Working on a "Wyvern Sting" spell.

[Kul'thran]

Magissia from the Hive tried to help me with this one. I want to get it working, but I'm not sure how.

What I want the spell to do: First, the hero fires a projectile that puts the target to sleep. Then, the target sleeps for 30 seconds. After those 30 seconds have passed, the target will suffer some amount damage (let's say 40), every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. If the target is damaged while sleeping, it wakes up and the poison damage above kicks in. I also want to be able to see the poison damage over the unit's head.

Here's what we had:

Trigger:

Wyvern Sting1

Events

Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Wyvern Sting (Sleep)

Actions

Set Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
Set Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster = (Casting unit)
Wait ((Distance between (Position of Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster) and (Position of Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target)) / 900.00) game-time seconds
Trigger - Turn on Wyvern Sting2 <gen>
-------- We let the trigger be active 13 sec + 2X Wyvern sting level +1 sec to be sure the dummy unit will have time to spawn to cast damage over time --------
-------- We are using 2Xlevel + 13 because the duration increase by 2 every level and the level 1 duration is 15 sec, 15-2 sec = 13 --------
-------- You must fix the Wyvern Sting(sleep) to the one on you're map if it change during the copy/past to you're map --------
Wait (14.00 + (2.00 x (Real((Level of Wyvern Sting (Sleep) for (Triggering unit)))))) seconds
-------- Wait info end --------
-------- Clean up --------
Custom script: set udg_Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target = null
Custom script: set udg_Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster = null
-------- Clean up end --------
Trigger - Turn off Wyvern Sting2 <gen>

Part 2:

Trigger:

Wyvern Sting2

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

(Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target is Sleeping) Equal to False
(Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target is dead) Equal to False

Actions

Set Wyvern_Sting_Pos = (Position of Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target)
-------- Change the unit to you're dummy caster unit or copy past the one i maked there and choos him on you're map (i think, like spells, you will have to check if it's the dummy or not) --------
Unit - Create 1 Dummy caster for (Owner of Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster) at Wyvern_Sting_Pos facing 0.00 degrees
Set Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy = (Last created unit)
-------- You must fix the Wyvern Sting(damage) to the one on you're map if it change during the copy/past to you're map --------
Unit - Add Wyvern Sting (damage) (Shadowstrike based) to Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy
-------- You must fix the Wyvern Sting(damage) to the one on you're map if it change during the copy/past to you're map --------
Unit - Set level of Wyvern Sting (damage) (Shadowstrike based) for Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy to (Integer((Real((Level of Wyvern Sting (Sleep) for Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster)))))
Unit - Order Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy to Night Elf Warden - Shadow Strike Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target
Unit - Add a 1.00 second Generic expiration timer to Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy
Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_Wyvern_Sting_Pos )
Custom script: set udg_Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy = null

Problems: No projectile is fired from the hero (Sleep is the base spell); the damage displayed by the Shadow Strike version (Wyvern Sting (damage)) is irregular, and stacks with the initial damage, which also seems to appear every second or so.

My question is: How can this be fixed/made better?

[Drain Pipe]

waits are terrible, refrain from using them whenever possible. And I don't think I've ever found it necessary to use the wait command for abilities.

Also in order to get projectiles from spells that don't normally have a projectile, I recommend giving your casting dummy unit the sphere ability, like what the bloodmage hero has. That always fires a projectile from spells (projectile specified in the sphere ability, not the spell).

[Kul'thran]

"Sphere" ability? I don't remember a Blood Mage having that. All I remember is Flame Strike, Banish, Mana Siphon, and Phoenix.

I was thinking something around using Stormbolt as a base for the starting spell and then using a trigger to put the unit to sleep (with the stun at a .01 duration) when hit by the spell for thirty seconds. Would that work?

As for the original, what would you have us do about the "wait" trigger?

[moyack]

problems:

Sleep is an instant ability, in other words, no missiles can't be set. So use other ability with missile to base on, like storm bolt.

Now do a trigger that detects when the spell has the effect and trigger the removal of the storm bolt buff, make a dummy unit cast sleep on that target.

For the poisoning effect, use other dummy unit to cast an ability based on shadow strike and take advantage of the text tag and damage configurability.

