Desync Question

[BradPittlord]

Using get GetLocalPlayer() will this desync

• Set TempPointSpell = (Position of (Triggering unit))
• Set Temp_Player = (Owner of (Triggering unit))
• Custom script: if GetLocalPlayer() == udg_Temp_Player then
• Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempPointSpell using Abilities\Spells\Human\ReviveHuman\ReviveHuman.mdl
• Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
• Animation - Change Connector Line Gray 0909 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
• Animation - Change Connector Line Gray 0912 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
• Custom script: end
• Custom script: RemoveLocation(udg_TempPointSpell)

Or do I have to do this for no desync

• Set TempPointSpell = (Position of (Triggering unit))
• Set Temp_Player = (Owner of (Triggering unit))
• Set TempReal = 19.61
• Set TempString = <Empty String>
• Custom script: if GetLocalPlayer() == udg_Temp_Player then
• Set TempReal = 100.00
• Set TempString = Abilities\Spells\Human\ReviveHuman\ReviveHuman.mdl
• Custom script: end
• Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempPointSpell using TempString
• Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
• Animation - Change Connector Line Gray 0909 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (TempReal%, TempReal%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
• Animation - Change Connector Line Gray 0912 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (TempReal%, TempReal%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
• Custom script: RemoveLocation(udg_TempPointSpell)

My map desyncs 15 - 30 minutes in and I can't figure out why. This doesn't seem to cause an issue but is there a chance it can?

I'm still editing and testing in lan on v1.31

 

[zam]

Never use GetLocalPlayer If you don't know how it Functions. Use indexes instead there is no need for GetLocalPlayer.


Also you need to make EndIf not End at the end of the functions block.

 

[BradPittlord]

Im using Lua so I dont need the "if"

I'm trying to get units to show blue for some player and white for others can you do that with indexes?

 

[TriggerHappy]

The second one is safer. The first will 100% desync.

You might also want to create the special effect with the same model for everyone and just hide the effect locally.

 

[HerlySQR]

Never use GetLocalPlayer If you don't know how it Functions. Use indexes instead there is no need for GetLocalPlayer.


Also you need to make EndIf not End at the end of the functions block.

What do you reffer with "Use indexes instead there is no need for GetLocalPlayer"? and why you said "Never use GetLocalPlayer If you don't know how it Functions", if he don't know how it functions then he ask like what he did.

 

[zam]

What do you reffer with "Use indexes instead there is no need for GetLocalPlayer"? and why you said "Never use GetLocalPlayer If you don't know how it Functions", if he don't know how it functions then he ask like what he did.

At first i thought he was a GUI User then he said he was using Lua sorry for my mistake.

 

[BradPittlord]

just hide the effect locally.

By changing the alpha to 0? Is there a way to hide the sound also?

 

[TriggerHappy]

Is there a way to hide the sound also?

I suppose you could move the SFX to the corner of the map or something. Might not be ideal, but I recall special effects being able to desync when using different models because they can end up being destroyed at different points for each player due to animation times.

 

[GIMLI_2]

You could set its size to 0. I cannot confirm if this desyncs or not, but i used it once and it seemed to work fine on multiplayer.

 

[BradPittlord]

I ended up setting the height to -1500.00, thanks fellas

Just a thought but should I be setting my variables after the GetlocalPlayer ends as well since I'm using globals. Otherwise after the trigger the variables remains different for one player, could that be causing a desync?

Perhaps I should be doing it like this

• Set TempReal = 19.61
• Set TempReal2 = -1500.00
• Custom script: if GetLocalPlayer() == udg_Temp_Player then
• Set TempReal = 100.00
• Set TempReal2 = 0.0
• Custom script: end
• Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempPointSpell using Abilities\Spells\Human\ReviveHuman\ReviveHuman.mdl
• Special Effect - Set Height of (Last created special effect) to: TempReal2
• Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
• Animation - Change Connector Line Gray 0909 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (TempReal%, TempReal%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
• Set TempReal = 19.61
• Set TempReal2 = -1500.00

 

[pr114]

Differing variable values cannot desync. Assuming in your other code, the 'TempReal' variables are set properly before they are used to modify game engine properties.

 

[BradPittlord]

Makes since thx