Adding skill modifiers that trigger effects/skills?

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Hey guys. I’m trying to add a new modifier to a skill that would then execute something.

For example I’d like Aether Ray to trigger a small AOE effect when hitting enemies. Now I managed to extend the base skill:

However I’m not sure what kind of template I’d need to make the new third modifier to make something execute. I tried using existing modifiers that do similar things but nothing seems to trigger.

Any tips on how one would go about this?

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My recommendation would be to follow the examples done by other skills. I looked at Grenado a bit there was a few extensions to it. They don’t necessarily need to be the same thing, as this extension was done to another skill, mortar shells.

database\records\skills\playerclass02\knockdown1.dbr
	According to the sound, this is related to the mortarshot
	Offensive Parameters\	
		Offensive Influence\Knockdown\offensiveKnockdownMin = 1.0
		Offensive Duration\Offensive Slow Duration\offensiveSlowDefensiveReductionMin = (a long vector for each level of the skill)
		Offensive Duration\Offensive Slow Duration\offensiveSlowDefensiveReductionDurationMin =  8.0

That added a Knockdown Mechanic to the base skill Mortar Trap, which has 7 of its own skill dbr files. Blast Shield has no add ons, but still uses 5 dbr files.

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I guess my problem is that I don’t know why modifiers like Blood Burst don’t work with Aether Ray.

Is it because that one uses a projectile modifier template and Aether Ray isn’t a projectile? Or something else? If so, how would one get it to work.

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I assume it is what you said, aether probably isn’t considered a projectile.

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I found a partial solution in Skill Config:

autoCastSkill
autoCastController

Unfortunately I still haven’t figured out how to make it work on secondary skills, for example with Obliteration etc.

Something like this works on the main skill though:

autoCastSkill - records/skills/nonplayerskills/bossskills/sharzul_summonfiredevil.dbr
autoCastController - records/controllers/itemskills/cast_@enemyonattack_100%.dbr

Any idea how to make this trigger with secondary?

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I am not sure if it can, that is something that is completely new to GD so I have no expertise with that. (at least on skills, it existed on items) If it works with one and not another, that is usually a bad sign that you’ll have to think outside the box.

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There is a hierarchy, that’s why I was referencing how many files were involved in a single skill. All the files get used, not just one.