[CF-Devel] From the board: comet & meteor swarm

Thu May 20 02:29:16 CDT 2004

Nicolas Weeger wrote:
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      Copied from the message board, since it's about a spell bug

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      Ok, I'm a bit fuzzy on the intended logic here, but, I THINK this is a bug.

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      Comet: Makes a big lasting fire effect. Yet, if ANOTHER comet is cast in 

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      the same area, IT DOES NOT PROPAGATE. The 2nd Comet will ONLY propagate 

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      if there is a free (no fire spell occupying from the 1st comet) space to 

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      expand in. 2 Comets spawning from the same (fire covered) area = 1 comet 

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      filling the area it should, and the 2nd filling NOTHING until the first 

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      comet expires, then it expands a few squares and ends (appropriate for 

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      it's "active" time).

  I'll fix this up - its just a problem of the unique spell tag (maxhp) not 
being set.

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      Now, let's advance to Meteor Swarm. The same logic from Comet applies 

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      still. ONLY the first Meteor (Comet) expands fully. The rest DO NOT 

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      propagate at all, until the FIRST one dies off. This makes for ONE "full 

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      damage area" attack, and a secondary attack that is, well... useless... 

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      like 10x10 at max, and lasts a second or 2.

  Fix should also fix that.

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      I'm thinking this behavior is not intended. PERHAPS it was meant as a 

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      limiting factor for Comet, but the fact that Meteor swarm is a 

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      multiple-comet attack and is STILL bound by the same rules, I'm thinking 

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      this is a bug/unintended effect.

  Its not intended, and the bug currently effects all exploding ball spells.

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