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#1 Nov 11, 2012 at 11:57 UTC - 0 likes

How can i create a simple beam when mining a target? From caster to target.

The beam actor in the picture only get beam moving from mineral to caster, i want it the other way, hwo to solve it?

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#2 Nov 11, 2012 at 20:45 UTC - 0 likes

Swap the launch and impact values on the beam. You can create a beam for an effect without an Action actor.

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#3 Nov 12, 2012 at 14:51 UTC - 0 likes

hmm no mater how i swap the fields the result is either very bugged or dont work at all.

I dont use any action actor, its just a beam actor.

This is the closest i have come so far. It creates 2 beams that start and end at both the target and caster, why it does like this, i dont know. Its like the mineral is using the gather ability :/

The logical answer how it should look when looking at my settings is that it create only 1 beam that start and end at the caster but it does not...

The little psi cloud you see is the inpact part if the arhcon beam,

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#4 Nov 12, 2012 at 16:46 UTC - 0 likes

I added a term to the event and then i can make it to 1 beam but i cant seam to target the beam to the mineral, i can only self target and get the result in the picture i just showed you but only on the unit.

Please help :(

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#5 Nov 12, 2012 at 21:24 UTC - 0 likes

Set impact to caster and launch to target (specify the effect).

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#6 Nov 12, 2012 at 23:59 UTC - 0 likes

@DrSuperEvil: Go

Yes but how exacly? whatever i try dont work ;(

If you thinking about doing as the graviton beam then that dont work. That was the first ability i was looking at.

Is there some way to create a dummy effect when gathering that i can refer to?

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#7 Nov 13, 2012 at 20:22 UTC - 0 likes

I shall need a pic of your actor events and a pic of the fields that does not have compressed fields mode enabled.

Set impact to caster plain and simple. Implicit.

Set launch to target, actor find then your effect.

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#8 Nov 14, 2012 at 08:23 UTC - 0 likes

here you go :)

Set launch to target, actor find then your effect..... effect?

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#9 Nov 14, 2012 at 22:03 UTC - 0 likes

You did not listen to a thing I said did you?

Set the Hosting: Host Impact - Actor to implicit

Set Hosting: Host Impact - Scope to implicit

Set Hosting: Host Impact - Subject to Caster

Set Hosting: Host Launch - Scope to Scope Target

Finally set Hosting: Host Launch - Effect to whatever effect you are using to create the beam (preferably one you target the target with).

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#10 Nov 16, 2012 at 12:43 UTC - 0 likes

Sound good and logic what you say but...

Set Hosting: Host Impact - Subject to Caster

I cant find "caster" anywhere in any list, am i to assume i have to select custom and type it?

Hosting: Host Launch - Effect

Ok ok link to the effect, what effect is used when the ability "probe - gather" is used?

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#11 Nov 16, 2012 at 22:24 UTC - 0 likes

By caster I was refering to the casting actor.

So you want the beam to be made by an ability?

Might need a small work around. Have a hidden Model type actor be created on the target of the effect that on actor creation creates the beam between the two actors.

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