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How would I make a spell that Instant Kills?
I'm trying to get the Defiler to have a spell that instant kills a unit in place of its Plague ability. I've never done a custom spell before. But I have firegraft, DatEdit, WinMPQ and IceCC. Do I need to change something in the scripts or what?
For an instant-kill spell, take some existing spell, and set it to do really high damage.
Note that for the most part, custom spells are impossible. There are a few exceptions (FireGraft has exe edits to reverse the effects of Recall and Ensnare, and Spawn Broodlings, Dweb, Dswarm, and Scanner Sweep can be used to activate/aim "spells" created with triggers [like in mapping].)
Note that for the most part, custom spells are impossible. There are a few exceptions (FireGraft has exe edits to reverse the effects of Recall and Ensnare, and Spawn Broodlings, Dweb, Dswarm, and Scanner Sweep can be used to activate/aim "spells" created with triggers [like in mapping].)
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yeah but what program can you do that in?
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Lord of the Locker Room
Quick, dirty, despicably messy solution;
Use datedit, turn Plague weapons.dat into a clone of yamato gun. Set the damage to something like 4269.
Now Plague is a rape machine.
Use datedit, turn Plague weapons.dat into a clone of yamato gun. Set the damage to something like 4269.
Now Plague is a rape machine.
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.
would just copying a weapon like the C-10 Canister Rifle and paste it on plague work too?
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Lord of the Locker Room
Sure.
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.
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