So is there a thing with spell mines I don't get?

So I want to create a spell mine that delivers a debuff when it's triggered. Problem is it debuffs the player when it's cast, rather than when it's triggered by someone walking on it.

Halp?

Code:

 
<spell name="Brr!" type="target" wand="0" affectsCaster="0"> 
<buff usetimer="1" time="4" allowstacking="1" stacksize="4" bad="1" affectsCaster="0" 

icon="skills/wizard/spell_water1_64.png" smallicon="skills/wizard/spell_water1_32.png">
<primarybuff id="1" amount="-3"/>
<primarybuff id="2" amount="-5"/>
<primarybuff id="3" amount="-3"/>
</buff>
</spell>

<spell name="Icy Area" type="targetfloor" self="0"
mineTimer="8" 
mineSpritePNGSeries="sprites/sfx/icepuff/icepuff" 
mineSpritePNGFirst="0" 
mineSpritePNGNum="6" 
mineSpritePNGRate="100" 
mine="1" 
mineradius="2"
mineSpriteDrawOrder="1"
minePermanent="1" > 
<effect type="trigger" spell="Brr!"/>
<effect type="damage" hyperborean="2" hyperboreanF=".34"/> 
</spell>

<spell name="Hoarfrost" type="target">
<effect type="damage" hyperborean="2" hyperboreanF=".34"/>
<effect type="trigger" spell="Icy Area" affectsCaster="0"/>
</spell>

Why does this not work, but (for example) this does:

Code:

<spell name="Invive Thaumite Swarm" 
type="targetfloor" 
icon="skills/spells/thaumite_swarm32.png" 
mineTimer="32" 
mineSpritePNGSeries="sprites/sfx/thaumites/thaumites" 
mineSpritePNGFirst="0" 
mineSpritePNGNum="4" 
mineSpritePNGRate="100" 
mine="1"
mineSpriteDrawOrder="1"
mineradius="1" minesMustBeUnobstructed="0">
<description text="Instills a cloud of thaumaturgons with a crude semblance of life and a terrible voracious fecundity. Let's break it down: Puts a cloud of hungry magic particles on a tile which are just jumping to infect and consume un/living beings."/>
<effect type="confuse" self="0" sprite="sprites/sfx/psionic_generic/psionic_generic" frames="5" framerate="100" centerEffect="1" />
<anim sprite="sprites/sfx/smokepuffbig/smokepuffbig" frames="6" sfx="small_spell" centerEffect="1"/>
<effect type="trigger" spell="Thaumite Infection" />
<ai hint="mine" />
</spell>
<spell name="Thaumite Infection" type="target" icon="skills/spells/thaumite_swarm32.png" wand="1" >
<requirements mp="21" savvyBonus="0.30" mincost="8" />
<effect type="damage" putrefying="3" putrefyingF="0.18" affectsCaster="1" />
<description text="A cloud of thaumaturgons comes alive and consumes beings it touches with thoughtless voracity."/>
<anim sprite="sprites/sfx/miasmapuffbig/miasmapuffbig" frames="6" framerate="100" sfx="small_spell" centerEffect="1"/>
<buff useTimer="1" time="8" self="0" allowstacking="0" icon="skills/spells/thaumite_swarm64.png" smallicon="skills/spells/thaumite_swarm32.png" bad="1" >
<halo name="sprites/sfx/thaumites/thaumites" framerate="100" first="0" num="4" />
<secondarybuff id="13" amount="-10" /> <!-- hp regen -->
<secondarybuff id="0" amount="-2" /> <!-- hp -->
</buff>
<effect type="dot" spell="Thaumite Consumption" amount="7" affectsCaster="1" requirebuff="1" />
<effect type="trigger" amount="8" spell="Invive Thaumite Swarm" requirebuff="1" />
  </spell>

Thanks!

 

Might want that.

 

/me slaps myself in the forehead with a raw, carnal fish.

Thank you, J-F. I splattered so many affectsCaster="0"s everywhere I totally forgot about self="0". Works like a charm now.

 

Next question: Is there any particular reason why

Code:

  <effect type="lockdown" amount="20" resistable="0"/> 

results in a monster that says "This Monster is Rooted to the Floor", but it still just up and walks around after me?

 

Sounds like a debug phrase, maybe not implemented?

 

resistable="0" doesn't work on lockdown, I've noticed.