Issue with area effect spells centred on self

[EnaiSiaion]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to make a spell that damages nearby enemies in a X yard radius. This spell (magiceffect cloned off firestorm) works fine in first person view, but when you zoom out it doesn't hit people behind you. (?!)

 

The magiceffect has no missile. I tried adding one, but then I blew myself up while nearby enemies were unaffected. I tried this with or without explosion.

 

I'm missing something.

[PHGDAL]

What makes the area effect for the FireStorm spell is actually an explosion effect. When viewing the list in the Creation Kit, you should see a few "EXPL" or something like that. Just duplicate one of those and change the settings, and then on the MagicEffect options look for the dropdown menu marked as "Explosion" and select the explosion you created.

 

(Note: It is important to add an art, found on the top right of the Explosion options dialog - You may not be able to find anything but you can copy the path of the art from an already existing explosion, it will usually look like "Magic/____" or something like that).

 

The reason your duplicate isn't working might be because you cloned the magiceffect but forgot to clone something else. After all, these spells have the three parts which are linked together: Spell, MagicEffect, Explosion.