Target units in a cone or line clarification.

[Solu9]

So I know how to target units in a circle around the hero. But how do I target units in a frontal cone or line?

 

[NotInTheFace]

Unfortunately, there's no built-in way. You have 2 options:

1) split up the area you want to target into a bunch of circles

2) use a big circle that covers your entire target area and then ignore any units not in your cone/line.

The good news is you finally get to use something from your geometry class

 

[Solu9]

The good news is you finally get to use something from your geometry class

....crap



For the second option. Could you create a small trigger to show how it could be done?

Edit: FYI I got the trigger to work. Here it is.

• Power Strike Damage
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Power Strike (Sleep)
  • Actions
    • Set PowerStrike_CastUnit = (Position of (Casting unit))
    • Set PowerStrike_TargetUnit = (Target point of ability being cast)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 800.00 of PowerStrike_CastUnit matching (((Owner of (Matching unit)) Equal to Player 1 (Red)) and (((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True))) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set PowerStrike_Loc = (Position of (Picked unit))
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Integer((Angle from PowerStrike_CastUnit to PowerStrike_Loc))) Greater than or equal to (Integer(((Angle from PowerStrike_CastUnit to PowerStrike_TargetUnit) - 30.00)))
            • (Integer((Angle from PowerStrike_CastUnit to PowerStrike_Loc))) Less than or equal to (Integer(((Angle from PowerStrike_CastUnit to PowerStrike_TargetUnit) + 30.00)))
          • Then - Actions
            • Unit - Cause (Casting unit) to damage (Picked unit), dealing ((Real((Intelligence of (Casting unit) (Include bonuses)))) + ((Real((Strength of (Casting unit) (Include bonuses)))) x 2.00)) damage of attack type Normal and damage type Normal
            • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the chest of (Picked unit) using Abilities\Spells\Orc\Purge\PurgeBuffTarget.mdl
            • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
          • Else - Actions
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_PowerStrike_Loc)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_PowerStrike_CastUnit)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_PowerStrike_TargetUnit)