GetLocalPlayer

[GIMLI_2]

Hi,
i got a problem and dont know how to fix it.
I'm using this to show a unit just for one player. It is a light model and my Day/Night models are set to '0'.

• Set TempPlayer = AnyPlayer
• Custom script: if GetLocalPlayer() != udg_TempPlayer then
• Unit - Hide Light[TempInt1]
• Custom script: endif

well, that works, but as soon as i play it in multiplayer and the light unit(that is attached to a unit i control) comes into the screen of my friend, he Disconnects from game, even if he doesnt see it (because i hide it)

do you know how to fix it? or is there another way to hide units for certain players? i tried with Alpha set to 0 but that didnt work, obviously because the model is a light source

 

[Vinz]

Transparency perhaps?

 

[WaterKnight]

Vertex transparency should not affect light sources but for units you can use invisibility abilities. Does it have to be a unit though?

 

[GIMLI_2]

it dont i think that it has to be a unit, but what else? transparency doesnt work

 

[Dr Super Good]

It is because it is a unit and visible for one player while hidden for another. Hidden units are fine until they start to be interacted with in which case the client behaviour is no longer deterministic so an out of synchronization error occurs.

Do note that hiding a unit influences units nearby as well. Hidden units will no longer be auto-targeted and are ignored from some searches.

Is a unit really necessary? Surely a special effect could work?

 

[GIMLI_2]

i'll try to do it with special effects then, thanks for you fast answers!

 

[Vinz]

Locally created sfx desyncs too right? I read about using locally set strings instead.

 

[edo494]

yes, you have to locally set the string, but this should be common knowledge to anyone working with GetLocalPlayer, or one may get desyncing map and not know what happens

 

[GIMLI_2]

Locally created sfx desyncs too right? I read about using locally set strings instead.

yeah, thats what i did
thanks to all of you!