orbital

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Description

The Orbital skill fires a special type of projectile that will orbit around the target and can also act as an Aura, inheriting all of its attributes. Like the projectile, it will trigger other skills on anyone that is hit by it during its orbit.
Much like projectile, it's great for creating complex skills, such as a fire shield, and is a very complex skill to master.

Added projectile bullets to Orbital in MM 4.11. See how to use them on the projectiles mechanic page.

Attributes

Attribute	Aliases	Description	Default
onHit	oH, onhitskill	Meta-Skill executed when the projectile hits something. Targets hit are inherited by the meta-skill
radius	r	The radius of the orbit around the target	4
hitRadius	hr	The radius around the orbital in which targets can be hit	1
verticalHitRadius	vhr, vr	The y component of the hitradius	`hitradius`
points	p	How many "points" that comprise the circle that makes up the orbit. More points will make the circle more defined, but will also increase the time it takes to complete an orbit	32
startingpoint	sp	The starting step of the orbital aura	0
tickinterpolation	interpolation, ti	Interpolates additional points between each tick of the projectile, running onTick multiple times	0
rotationx	rotx, rx	Rotates the orbital along the X axis. Rotation is done in radians, i.e. `3.14` is half a rotation, `6.28` is a full rotation	0
rotationy	roty, ry	Rotates the orbital along the Y axis. Rotation is done in radians, i.e. 3.14 is half a rotation, 6.28 is a full rotation	0
rotationz	rotz, rz	Rotates the orbital along the Z axis. Rotation is done in radians, i.e. 3.14 is half a rotation, 6.28 is a full rotation	0
offsetx	ox, offx	Offsets the orbital along the X axis of the target	0
offsety	oy, offy	Offsets the orbital along the Y axis of the target	0
offsetz	oz, offz	Offsets the orbital along the Z axis of the target	0
angularVelocityX	avx, vx	Modifies the angular velocity of the orbital on the X axis	0
angularVelocityY	avy, vy	Modifies the angular velocity of the orbital on the Y axis	0
angularVelocityZ	avz, vz	Modifies the angular velocity of the orbital on the Z axis	0
rotate		Whether the orbital should rotate	true
reversed	reverse, backwards	Whether the orbital should rotate in the opposite direction	false
hitPlayers	hp	Whether can hit players	true
hitNonPlayers	hnp	Whether can hit non players	false
hitSelf	hs	Whether can hit caster	false
hugsurface	hs	Whether or not the orbital should move along the ground	false
hugliquid	hugwater, huglava	Whether using `hugSurface` will also make the orbital move on top of liquids	false
heightfromsurface	hfs	How high above the surface the orbital should glide if `HugSurface` is set to `true`	0.5
maxclimbheight	mch	The number of attempts the projectile will make to increase its y-location by 1 before terminating itself, when the projectiles is "hugging" either a block or a liquid	3
maxdropheight	mdh	The number of attempts the projectile will make to decrease its y-location by 1 before terminating itself, when the projectiles is "hugging" either a block or a liquid	10
bullettype	bullet, b	The Projectile Bullet Type. Also makes the orbital inherits every related attribute	NONE
castAsOrbital	cao	Whether the metaskills should be casted by the orbital itself rather than from the caster, as Projectiles do	false

This mechanic inherits every attribute of the Aura mechanic

onStart Attribute

onStart skills work in a special way - any buff or "special effect" mechanics fired by onStart that have a duration (such as ParticleTornado) will attach to the projectile for their duration, which allows for some interesting effects.

onTick Attribute

Using the @origin targeter will cause any skills or effects to target the projectile's location. This is the intended way to configure how the projectile looks.

onHit Attribute

Any targets the projectile hits are passed to the skill inherently. Any targeters you put in the onHit skill will override these and cause your skill to likely not work as you intend.

onEnd Attribute

Special effects for the projectile's end also use @origin. Also, If you want entities near the end-point of the projectile to be hit in a certain way (such as a final large fireball explosion) you can use the @PlayersNearOrigin{r=[radius]} targeter.

Examples

This example puts an icy-looking orbital shield around the mob when it is hit sometimes, that will last for 10 seconds or until it is triggered once:

# Mob File
Mob:
  Type: SKELETON
  Skills:
  - skill{s=IceShield} @self ~onDamaged 0.2

# Skills File
IceShield:
  Skills:
  - orbital{onTick=IceShield-Tick;onHit=IceShield-Hit;points=20;interval=1;duration=200;charges=1}
IceShield-Tick:
  Skills:
  - effect:particles{p=snowballpoof;amount=20;speed=0;hS=0.2;vS=0.2} @origin
IceShield-Hit:
  Skills:
  - damage{a=10}
  - potion{type=SLOW;duration=100;lvl=2}

This example shows how the orbital can be removed via the Auraremove mechanic.
The mob ExampleMob create the shield from the previous example once it gets damaged with a 20% chance, but unlike the previous example this time the orbital also has an auraName attribute. When the mob receives a REMOVESHIELD signal, he will both remove the orbital via the auraremove mechanic and the orbital's auraName while also sending a SHIELDREMOVED signal back to the trigger of the metaskill

# Mob File
ExampleMob:
  Type: ZOMBIE
  Skills:
  - skill{s=IceShield} @self ~onDamaged 0.2
  - skill{s=IceShield-Remove} @self ~onSignal:REMOVESHIELD

# Skills File
IceShield:
  Skills:
  - orbital{
    auraName=IceShield;
    onTick=IceShield-Tick;onHit=IceShield-Hit;points=20;interval=1;duration=200;charges=1}

IceShield-Remove:
  Skills:
  - auraremove{aura=IceShield}
  - signal{s=SHIELDREMOVED} @trigger