[Trigger] A curious question...

[CrueIIntentions]

I have a spell which is based off of tranquility, (which i just thought to add a negative gain instead) when i came upon a problem, How do i check if a unit is still channeling? Since i already am going to go with the negative gain, its not a problem really. But curiousity makes me want to ask. Say if a person casts an interupt spell, how would a trigger enhanced spell check to see if the unit is still channeling ?

 

[Hoernchen]

• Events
  • Unit - A unit stops casting an ability

 

[CrueIIntentions]

Anyway to check with conditions? I wonder by using If/Then/Else? You can't (well maybe you can) use that event if your trigger has already fired.

 

[Hoernchen]

The way I do it is when the unit starts channeling I add it to a group called "Channelers" then when a unit stops channeling I check whether it is in the group and then fire the events needed.

 

[Deaod]

I periodically check the units current order, and compare it to the one i expect.

 

[Hoernchen]

That takes more computing power. Then again I am very tight when it comes to saving every bit of RAM even though WarCraft 3 is an old enough game to not have to worry about computers being able to run it flawlessly.

 

[Deaod]

Well, i was doing something else periodically as well, so checking the order wasnt a big performance hit.

 

[PurplePoot]

That takes more computing power. Then again I am very tight when it comes to saving every bit of RAM even though WarCraft 3 is an old enough game to not have to worry about computers being able to run it flawlessly.

The only games which would be helped by that sort of speed whoring tend to be the same types which would need Deaod's approach for other reasons (for example, you need to code a periodic effect for the spell as well).