Lightning Storm... WTF...

[ITS'aME'aMARIO!!!!]

THOTHIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I was trying to use lightning storm on your server to blast away some spiders in thornlands... when i fired the spell all i got was a single bolt that looked similar to the Chain Lightning spell followed by a white glow on the spider...I fired it 2 more times with that same effect... then the 3rd I got the good ol yellow glow on all the spiders... duration ended an I recast the spell and I got single bolt bullshit again... and the server crashed and my scroll is gone... this is the third time i've lost a scroll on a server crash....

I don't wanna rollback... I've been levelling lately and it would be lame to go back just for that scroll...

juuuuust yeah... mekes me med....

 

[Thothie]

Lightning storm fires a single bolt not too disimilar to the chain lightning spell - you don't always see it, because for some weird reason, it fires in the wrong direction sometimes. Not a single shred of chain lightning code is in the Dec2006b sc.dll.

...and as mentioned, it does crash once in a blue moon due to some lack of bug checking in the beam generator that I've no clue how I'm gonna fix.

 

[ITS'aME'aMARIO!!!!]

lawl... I go on a kele run right after making that post and i find another lightning scroll... woot... then the keleprelude after that founda blizz for Aische...

T_T Thothie! I'm afraid to use my spells bc I might lose em...

 

[Thothie]

Hopefully come 2007 all spells will be available in tome format, and there will be a more easily accessible potion of forgetfulness, together with quest for said.

I may look into seeing if I can register the spell maker as a pet, to ensure he gives you your scroll back, even if you crash. Meanwhile, careful casting L-storm near pillars (like in Keledros's library) and breakables.

 

[Orochi]

I've always wondered why we can't use the same form of Lightning Storm that Keledross does. His actually stays in an area and hurts you if you go in or out of the area. The player version works by simply spawning a lightning cloud effect, and adding a timed shock effect on all those in the area, which tends to fade very quickly. At least, that's what it looks like to my eyes.

 

[Thothie]

Cuz if you cast his version of the spell on a breakable (or anywhere near one), server goes crashie. There's no breakables in his library, so he can spam it all he wants there (so long as he doesn't cast it into the upper half of a pillar, but his script prevents him from doing this now).

Player version is basically what you said, although rather revistating damage wise, and it messes up the monster's attacks some. It's VERY devistating to other players, as it basically paralyzes them, so it's probably just about the best all around PvP spell. (Blizzard and Freezing Sphere being next best - though more in theory than practice.)

 

[ITS'aME'aMARIO!!!!]

tch... why does it only paralyze players... monsters need to feel the wrath too...

 

[Thothie]

The "shock stun" effect, works the same way as the drunk effect - ie. by randomizing your movement keys. Monsters, don't press keys so much.

 

[Kuroneko]

The "shock stun" effect, works the same way as the drunk effect - ie. by randomizing your movement keys. Monsters, don't press keys so much.

h4x, clearly