Solved Cast with direction

[Tysoch86]

Hi everyone, I am trying to get this spell to cast in the direction my character is facing and am having some difficulty with it.

Here is the script:

-- SpellCreator generated.


-- =============== COMBAT VARS ===============
-- Areas/Combat for 100ms
local combat1_swing = createCombatObject()
setCombatParam(combat1_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_EFFECT, CONST_ME_HITAREA)
setCombatParam(combat1_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_TYPE, COMBAT_PHYSICALDAMAGE)
setCombatParam(combat1_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_BLOCKARMOR, true)
setCombatParam(combat1_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_BLOCKSHIELD, true)
setCombatArea(combat1_swing,createCombatArea({{1},
{2}}))
setCombatFormula(combat1_swing, COMBAT_FORMULA_SKILL, 1, 1, 1, 1)

-- Areas/Combat for 0ms
local combat0_swing = createCombatObject()
setCombatParam(combat0_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_EFFECT, CONST_ME_HITAREA)
setCombatParam(combat0_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_TYPE, COMBAT_PHYSICALDAMAGE)
setCombatParam(combat0_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_BLOCKARMOR, true)
setCombatParam(combat0_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_BLOCKSHIELD, true)
setCombatArea(combat0_swing,createCombatArea({{0, 1},
{2, 0}}))
setCombatFormula(combat0_swing, COMBAT_FORMULA_SKILL, 1, 1, 1, 1)

-- Areas/Combat for 200ms
local combat2_swing = createCombatObject()
setCombatParam(combat2_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_EFFECT, CONST_ME_HITAREA)
setCombatParam(combat2_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_TYPE, COMBAT_PHYSICALDAMAGE)
setCombatParam(combat2_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_BLOCKARMOR, true)
setCombatParam(combat2_swing, COMBAT_PARAM_BLOCKSHIELD, true)
setCombatArea(combat2_swing,createCombatArea({{1, 0},
{0, 2}}))
setCombatFormula(combat2_swing, COMBAT_FORMULA_SKILL, 1, 1, 1, 1)

-- =============== CORE FUNCTIONS ===============
local function RunPart(c,cid,var,dirList,dirEmitPos,startDir) -- Part
    if (isCreature(cid)) then
        doCombat(cid, c, var)
        if (dirList ~= nil) then -- Emit distance effects
            local i = 2;
            while (i < #dirList) do
                if (startDir == 0) then -- N
                    doSendDistanceShoot(dirEmitPos,{x=dirEmitPos.x-dirList[i],y=dirEmitPos.y-dirList[i+1],z=dirEmitPos.z},dirList[1])
                elseif (startDir == 2) then -- S
                    doSendDistanceShoot(dirEmitPos,{x=dirEmitPos.x+dirList[i],y=dirEmitPos.y+dirList[i+1],z=dirEmitPos.z},dirList[1])
                elseif (startDir == 1) then -- E
                    doSendDistanceShoot(dirEmitPos,{x=dirEmitPos.x+dirList[i+1],y=dirEmitPos.y+dirList[i],z=dirEmitPos.z},dirList[1])
                else -- W / Something weird happened
                    doSendDistanceShoot(dirEmitPos,{x=dirEmitPos.x-dirList[i+1],y=dirEmitPos.y-dirList[i],z=dirEmitPos.z},dirList[1])
                end
                i = i + 2
            end       
        end
    end
end

function onCastSpell(cid, var)
    local startPos = Creature(cid):getDirection()
    local startDir = Creature(cid):getDirection()
    addEvent(RunPart,100,combat1_swing,cid.uid,var)
    RunPart(combat0_swing,cid.uid,var)
    addEvent(RunPart,200,combat2_swing,cid.uid,var)
    return true
end

And here is the .XML:

    <instant group="attack" spellid="178" name="Swing" words="libro" lvl="25" maglv="1" mana="0" exhaustion="1000" soul="10" prem="0" needlearn="0" casterTargetOrDirection="1" blockwalls="1" selftarget="1" aggressive="1" script="attack/Swing.lua">
        <vocation id="2"/>
        <vocation id="6"/>
        <vocation id="7"/>
        <vocation id="8"/>
        <vocation id="14"/>
        <vocation id="15"/>
        <vocation id="16"/>
        <vocation id="17"/>
        <vocation id="18"/>
        <vocation id="19"/>
        <vocation id="20"/>
        <vocation id="23"/>
    </instant>

Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
-Tys

 

[Xikini]

selftarget="1"
try removing this.

 

[Tysoch86]

Great! Thank you so much, I see now why it was broken!

 

[Tysoch86]

Just another question about this... The spell now casts properly, in the direction the character is facing, however, I seem to have the spell offset to a distance of 2 from the character.
So for example:

If the character(p) is facing north the spell strikes (x) away from the player by 2 spaces.


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I would like to drop the distance down to just 1 square, like the old exori vis, only 3 squares in front of the player rather than just 1.



I know the spell editor is quite simple to use, but I tried to put the spell in how I desired and it didn't work out for me.
Thanks again,
-Tys