Spell Engine v0.3.2

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17:44, 19th Oct 2009
The_Reborn_Devil:

The coding looks very good and I would say this is a very useful system.
It's well documented too.
Status: Approved.
Rating: Highly Recommended.

 

[Deuterium]

IMPRESSIVE! =)

Coding is a bit too advanced for me, and I've been lazy to learn new stuff lately. Anyways, nothing that matter, but as a nice treat try avoiding TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ leaks. Well the ones I found sum up to 16x5 = 80 leaks but as I said, they're not much of a big deal =)

Keep it up!

 

[eleljrk]

Awsome, and yes.. Very advance..

+rep, hope i see you agein.. ^^

 

[Anachron]

I like this, but I don't know if its that good in wc3 to make that? :S

 

[aznricepuff]

Well, it's mostly meant to help in creating spells for rpgs and hero arenas and stuff, where you only have like up to 12 heroes casting these kind of spells. Obviously if you have 100 units on the map all casting spells handled by this system like in some kind of modified rts or something, it will probably lag (I haven't stress tested this yet so that's just a guess).

 

[Kricz]

Looks pretty awesome.
Will have a look a this, + rep

 

[aznricepuff]

Demo map now includes a non (or less) buggy TreeSet, so there shouldn't be any problems with adding too many SpellListeners anymore.

Also some minor .evaluate() optimization.

 

[Anachron]

Very good system. One thing though:
Is it possible to use my own CustomBar system for the bars?

Really thanks for making this! +Rep

 

[aznricepuff]

Yea, the PrettySpell stuff isn't technically part of the system. It's just in the demo map to show wut the system can do (otherwise it's just a bunch of stuff going on in the background without any obvious visible effects...not very dramatic or useful from a demonstration standpoint). You can adapt PrettySpell to use w/e bar system you want.

 

[Anachron]

I see. Its really good, but I have to add all units to the system, in order to use them, or?

 

[aznricepuff]

You just need to add abilities. So if you want ability 'A000' (presumably some dummy ability) to trigger spell engine every time it is cast, just create a new Spell and pass 'A000' into the constructor and then register it. Once an ability is registered, it will trigger spell engine's events no matter what unit casts it.

 

[Anachron]

I have read the whole thing, and as far as I understood, you save the unitdata for every unittype specific, so I don't have any data if the unit I attack with is not declared in the system?

 

[aznricepuff]

I'm not really sure if I understand your question correctly. But spell engine doesn't make distinctions amongst different unit types. If you register an ability with the system, when the ability is cast the spell engine events are triggered no matter what type of unit casts the spell or what type of unit is targeted by the spell (if the ability targets a unit).

 

[Anachron]

Oh, sorry, I was wrong.

You had that in the Damage Engine, not in the spell one.
Sorry dude, commented on wrong Engine.

 

[Magnum666]

OverHead Casting Bar

im thinking why you dont Take the Blizzard OverHead Casting Bar (Bomb Commander.w3x) and make it just like this i think it will be more usefull because Blizzard OH-CB (OH - CB = OverHead Casting Bar ) and Transfer it into usefull Example like this map here. I think it will be more cool , Yes its gonna be Stealing but the Graphic of the OH-CB is better and im Mostly Impressed by there work so if someone Understanding Jass could help me "Steal" the OH-CB from the map (*Blizza®d* Bomb Commander.w3x ) i will be Verry Greatfull if you gonna REALLY ( i mean it ) Really Help me ( Not Fake Help like "yaah man i will help you" and Year after that "Hey remmember me ? what happend with the Map" Answear: "im bussy man but i will do it soon" and Nothing after that ) just Send me Private Message if someone already Told me and Helped me with that Task i will send you message again that the Work is Done to not Spend your Time in Bull****s Thanks again

 

[Rexp]

This is really cool and I want it badly in my map but it doesn't work to get it. I don't get how to use the tools etc. way to advanced.