Spells Tutorial

Find the spells listing on your mod page and click New Spell. Fields explained:

Field	Explanation
Name	Name your spell. Do not make it too long so it will fit in the spell icon.
Mana	Mana cost. This can be set to negative as a lazy way to make a spell restore mana.
CD	Spell cooldown. Global cooldown set in class will be used if this is lower than that.
Range	Spell range. Do not use more than 10. You can click melee and spell buttons to use the default values.
Cast time	Cast time for spell in whole seconds. Use 0 for instant cast.
Texture	Texture of your spell icon. You can get the got_spells.psd template here.
Charges	Spells with cooldowns can have multiple charges. When the cooldown finishes it gains a charge. Many tank and instant cast spells use this.
Stance Override	Allows you to override the default stance for your class.
Opponents	Allow spell to target enemies.
Caster	Allow spell to target owner.
Friends	Allow spell to target friendly targets.
No Facing Req	By default you must face the target of your spell. With this checked you do not have to. Usually used on healing spells.
AoE	Casts as an area effect.
No Global CD	Does not trigger the global cooldown. This is often used on tank mitigation spells and ultimates.
No crits	Spell cannot crit. Often used on DoT and HoTs and buffs.
Mobile	Allows spells with a cast time to be used while moving.
Draw Weapon	Causes the player to draw their weapon when using this ability.
Description	Describe what your spell does.
Visual	Sets visual effects that are rezzed, animations, and weapon trails. See below.
Spell Wrapper	A wrapper to apply to the target (or AoE).
Self Wrapper	A wrapper to apply to the caster. Useful on spell that have a target other than the caster that should also do something to the caster like restore mana or reduce the cooldown of a spell.
Passives	Passives that are granted to the player when they have the class and spec that has this spell active.

Visuals

The Visual field should consist of an array structured as such:

[
  [
    [
      (str)object_to_rez,
      (vec)pos_offset_from_avatar_center,
      (rot)rot_offset_from_avatar_facing,
      (int)flags
    ],
    ...
  ],
  (str/array)finish_cast_anim,
  (str/arr)finish_sounds,
  [
    -2, // This is needed for legacy reasons
    [ // These are passed to classAtt. See below.
      (int)cast_id,
      (int)finish_id
    ],
    [ // These specify weapon trails. See below for more info.
      [
        (int)generator_prim,      // default 0
        (int)age_100ths,          // Default 50
        (vec)color,               // Default <1,.5,.5>
        (int)scale_100ths,        // Default 30
        (int)alpha_10ths,         // Default 5
        (int)glow_10ths,          // Default 3
        (int)duration_100ths,     // Default 70
        (int)predelay_100ths,     // Default 30
      ],
      ...
    ]
  ],
  (str/arr)cast_anims,
  (str/arr)cast_sound
]