4430: Shaman Bolt finishes its cast even though not in LOS

Reported by ☆☆☆ Draconisa at Thu, 31 Aug 2017 22:15:22 UTC
gamemechanic bug
invalid

Description

When a shaman starts casting his/her bolt spell on a character that is in LOS, if the character goes out of LOS the cast should not finish. This is an issue as this is not the way it works for all other spells. If a character goes out of LOS in the middle of a cast the spell should never finish.

I unfortunately do not have any video of it happening as it happened while I was on at work and taking a screenshot will be kind of difficult.

Reproduction Steps

1. Start casting on enemy that is in LOS
2. Enemy goes out of LOS
3. See bolt still get cast and hit the enemy

Intended Behavior

If a character goes out of LOS in the middle of another character casting the cast should not finish. This is how it currently applies to all spells casted by players and it should not be any different for shaman bolts. I saw this happen multiple times to others and has happened to me also while in DF on the stairs.

Evidence

Look at any other casting class that tries to finish casting a spell on a player that goes out of LOS. It will not work. The correct solution would be to not allow the shaman to finish casting his bolt spell and receive an error saying the player is no longer in view.

Status

Issue was invalid:
Closed by reporter
1 player says this report is valid, 2 disagree

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