@Effect

Description

This trigger fires when an object is hit by the effects of a spell. The object may have been targeted directly or it may have been hit by an area-effect spell.

Fires on:

• Spells

References

The following object references are explicitly available for this trigger:

Name	Description
ARGO	The item used to cast the spell (e.g. a wand or scroll).
I	The character or item being hit by the spell.
SRC	The character responsible for the spell.

Arguments

The following arguments are set for this trigger. If an argument is marked as "In" then a value will be passed in to the trigger, if an argument is marked as "Out" then it can be set to a value to affect Sphere's behaviour:

Argument	In/Out	Description
ARGN1	IO	The number of the spell that has hit the object.
ARGN2	IO	The strength of the spell.
ARGN3	IO	A multiplier for the spell's duration or effect. Note: Only used when a character is hit by a spell.
Local.CreateObject1	IO	Changes the ID of the effect for this spell, IE: Local.CreateObject1=0eed in FlameStrike spell will change the Fire Column for a Gold Coin.
local.Duration	IO	Overrides the default duration of spell in tenths of second (local.duration = 10 is 1 second).
local.Effect	IO	Changes the EFFECT value of the spell (For changing EFFECT_ID see Local.CreateObject1).
local.EffectColor	IO	Changes the color of the effect for this spell.
local.EffectRender	IO	Changes the Render Mode for this spell's effect.
local.EffectExplode	IO	Sets wether the effect should explode or not after reaching the target.

Return Values

The following return values are explicitly defined for this trigger:

Return Value	Description
0	For scripted spells, prevents any hardcoded behaviour from taking place.
1	Prevents the object from being affected by the spell.

Note: For the recall and gate travel spells, returning 0 prevents the spell from proceeding and returning 1 has no effect.