfieeifloW]

It's not impossible and wouldn't crash the user.
Just make a trigger where when the unit dies, it runs another periodic event.
Then just make the periodic event every...1.00 seconds and create and destroy the SFX.

 

[Fung]

Not entirely sure how to pull that off. Periodic Events can't be fired off as an action, correct? So I would need to make another trigger with this event and have it fired off after the first completes?

Untitled Trigger 004
    Events
        Unit - A unit Dies
    Conditions
    Actions
        Set UnitPoint = (Dying unit)
        Wait 2.00 seconds
        Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the overhead of UnitPoint using Abilities\Spells\Items\TomeOfRetraining\TomeOfRetrainingCaster.mdl
        Wait 3.00 seconds
        Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)

 

[WolfieeifloW]

Hmm...
In GUI I don't really know since the variable gets overwritten.
I meant more of getting that trigger to fire another trigger that has the event of every 1.00 seconds.