[Trigger] GetLocalPlayer() and Play Unit Animation ?

[TheWhiteWolf]

Can GetLocalPlayer() allow me to play a unit's animation (so it is visible to one player, but not to the others)?

Please, I need an answer as soon as possible.

 

[Ceday]

Yes, it is safe.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Yes because animations are local (not part of the deterministic state). In fact, stuff that you are not directly viewing near is not even animated.

 

[TheWhiteWolf]

I am making a custom inventory system with pressable buttons, so I will be able to play button animations for a single player only, right? Buttons are units.

 

[Arhowk]

yes.

 

[GywGod133]

^.^ wiw i see the tutorial bout Play Animation

Ty for this +rep xD

 

[Fingolfin]

Pro tip: tracking when a player selects a unit is really slow in multiplayer. If you use trackables instead, you can also trace when a player hovers the mouse over the button! I have a system for this that you can use to make it work with GUI.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Pro tip: tracking when a player selects a unit is really slow in multiplayer. If you use trackables instead, you can also trace when a player hovers the mouse over the button! I have a system for this that you can use to make it work with GUI.

Trackables also need to synchronize events so will have approximately the same latency in multiplayer (Round Trip Time + buffer).

 

[TheWhiteWolf]

How hard is it to implement trackables, and what are they?

 

[MeKC]

Trackable is just a model you can place anywhere on the maps x/y axis. The z axis dont work.

It can fire a trigger event when a trackable is clicked, or you just hold your mouse cursor over it.

However blizzard did not finish them, and they are only available in jass. Trackables cant be move or deleted when first created.

 

[TheWhiteWolf]

Trackables would be convenient, but I don't really use JASS nor have any interest in it... Thank you guys anyway

 

[MeKC]

I think UMSWE editor have trackables available in the GUI editor. Else if you spend one hour study trackables in Jass, you can easly intergrate them in your GUI functions.

 

[bajaist]

Here is a GUI tutorial for trackables. It uses a lot of custom scripts, but, as far as i know, there really is no other way.