Are Timers MPI ?!

[jonhysone]

Hi

I wonder if timers are MPI

For example, I have a spell that runs a timer , and another player uses the same spell and runs the same timer
There is a trigger that responses to Timer's expiring ... So to whose timer will the trigger work ? The first spell user? Or the second spell user ? Or every one has their spells working although they use the same timer?

Thanks in advance

 

[sethmachine]

It depends on how you manage the timers.

If you create a new timer variable everytime the trigger fires off, then you will not run into a problem.

However, if you have a global timer, then it will cause problems because it will interfere with any past states of that timer.

Could you post your code so we can see what is going on?

 

[Vinz]

Timers are not MPI. They are the same as variables and will be overwritten. Additionally, their array size has to be initialized.

 

[chobibo]

For example, I have a spell that runs a timer , and another player uses the same spell and runs the same timer
There is a trigger that responses to Timer's expiring ... So to whose timer will the trigger work ? The first spell user? Or the second spell user ? Or every one has their spells working although they use the same timer?

Only the last cast will count, the previous casts will malfunction.

 

[jonhysone]

Umm what should I use instead of Timers and Waits ?

 

[Vinz]

Use some an arrayed timer then. ;_;

 

[jonhysone]

Use some an arrayed timer then. ;_;

Oh ;_;, So I create 12 Various triggers with 1 similiar event which is 'Time - Timer ends' but just change the array? Would be so much, how can I cause all the timers to be responded in one trigger when they expire, without creating 12 other triggers... ?

 

[Vinz]

Put all the events in one trigger then. There should be a distinguisher for which timer expired, or at least what index the timer has. I don't know myself since I never used arrayed timers.

 

[chobibo]

Use the player number to access the array index;

Array[PlayerId]=some data

 

[jonhysone]

Use the player number to access the array index

It isn't possible, nor that easy 0_O, how ? I feel ignorant in timers really

Put all the events in one trigger then. There should be a distinguisher for which timer expired, or at least what index the timer has. I don't know myself since I never used arrayed timers.

It's like chobibo's idea and which I thought too, but How do I make the trigger response to each timer's array ?
Generally how can I make the trigger response to an event with array ?

 

[chobibo]

• Timer
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer TimerId) from 1 to 12, do (Trigger - Add to (Your trigger) the event (Time - Timer[TimerId] expires))

 

[edo494]

you cant retreive the id after cast, unless you compare the expired timer's handleid to all of them, to get the actual index

 

[jonhysone]

• Timer
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer TimerId) from 1 to 12, do (Trigger - Add to (Your trigger) the event (Time - Timer[TimerId] expires))

Owp , as I thought, thanks