Weapon special "Dissolve"

[Lizard]

I want one of my Free Saurian Units to have the a Weapon special called Dissolve. Whenever he kills a unit with dissolve all adjacent allies(of the Saurian) are healed by a Value. But the problem is, that I don't know how to do it. This is what i have so far:

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#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_DISSOLVE UNIT_TYPE HEAL_VALUE
	[berserk]
		name=_ "dissolve"
		name_inactive=_ "dissolve"
		description=_ "This Weapon special does s.th."
		description_inactive=_ "This Weapon special does s.th."
		value=1
	[/berserk]
[/specials]

	[event]
	
	[/event]

[+specials]

#enddef

If I make a die event I can't filter for the attack used, but I can't think of a event making this possible.

[Noyga]

Try something like this (1.4.x WML, untested) :

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#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_DISSOLVE RACE HEAL_VALUE
   [dummy]
      id=dissolve
      name=_ "dissolve"
      description=_ "This Weapon special does s.th."
   [/dummy]
   [/abilities]
   [event]
      name=die
      first_time_only=no
# don't "disolve" if we kill a not living unit
     [filter]
        [not]
            [wml_filter]
                [status]
                    not_living="yes"
                [/status]
            [/wml_filter]
        [/not]
      [/filter]
      [filter_second]
         ability=dissolve
      [/filter_second]
      [store_unit]
          variable=neighbour_ally
          kill=no
          [filter]
             [filter_adjacent]
                 x,y=$x2,$y2
                 is_enemy=no
             [/filter_adjacent]
             race={RACE}
          [/filter]
      [/store_unit]
# this is for proper internationalisation (never call a macro inside a translatable string !)
      [set_variable]
          name=disolve_amount
          value={HEAL_VALUE}
      [/set_variable]
# send the heal message(s)
      [unstore_unit]
         {COLOR_HEAL}
         text= _ "+$disolve_amount HP"
         find_vacant=no
         variable=neighbour_ally
      [/unstore_unit]
      [clear_variable]
          name=neighbour_ally
      [/clear_variable]
      [clear_variable]
          name=disolve_amount
      [/clear_variable]
# heal
      [object]
        silent=yes
        duration=forever
        [filter]
              [filter_adjacent]
                 x,y=$x2,$y2
                 is_enemy=no
             [/filter_adjacent]
             race={RACE}
        [/filter]
        [effect]
            apply_to=hitpoints
            increase={HEAL_VALUE}
            violate_maximum=no
        [/effect]
      [/object]
    [/event]
    [+abilities]
#enddef

[Noyga]

Opps, i made an ability, not a weapon special

For the weapon special version, replace [/abilities] and [+abilities] with [/specials] and [+specials] and replace :

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      [filter_second]
         ability=dissolve
      [/filter_second]

by

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     [special_filter_second]
         special=dissolve
      [/special_filter_second]

[Lizard]

This is what I currently have, but it does nothing

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#define WEAPON_SPECIAL_DISSOLVE RACE HEAL_VALUE
   [dummy]
      id=dissolve
      name=_ "dissolve"
      description=_ "This Weapon special does s.th."
   [/dummy]
   [/specials]
   [event]
      name=die
      first_time_only=no
# don't "disolve" if we kill a not living unit
     [filter]
        [not]
            [wml_filter]
                [status]
                    not_living="yes"
                [/status]
            [/wml_filter]
        [/not]
      [/filter]
     [special_filter_second]
         special=dissolve
      [/special_filter_second]
      [store_unit]
          variable=neighbour_ally
          kill=no
          [filter]
             [filter_adjacent]
                 x,y=$x2,$y2
                 is_enemy=no
             [/filter_adjacent]
             race={RACE}
          [/filter]
      [/store_unit]
# this is for proper internationalisation (never call a macro inside a translatable string !)
      [set_variable]
          name=disolve_amount
          value={HEAL_VALUE}
      [/set_variable]
# send the heal message(s)
      [unstore_unit]
         {COLOR_HEAL}
         text= _ "+$disolve_amount HP"
         find_vacant=no
         variable=neighbour_ally
      [/unstore_unit]
      [clear_variable]
          name=neighbour_ally
      [/clear_variable]
      [clear_variable]
          name=disolve_amount
      [/clear_variable]
# heal
      [object]
        silent=yes
        duration=forever
        [filter]
              [filter_adjacent]
                 x,y=$x2,$y2
                 is_enemy=no
             [/filter_adjacent]
             race={RACE}
        [/filter]
        [effect]
            apply_to=hitpoints
            increase={HEAL_VALUE}
            violate_maximum=no
        [/effect]
      [/object]
    [/event]
    [+specials]
#enddef

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	[attack]
		name=ice_ball
		description= _"Ice Ball"
		icon=attacks/iceball.png
		type=cold
		range=ranged
		[specials]
			{WEAPON_SPECIAL_MAGICAL}
			{WEAPON_SPECIAL_DISSOLVE lizard 8}
		[/specials]
		damage=8
		number=3
	[/attack]

[doofus-01]

The wiki says only one [specials] entry is supported, try removing the "{WEAPON_SPECIAL_MAGICAL}".

EDIT: Never mind. As megane says, the wiki was wrong. It just got fixed about the time I posted that.

[megane]

The wiki says only one [specials] entry is supported, try removing the "{WEAPON_SPECIAL_MAGICAL}".

Well, the wiki is incorrect on that point. I've personally made units whose attacks have multiple specials.

[Noyga]

This is what I currently have, but it does nothing

It might be an issue with special filtering. Does the ability version works ?
Btw since i didn't even test it there might be some bugs in my code too.