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Miswritten SFX

Templarian Arch Sorcerer's picture
Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-31 12:35

It seems that most of my SFX seems to send the wrong worldmsg.
For this SFX, I COULD place damage into the SFX itself, but then the spell will not have any control over the damage. Tell me, what is wrong with this SFX to make it not do damage, and more importantly where could I find a list of all possible worldmsgs for SFX?

*THIS CODE IS COPYRIGHTED*

[effect_script*]
{
	name	=cloudkill;

	script	=
	[[


		sfx create Steam #TARGET
		"color0(0.755,1.000,0.000)velocity(0.000,4.000,0.000)accel(0.000,0.000,0.000)wispsize(0.000)count(20)min_count(20)ts(0.500)scale(5.000)";
		set $p_0 #POP;
		sfx start $p_0;

		sfx create Steam #TARGET
		"color0(0.746,1.000,0.000)velocity(0.000,0.000,4.000)accel(0.000,0.000,0.000)wispsize(0.000)count(20)min_count(20)offset(0.000,0.000,2.290)ts(0.500)scale(5.000)";
		set $p_1 #POP;
		sfx start $p_1;

		sfx create Steam #TARGET
		"color0(0.746,1.000,0.000)velocity(0.000,0.000,-4.000)accel(0.000,0.000,0.000)wispsize(0.000)count(20)min_count(20)offset(0.000,0.000,-2.290)ts(0.500)scale(5.000)";
		set $p_2 #POP;
		sfx start $p_2;

		sfx create Steam #TARGET
		"color0(0.755,1.000,0.000)velocity(-4.000,0.000,0.000)accel(0.000,0.000,0.000)wispsize(0.000)count(20)min_count(20)offset(-2.290,0.000,0.000)ts(0.500)scale(5.000)";
		set $p_3 #POP;
		sfx start $p_3;

		sfx create Steam #TARGET
		"color0(0.746,1.000,0.000)velocity(4.000,0.000,0.000)accel(0.000,0.000,0.000)wispsize(0.000)count(20)min_count(20)offset(2.290,0.000,0.000)ts(0.500)scale(5.000)";
		set $p_4 #POP;
		sfx start $p_4;

		// invisible flame that actually does the damage, because steam is harmless :P
		sfx create Fire #TARGET
		"color0(0.000,0.000,0.000)color1(0.000,0.000,0.000)velocity(0.000,0.000,0.000)accel(0.000,0.000,0.000)max_radius(10.000)damage()scale(5.000)";
		set $p_5 #POP;
		sfx start $p_5;

		worldmsg WE_SPELL_SYNC_END #INVALID_GOID #OWNER_GOID #TARGET_GOID;



	]];
}

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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-31 15:18

You would think that 12 views and 3 hours later, someone would know... Sad
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Submitted by xmen90s on Mon, 2006-07-31 17:57

Templarian Arch Sorcerer wrote:
where could I find a list of all possible worldmsgs for SFX?

technically you can put any eWorldEvent as the paramater into that sfx function, so just look at a help.log for a complete listing.
realistically, the list of relevant eWorldEvents used to be on siegeworks.org but it no longer exists.

the world message is probably being sent fine, you just aren't detecting it properly (ie. re-write your code to detect the world message )
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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-31 20:29

That is no help. I think i will just cheat and match the spell damage to the damage that the invisible flame does in the SFX script, i have a lot of work to do and i will not let this barrier block my progress.
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Submitted by xmen90s on Mon, 2006-07-31 20:44

i don't see how that post was no help

i stated what mistake i think you are likely making and it seems like you aren't listening to this in order to correct the problem
if i offer advice (and a solution) and you just decide to ignore it please don't say i'm not being helpful
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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-31 21:07

xmen90s wrote:
i don't see how that post was no help

i stated what mistake i think you are likely making and it seems like you aren't listening to this in order to correct the problem
if i offer advice (and a solution) and you just decide to ignore it please don't say i'm not being helpful

Adding the damage directly into the invisible fire fixes it. Wink
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