[LUA] Let a mob cast a spell, On another mob

[Skatee]

Hello all,

I'm making a tutorial about mobs who cast a spell on a mob. Most people got trouble with this because they didn't know how to let a NPC cast a spell on a NPC. Well, I'm going to show you how to do that and it is very simple if you read the things good. I am not explaining the basic things about what is function etc. because you should know that before reading this tutorial.

Ok, the plan what I want to do is to let a NPC channel a spell on another NPC. How to do that? Simple.

First of all, I'm going to define the bosses name to "Unit".

function BossName_Define(Unit, Event)
BossName = Unit
end

RegisterUnitEvent(EntryID, 18, "BossName_Define")

Now I defined that BossName = Unit. Meaning with "function BossName_Define", you can simple way remove define, because it is actually OnSpawned. I just did define to make it look easier. 18 is the number of the registering event "OnSpawned".

Now, we should define the mob who casts a spell on the BossName. You must do this in one script

function BossName_Define(Unit, Event)
BossName = Unit
end

RegisterUnitEvent(EntryID, 18, "BossName_Define")

function MobName_Define(Unit, Event)
MobName = Unit
end

RegisterUnitEvent(EntryID, 18, "MobName_Define")

Now we defined that BossName = Unit and MobName = Unit. I'm going to show now how to let the mob cast a spell on the boss.

function BossName_Define(Unit, Event)
BossName = Unit
end

RegisterUnitEvent(EntryID, 18, "BossName_Define")

function MobName_Define(Unit, Event)
MobName = Unit
MobName:RegisterEvent("MobName_Channel", 10, 1)
end

function MobName_Channel(Unit, Event)
MobName:FullCastSpellOnTarget(30402, BossName)
end

RegisterUnitEvent(EntryID, 18, "MobName_Define)

As you can see, I'm using "MobName:RegisterEvent("MobName_Channel", 10, 1)" Instead of "Unit:RegisterEvent("MobName_Channel", 10, 1)". Why? Because we just defined that MobName = Unit, so we are not using Unit anymore, only at the start of functions with "function MobName_Channel(Unit, Event).

Well, this is all what you should know to make a mob cast a spell on a mob. I hope you enjoined this tutorial and if you have further questions, don't be afraid to ask

[Dibes]

this is a decent tutorial but can be cut down to a much slimmer more understandable guide, i will +rep because it is good to know but put in a few colors and space it out so its mroe eye - pleasing,
best of luck,
Dibes

[Confucius]

Good job, +rep2x no longer are you new user!

[Skatee]

Thank you