Does Adding special effects desynch?

[sethmachine]

Hi,

Will either of these local player blocks cause a desynch?

I would think not, but would just like to verify.

		if GetLocalPlayer() == players[pid] then
			set goalEffect = AddSpecialEffectTarget("Abilities\\Spells\\Other\\TalkToMe\\TalkToMe.mdl", u, "head")
		endif

and

		if GetLocalPlayer() == players[pid] then
			call DestroyEffect(goalEffect)
		endif

Many thanks!

 

[Ceday]

You need to do something like this

local string s = "effect model"
if GetLocalPlayer() != yourPlayer then
    set s = ""
endif
call AddSpecialEffect(s, ...)

 

[edo494]

special effect is agent, so it is reference counted, and AddSpecialEffect creates new agent, so if you do so inside the local block, it will desync. Ceday's script is the one that doesnt cause desyncs

 

[sethmachine]

Many thanks for the solution and explanations.

This works.

I was thinking it was funny, because it created an object that had to later be deleted.

So basically any call that creates an object (an agent) can't be done in a local block if that is my take, even if it's only visual.

 

[edo494]

you can create objects(lightnings and texttags are proof of this), but not agents, because they are reference counted, and if one ref counter is not synced throughout the players, your game desyncs, and Warcraft 3's way of dealing with desyncs is just to crash the desynced player compared to the host(most likely)

 

[sethmachine]

Thanks for the clarification. Good to know text tags and lightnings are safe in local blocks.

 

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