Making Spell Targets Look at Spell Effect

[Shadowblade]

I have an Aimed Area custom spell that uses a projectile to stick a light ball on a wall, pillar etc.

 

The Area Effect emanates from the impact point on the wall as an explosion and causes the target to look at the caster, then continue for two seconds before the area effect kicks in and causes them to freeze in place.

 

But I want them to look at the light ball rather than at me.

 

Is there any way I can do this, maybe by using a script to find the x, y, z position of the light ball and make the targets face that direction and look at it?

 

I'm a complete Noob at this, so I really need some help.

 

 

Event    OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)
                akTarget.SetLookAt(akCaster, true)
                Utility.Wait(2.0)
                akTarget.EnableAI(false)
                Target == akTarget
EndEvent

 

This makes them look at me and after 2 seconds closing to attack they freeze in place. The 2 second delay makes it look a little more natural.

 

But I would REALLY prefer them to look at the light ball and then freeze in place as if mesmerised.

 

 

Cheers!

 

~.~

[WillieSea]

Well, the wiki says the SetLookAt function will look at the target that you set it to look at.

So you might be able to move a XMarker to the target location, and look at it instead?

I don't know if akTarget would be a valid solution to use or not.

[Shadowblade]

That's what I was thinking about the xMarker, but I don't know how to script that for the target to look at it.

[WillieSea]

Place the Xmarker and give it a reference name.

In your code, you use the MoveTo command on the Xmarker to move it. Perhaps to the akTarget location?

Then you use the Xmarker as the thing to look at.