[Solved] Desync on DisplayTextToForce?

[SomeBloke]

Hi there,

I'm not really new to JASS but I've never given it any thought til now,
and now that I have I'm not quite sure whether I got it right, so I thought this would be a good place to ask:

function DisplayTextToForce takes force toForce, string message returns nothing
    if (IsPlayerInForce(GetLocalPlayer(), toForce)) then
        // Use only local code (no net traffic) within this block to avoid desyncs.
        call DisplayTextToPlayer(GetLocalPlayer(), 0, 0, message)
    endif
endfunction

Will

call DisplayTextToForce( GetPlayersAllies(Player(0)), "something" )

actually (besides from leaking a force) potentially desync the string table between allies and enemies of player red on the first usage,
because it will write "something" only for his allies?


~dizzied by his own thoughts,
SB

 

[Chaosy]

that wont cause a desync since you use the BJ function..

 

[Tirlititi]

Fortunatly not ^^.
You pass "something" as the argument of a function, wether you are an ally of Player(0). The string is stored and appears in the executed code, even if it is not used for display.

In other words :

function RegisterString takes string s returns nothing
endfunction

...
    // That line will register the string, even if it does nothing with it.
    call RegisterString("something")
...

 

[SomeBloke]

Ok, thanks guys

Was shocked for a moment there^^

 

[WaterKnight]

Show me an example where desyncing the string table kills the game.