Redo of Winged Steps

Subject: Redo of Winged Steps Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:44 pm

Winged Steps (3 levels) [E]
Passive Effect: Increases Movement Speed based on your distance from the nearest enemy
Use Effect: Increases your movement speed to its maximum for a few seconds.

Mana Cost: 65/100/135
Casting Type: Instant
Casting Range: Personal
Cooldown: 23 seconds
Duration: 2/4/6 seconds
Skill Point Cost: 5/5/5
Total Skill Point Cost: 15

So I would Suggest that keepign this spell exactly as is however adding a passive effect to self that would make you faster the farther away from the nearest enemy you are starting at a certain range, whatever combat is, with 7.11 i think thats 1050 now.

So basically lets say I die while my team is at the enemies base, i rez 60 seconds later and am extremely far from the battle, so winged steps registers that Im far away and makes my move speed max, as I get closer to the battle I gradually lose that move speed untill finally Im within Combat range of any enemy unit.

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i like it, sounds great for people to go back to battle. bounce

but CAN IT BE DONE?? if so i totally support it.

Subject: Re: Redo of Winged Steps Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:54 pm

hmmm...it could be done but it would probably cause rather nasty lag since you would have to constantly refresh unit positions. If you did it so it was not gradual it could be done, like enter 3k within enemy you go x speed 2k y speed 1k z speed.

Subject: Re: Redo of Winged Steps Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:46 pm

diaster wrote:: hmmm...it could be done but it would probably cause rather nasty lag since you would have to constantly refresh unit positions. If you did it so it was not gradual it could be done, like enter 3k within enemy you go x speed 2k y speed 1k z speed.

It shouldnt actually be that bad at all, if the period of the speed update isnt more than 5x per second. native GroupEnumUnitsInRange is very fast, if i was going to do it, I would do:

Code:: struct WingedStepsBuff
integer duration
unit mage
static method create takes integer d, unit mage returns WingedStepsBuff
local WingedStepsBuff data=WingedStepsBuff.allocate()
set data.duration=d
set data.mage=mage
return data
endmethod
method onDestroy takes nothing returns nothing
set this.mage=null
endmethod
endstruct

scope WingedSteps

globals
private constant real minimum=1050
private constant real maximum=3000
private constant real checkRadiusIncrement=100
private constant integer abilId=<ability id>
private constant real loopPeriod=0.20
player globalPlayer
endglobals

private function EnemyCheck takes nothing returns nothing
return IsUnitEnemy(GetFilterUnit(), globalPlayer)
endfunction

private function Periodic takes WingedStepsBuff i returns nothing
local real x=GetUnitX(i.mage)
local real y=GetUnitY(i.mage)
local unit t
local group g
local real r=minimum
if(i.duration>0) then
loop
set globalPlayer=GetOwningPlayer(i.mage)
call GroupEnumUnitsInRange(g, x, y, r, Filter(function EnemyCheck))
set t=FirstOfGroup(g)
exitwhen t!=null
exitwhen r>maximum
set r=r+checkRadiusIncrement
endloop
call SetUnitMoveSpeed(i.mage, GetUnitDefaultMoveSpeed(i.mage)+(522-GetUnitDefaultMoveSpeed(i.mage))*r/3000
set i.duration=i.duration-1
else
call SetUnitMoveSpeed(i.mage, GetUnitDefaultMoveSpeed(i.mage))
call i.destroy()
endif
call ReleaseGroup(g)
set g=null
set t=null
endfunction

public function Loop takes nothing returns nothing
local WingedStepsBuff n=1
loop
exitwhen Integer(n)>si__WingedStepsBuff_I
if(si__WingedStepsBuff_V[n]==-1) then
call Periodic(n)
endif
endloop
endfunction

private function Conditions takes nothing returns boolean
return GetSpellAbilityId()==abilId
endfunction

private function Actions takes nothing returns nothing
local WingedStepsBuff n=WingedStepsBuff.create(R2I(I2R(GetUnitAbilityLevel(GetTriggerUnit(), abilId))*2/loopPeriod), GetTriggerUnit())
endfunction

public function InitTrig takes nothing returns nothing
local trigger trig=CreateTrigger()
call TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ(trig, EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_SPELL_EFFECT)
call TriggerAddCondition(trig, Condition(function Conditions))
call TriggerAddAction(trig, function Actions)
endfunction

public function Initialization takes nothing returns nothing
local timer t=NewTimer()
call TimerStart(t, loopPeriod, true, function WingedSteps_Loop)
endfunction
endscope

Sorry if there are any errors in the code, I don't have access to my laptop and this isn't my computer, so this never touched a Jass editor. I'm in another state and I'm bored or I wouldn't have done this. Requires the CSSafety library and a function to call the initialization for the timer.

Edit: Epic failure, the spell already maxes out your movespeed, If the code above was used, the minimum and maximum ranges would have to be lowered, and the actual duration of the spell would have to be increased to make it effective in any way. Redoing the spell in this way to have the same duration but not be a complete nerf would be to make an entire movement system, and those are a bitch to make, with cliffs and trees and things. And a movement system like that would in fact require a lot more rapid use of GroupEnumUnitsInRange, which could cause slowdown.

Subject: Re: Redo of Winged Steps Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:04 am

Sigh, I'll look at that later, Pyth. Simply don't have the time or awakedness to do it now...

Subject: Re: Redo of Winged Steps Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:47 pm

SinisteRing wrote:: Sigh, I'll look at that later, Pyth. Simply don't have the time or awakedness to do it now...

I havent tested it, but it should work if you just straight paste it into a trigger named WingedSteps and change the abilID=<ability ID> to the ability id for the spell. I'd recommend increasing the 2 multiplier in the Actions function, if this is going to be used, to 2.5 or 3. Increase the tooltip and buff durations attached to the GUI dummy spell to the appropriate durations per level and decreasing the movement speed effect to 0%