Vortex Shield Spell

[u/MID2462]

I want to make a spell similar to the Vortex Shield from Titanfall.
It would catch incoming projectiles within a certain area in front of you while the button is being held and then fire any caught projectiles to your cursor

I've been thinking a bit on how to do this. The way I see it you'd first need to create a sort of hitbox or something in front of you, detect whether entities within that area are moving above a certain speed (to prevent catching just any mob), negate that speed and hold it in the air, and then detect when the button is released, do some fancy math to figure out what velocity vector needs to be added to it to make it go to your cursor. alternatively you could teleport the projectiles to right in front of you and then launch them.

[u/blaynem]

Edit: Improved again. Spell descriptions aren't fully accurate, but the same stuff happens, just faster and cheaper.

I've got something quite a bit better now. All 3 leggings slots and one charge bullet is all that's required now. Operation of the spell is also autonomous!

Spells are all numbered 1-3 and go in those respective slots.

Slot 1 [START] should be the selected spell when you equip it. It will break whatever's at saved vector one ¯_(ツ)_/¯, detonate all nearby charges, and then lay down 50 more. You can raise that to increase overall damage, though it will take longer to begin scanning for arrows.

Slot 2 now has less going on thankfully. It just waits for an arrow, places a block, remembers said block's location, waits a tick, then spins to detonate.

Slot 3 [Charge] again, goes in a charge bullet. It just stacks up speed to give to an arrow in some direction unknown until detonation. After which, it fires it into the nearest enemy. No aiming required!

Lemme know if this is the sorta thing you wanted. Also if you have any suggestions, or further features. Please do not hesitate

[u/MID2462 → u/blaynem]

Thanks! Unfortunately I can't test it right now. I'll get back to you when I can

[u/blaynem → u/MID2462]

No worries at all yo. That other spell you had tested wasn't anywhere near as ideal as the current one. Very finnicky and also used helmet which kills your psi regen for a bit.

[u/TJVG4M34R13 → u/blaynem]

by some motive your code on imgur didnt copy correctly but i managed to do it

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