Does mem leaks still exist by creating Special Effects and not destroying them? [1.29]

[Blood_Blank]

I saw that dummies units are like not needed anymore because of the new Special FX natives, but does they still leak if they are not destroyed instantly?

If they do, will soomeeeday this will get fixed?

 

[Razorclaw_X]

There's reasons to not destroy them so yes, you will still have to manually destroy them yourself.

 

[millzy]

is this the same as destroying it ??

• Special Effect - Set Time of (Last created special effect) to 1.00

 

[MyPad]

By my tests, that function call does not automatically destroy the special effect, effectively implying the existence of a leak.

You can use this trigger as a reference point:

• Special Effect Timed
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Custom script: set bj_lastCreatedEffect = AddSpecialEffect("Abilities\\Spells\\Human\\ThunderClap\\ThunderClapCaster.mdl", 0, 0)
    • Special Effect - Set Time of (Last created special effect) to 1.00
    • Custom script: call BJDebugMsg("Handle id of effect adjusted to minimum index: " + I2S(GetHandleId(bj_lastCreatedEffect) - 0x100000))

or in JASS (vJASS isn't working right now)

function Trig_Special_Effect_Timed_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    set bj_lastCreatedEffect = AddSpecialEffect("Abilities\\Spells\\Human\\ThunderClap\\ThunderClapCaster.mdl", 0, 0)
    call BlzSetSpecialEffectTime(bj_lastCreatedEffect, 1.00)
    call BJDebugMsg("Handle id of effect adjusted to minimum index: " + I2S(GetHandleId(bj_lastCreatedEffect) - 0x100000))
endfunction

function InitTrig_Special_Effect_Timed takes nothing returns nothing
    set gg_trg_Special_Effect_Timed = CreateTrigger()
    call TriggerRegisterTimerEvent( gg_trg_Special_Effect_Timed, 0.1, true)
    call TriggerAddCondition( gg_trg_Special_Effect_Timed, Condition(function Trig_Special_Effect_Timed_Actions))
endfunction

 

[Tasyen]

is this the same as destroying it ??

• 
  Special Effect - Set Time of (Last created special effect) to 1.00

No,
SetTime moves forward or backwards in the displayed part of the animation of the specialeffect (quite cool to animate custom Progressbars).
in your example it will display the effect from second 1.0, basicly skiping second 0 to 0.99.
Edit: It does not work for any model, guess it needs an animation.

 

[Blood_Blank]

No,
SetTime moves forward or backwards in the displayed part of the animation of the specialeffect (quite cool to animate custom Progressbars).
in your example it will display the effect from second 1.0, basicly skiping second 0 to 0.99.
Edit: It does not work for any model, guess it needs an animation.

So it works for ex: Buildings birth animation, right?

 

[Dr Super Good]

One has to get their head around the concept of something still existing even if it is not visible. As far as Warcraft III is concerned the special effects still very much exist even if they are not visible. It will still try to draw them to the screen, it will still keep track of their animation state and will still require similar overhead as if they were visible. Destroying the special effect instructs Warcraft III to stop doing all of that and hence it is required to do so.

This same sort of leak exists in StarCraft II even though there are some mechanics in place to try and prevent it.