SC2Mapster

I'm trying to make a missile ability that will always fly to the edge of the map. For the rest of my missiles I've been using Effect - Target effects, and setting the minimum range up to make them fly as far as I need them to, however in this case the min range will be massive (500) so they will always fly off the map, but you cannot target off the edge of a map, which it always will with this method. (a high minimum range effectively makes your mouse click always be at least X distance away from your unit no matter where you click)

Is there a way to make this work?

If you set the missile mover to THROW they will always fly to the edge if I'm not mistaken, no matter the range.

Step 1 : Find your Missile's Mover in the Mover Tab

Step 2 : Edit Movement: Motion Phases

Step 3 : Change Driver to Throw

@Necromoni: Go

That kind of worked - along with setting it to throw I had to set the Arrival Test Type to Never and the Throw Vector to -1 (with Arrival set to Adaptive, it would still despawn upon reaching the target). With all of that, when the missile reaches the target point on the map, it turns in a seemingly random direction and flies off to the edge.

Any idea how to keep it straight?

@DrSuperEvil: Go

Aye, I can make it self destruct just fine, my problem is that even with the arrival type set to "never" it turns when it reaches the target point.

@DrSuperEvil: Go

The actual path changes. For example, if I shoot it straight up, the missile will stop moving in that direction and fly in a random one as soon as it reaches the target point I clicked.

I've attached the map. Oddly enough, the persistent effects on the fireball continue moving forward, however the fireball model itself seems to detach and fly in a random direction. It's really weird.

Tried fiddling around with some other settings to no avail. Any idea why the actor detaches DrSuperEvil?

Only thing I can think of from your description is that the missile mover "throw" is reset when it "hits" a target, causing it to be flung at a default offset the game gives it. You can try to make something activate the ability again? giving it a target once again.

You should launch your missile by persistent effect rather than just target.
Something like this:
Ability -> Persistent "TARGET" -> launch missile "LAUNCH"
code for persistent will be:

    <CEffectCreatePersistent id="TARGET">
        <WhichLocation Value="SourcePoint"/>
        <OffsetVectorStartLocation Value="SourcePoint"/>
        <ExpireEffect value="LAUNCH"/>
        <ExpireOffset value="0,-1,0"/>
    </CEffectCreatePersistent>

also throw driver and etc

EDIT:

HOLY SH\\ if i use source unit as launch point (which is necessary to use action actor) then all my plan explodes >.< ok now i cant get how to make simple rocket too :X