Trigger help - travelling fireball spell

[FMAlchemist]

ive been wokring on this for almost a whole day nows, and well, i cant make it ><

what im trying to do: a hero shoots a fireball in a direction. fireball travels for 1sec, and then blows up,

But

if fireball encounters a unit in its way, it will blow up, delaing damage.

i cannot trigger this, all ive got is the fireball to fly to a certain point,

~~ how do i make it travel in the direction of the ability being cast. no mater how far or close it is, and, how do i make it explaode once it hits a unit .

PLZ help.

 

[LurkerAspect]

To make it explode, give it the ability "AOE damage upon death".

This trigger should make it move and explode after a while:

Exploding fireball
    Events
        Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units of type Fireball) and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Move To ((Position of (Picked unit)) offset by 100.00 towards (Facing of (Picked unit)) degrees)
                If ((Number of units in (Units within 300.00 of (Position of (Picked unit)))) Greater than or equal to 1) then do (Unit - Kill (Picked unit)) else do (Do nothing)
                Unit - Set the custom value of (Picked unit) to ((Custom value of (Picked unit)) + 10)
                If ((Custom value of (Picked unit)) Greater than or equal to 100) then do (Unit - Kill (Picked unit)) else do (Do nothing)

 

[Holla.]

just an idea. maybe you could do somthing with stampede. like use the spell it shoots a lizard(fireball) out and it will explode but that may not work :/

 

[BlackRose]

Won't Carrion Swarm Work? Create a Special Effect using Triggers, an explode effect.

 

[LurkerAspect]

Won't Carrion Swarm Work? Create a Special Effect using Triggers, an explode effect.

Carrion Swarm goes through targets. He wants it to stop at the first target.

 

[FMAlchemist]

herm, this trigger seems very limited.

wisp = the fireball itself
Wisp Ex = the dummy unit created at the position of the targeted area.

(Wisp Ex orriginally made, cuz if the hero casted close, the fireball will explode on encounter with with the dummy, so if u casted next to urself, it will explode in ur face)

Fire hero spell
    Events
        Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
    Conditions
        (Ability being cast) Equal to Fireball 
    Actions
        Unit - Create 1 Wisp for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at ((Position of (Triggering unit)) offset by (500.00, 0.00)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Set main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created unit)
        Unit - Create 1 Ex Wisp for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at (Target point of ability being cast) facing Default building facing degrees
        Set main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created unit)
        Unit - Make main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] Invulnerable
        Unit - Hide main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Unit - Order main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] to Move To (Target point of ability being cast)
        -------- Fire Spell Startup --------
        Trigger - Add to Fire hero spell Ex <gen> the event (Unit - A unit comes within 100.00 of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))])
        -------- Vision Start up --------
        Wait 1.00 seconds
        Unit - Explode main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]) using Abilities\Spells\Human\Feedback\SpellBreakerAttack.mdl
        Set player_spell_special_Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created special effect)
        Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 100.00 at (Position of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Fire
        Unit - Explode main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Wait 0.50 seconds
        Special Effect - Destroy player_spell_special_Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]

when encountering with a unit.

Fire hero spell Ex
    Events
    Conditions
        (Triggering unit) Equal to (Triggering unit)
    Actions
        Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 100.00 at (Position of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]), dealing 50.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Fire
        Unit - Explode main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Unit - Explode main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]) using Abilities\Spells\Human\Feedback\SpellBreakerAttack.mdl
        Set player_spell_special_Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created special effect)
        Wait 0.50 seconds
        Special Effect - Destroy player_spell_special_Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]

the tirgger seems very complex for my likeing, and get real confsuing. yet, i have no idea how to fix. ~~ plz help

 

[FMAlchemist]

just an idea. maybe you could do somthing with stampede. like use the spell it shoots a lizard(fireball) out and it will explode but that may not work :/

ill try this. but it might summon it at random points

 

[FMAlchemist]

bump~

plz help, i see this in so many games, but i dont knwo what im doing wrong =[

~~

 

[vypur85]

        Unit - Create 1 Wisp for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at ((Position of (Triggering unit)) offset by (500.00, 0.00)) facing Default building facing degrees
        Set main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created unit)
        Unit - Create 1 Ex Wisp for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at (Target point of ability being cast) facing Default building facing degrees
        Set main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created unit)
        Unit - Make main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] Invulnerable
        Unit - Hide main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Unit - Order main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] to Move To (Target point of ability being cast)
        -------- Fire Spell Startup --------
        Trigger - Add to Fire hero spell Ex <gen> the event (Unit - A unit comes within 100.00 of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))])
        -------- Vision Start up --------
        Wait 1.00 seconds
        Unit - Explode main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]) using Abilities\Spells\Human\Feedback\SpellBreakerAttack.mdl
        Set player_spell_special_Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))] = (Last created special effect)
        Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 100.00 at (Position of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]), dealing 100.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Fire
        Unit - Explode main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
       [B] Wait 0.50 seconds[/B]
        Special Effect - Destroy player_spell_special_Effect[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]

Why use wait to destroy the special effect? I think you can destroy it immediately. Anyway.. Instead of using wait 1 second, just give your dummy a 1 second expiration timer. Then in another trigger with the event 'A unit Dies', you trigger the explosion. As for the adding unit to another trigger thing, im not too sure. Im kinda busy now, or else i'll happily try it for you .

(I think one of the reason your trigger did not work was because of the waits)

 

[FMAlchemist]

Yeah, i originally had an expiration timer. but then i wanted that if it doesnt hit anything, it still does damage.

but the problem is mainly how it goes through units without exploding.

Trigger - Add to Fire hero spell Ex <gen> the event (Unit - A unit comes within 100.00 of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))])

Fire hero spell Ex
    Events
    Conditions
        (Triggering unit) Not Equal to (Triggering unit)
    Actions
        Unit - Cause (Triggering unit) to damage circular area after 0.00 seconds of radius 100.00 at (Position of main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]), dealing 50.00 damage of attack type Spells and damage type Fire
        Unit - Explode main_attack[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]
        Unit - Explode main_attack_target[(Player number of (Owner of (Triggering unit)))]

I have a main_attack var and main_attack_target var, so if main_attack comes in contact with main_attack_target, it will explode. so if u target a spot closer to u, within the attack time frame, it will explode.

ps. If theres a turtorial for this, please link. i really want to get this spell down packed.