OnPlayerSpellCastStart

onPlayerSpellCastStart

Triggered when the server accepts the start of a spell cast.

Availability

This event is available in server-side scripts.

Callback signature

onPlayerSpellCastStart(playerId, spellKey, spellId, castId, phase, result, rejectReason, targetPlayerId, phaseStartTimeMs, phaseDurationMs, manaAfter)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
playerId	int	The casting player ID.
spellKey	string	The stable spell definition key.
spellId	int	The numeric spell ID.
castId	int	The unique cast sequence ID for this player.
phase	string	The authoritative cast phase.
result	string	The authoritative phase result.
rejectReason	string	The rejection reason, or an empty value when accepted.
targetPlayerId	int	The selected target player ID, if any.
phaseStartTimeMs	int	Server time at which the phase began.
phaseDurationMs	int	Expected duration of the phase in milliseconds.
manaAfter	number	Authoritative mana after this transition.

Examples

Handle the event:

addEventHandler("onPlayerSpellCastStart", root, function(playerId, spellKey, spellId, castId, phase, result, rejectReason, targetPlayerId, phaseStartTimeMs, phaseDurationMs, manaAfter)
    outputDebugString("onPlayerSpellCastStart: " .. spellKey .. " cast=" .. castId .. " phase=" .. phase)
end)

Notes

• Use castId to correlate all phases, projectiles, impacts, and cleanup for one cast.