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oo, I shall go there and make some semi-hard thing to implement, and if someone says its uncodable, I will prove them wrong 
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DDS is quite a huge idea you know... It encompasses any means of detecting damage because it is Damage Detection System... whether it uses dynamic triggering (what we normally do right now for DDS where we dynamically "recreate" the damage detection trigger) or other things...
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DotA seems to have it's own scripting team, plus, it's much better to use specialized code rather than a general resource, if ever possible.
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In most cases, I disagree.
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In what cases? I'm just curious.
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I actually agree with chobibo...
though of course there are downsides, like the team will probably need to troubleshoot things by themselves... while if you're using a general resource, then you have more people to help you...
though maybe for a wc3 map, there's really no point in that...
though of course there are downsides, like the team will probably need to troubleshoot things by themselves... while if you're using a general resource, then you have more people to help you...
though maybe for a wc3 map, there's really no point in that...
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So you're saying instead of using something like TimerUtils, they should create their own data attachment?
The same goes for countless other systems.
You should use what's available, because chances are somebody already did it better than you.
You also shouldn't be wasting your time making things you don't have to.
The same goes for countless other systems.
You should use what's available, because chances are somebody already did it better than you.
You also shouldn't be wasting your time making things you don't have to.
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I stand corrected then. Though I still think personalizing those general resources is much optimal than using it as is. Anyway, no point arguing with me, I have 0 hours experience in professional programming haha xD.
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For a wc3 map, I think there's no point...
but for stand-alone games for example, there is a point... 1 is that there are lots of scripts that aren't free to use, so if you don't have money then you need to write it yourself...
and another thing would be (this is a personal opinion, for both wc3 and others) is well, practice and experience... trying to make your own script even if somebody already made that can be quite a good way of practicing... after all, once you're done you can then compare your resource with that of the existing one...
but for stand-alone games for example, there is a point... 1 is that there are lots of scripts that aren't free to use, so if you don't have money then you need to write it yourself...
and another thing would be (this is a personal opinion, for both wc3 and others) is well, practice and experience... trying to make your own script even if somebody already made that can be quite a good way of practicing... after all, once you're done you can then compare your resource with that of the existing one...
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