[Drain Pipe]

Only thing is if you don't want a stun effect, then it's not wise to use storm bolt. Try the acid bomb instead if you don't want a stun. Then again, sphere ability works just fine and is more versatile than having an ability that launches a missile. Sphere will always launch a missile regardless of spell type, which is why i prefer it.

BTW it's not a hero ability but a default unit ability.

[ToukoAozaki]

I would suggest using dummy projectile with any kind of DDS. You can put a critical strike with multiplier of 0 and "never miss" set to true.

[Veev]

If the unit sleeps and doesn't move... Then edit stormbolt to have the "sleep" duration you want and then just edit the buff to have the Sleep debuff animation. Then, detect when damage is done to this unit (you need to dynamically add the unit to a damage detection trigger, which can be done in GUI so no need to use JASS or anything). Check whether or not the unit still has the buff, and if he does, remove it and create a dummy that casts a modified shadow strike (assuming you don't want the poison after-effect to be triggered).

So basically... What moyack said, but with one less step. If you're making Wyvern Sting from WoW, then using Storm Bolt as the base (with an edited buff) is fine for what you need for that first bit (stunning the unit for X duration).

Edit: If you still need help and you haven't gotten it, I will most likely make a demo map. I need to run, though. PM me if this is the case.

[Kul'thran]

One problem with Shadow Strike, there's a version Magissia made using Unholy Frenzy instead of Shadow Strike. I modified that version to cast Shadow Strike, but the unit was taking 10 damage every 0 seconds for 15 seconds. Created a bit of a problem that I had no clue how to fix. The fixes are in the above code, but I'll show the code from the first version (part 1 wasn't changed, it was part 2):

Trigger:

Wyvern Sting2

Events

Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

(Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target is Sleeping) Equal to False
(Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target is dead) Equal to False

Actions

Set Wyvern_Sting_Pos = (Position of Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target)
-------- Change the unit to you're dummy caster unit or copy past the one i maked there and choos him on you're map (i think, like spells, you will have to check if it's the dummy or not) --------
Unit - Create 1 Dummy caster for (Owner of Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster) at Wyvern_Sting_Pos facing 0.00 degrees
Set Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy = (Last created unit)
-------- You must fix the Wyvern Sting(damage) to the one on you're map if it change during the copy/past to you're map --------
Unit - Add Wyvern Sting (damage) to Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy
-------- You must fix the Wyvern Sting(damage) to the one on you're map if it change during the copy/past to you're map --------
Unit - Set level of Wyvern Sting (damage) for Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy to (Integer((Real((Level of Wyvern Sting (Sleep) for Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster)))))
Unit - Order Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy to Undead Necromancer - Unholy Frenzy Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target
Unit - Add a 1.00 second Generic expiration timer to Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy
Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_Wyvern_Sting_Pos )
Custom script: set udg_Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy = null

I changed the sting to be based off Shadow Strike, and the dummy unit to be the Warden here. That was it, yet it caused the mass poison damage problem.

Edit: Thanks for all the help so far, BTW. :)

Edit 2: Okay, I tried to do it on my own. I made two triggers.

Trigger 1:

Trigger:

Wyvern Sting3

Events

Unit - A unit Begins casting an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to Wyvern Sting (Sleep 2)

Actions

Set Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster = (Casting unit)
Set Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
Trigger - Turn on Wyvern Sting4 <gen>

Trigger 2:

Trigger:

Wyvern Sting4

Events

Unit - A unit Is attacked

Conditions

(Attacked unit) Equal to Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target
(Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target has buff Sleep) Equal to True

Actions

Unit - Remove Sleep buff from Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target
Unit - Create 1 Dummy caster for (Owner of Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster) at Wyvern_Sting_Pos facing 0.00 degrees
Set Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy = (Last created unit)
Unit - Add Wyvern Sting (Damage 2) to Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy
Unit - Set level of Wyvern Sting (Damage 2) for Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy to (Integer((Real((Level of Wyvern Sting (Sleep 2) for Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster)))))
Unit - Order Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy to Night Elf Warden - Shadow Strike Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target
Wait 2.00 seconds
Custom script: set udg_Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Target = null
Custom script: set udg_Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Caster = null
Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_Wyvern_Sting_Pos )
Custom script: set udg_Wyvern_Sting_Unit_Dummy = null

okay, problem, what happens is this: As soon as Wyvern Sting hits the target it falls asleep for one second and then wakes up as if it's already been attacked, I can't even get to the poison damage part. What am I doing wrong?