[Trigger] How do I make this MUI?

theoutsider38 · Nov 13, 2007

Omni Gladiator
- Events
  - Unit - A unit Finishes casting an ability
- Conditions
  - (Ability being cast) Equal to Omni
- Actions
  - Set OmniCaster = (Casting unit)
  - Set OmniTarget = (Target unit of ability being cast)
  - Set OmniHealth = (Life of OmniCaster)
  - Set OmniMana = (Mana of OmniCaster)
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 4 (Purple)
    - Then - Actions
      - Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster4 of Units in GameCache
    - Else - Actions
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 5 (Yellow)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster5 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 6 (Orange)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster6 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 7 (Green)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster7 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 8 (Pink)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster8 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 9 (Gray)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster9 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 10 (Light Blue)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster10 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 11 (Dark Green)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster11 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 12 (Brown)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster12 of Units in GameCache
        
        Else - Actions
        
        Do nothing
  - Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of OmniCaster using Abilities\Spells\Human\Omni\Omni.mdx
  - Set OmniEffect = (Last created special effect)
  - Custom script: call UnitAddAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', udg_OmniCaster )
  - Animation - Change OmniCaster's animation speed to 1000.00% of its original speed
  - Unit - Make OmniCaster Invulnerable
  - Unit - Set OmniCaster acquisition range to 0.00
  - Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of OmniCaster) using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
  - Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of OmniCaster using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
  - Unit - Move OmniCaster instantly to (Position of OmniTarget), facing (Position of OmniTarget)
  - Animation - Play OmniCaster's attack,slam animation
  - Set OmniDamage = (120 + (Random integer number between (20 x ((Level of Omni for OmniCaster) - 3)) and (20 x (Level of Omni for OmniCaster))))
  - Unit - Cause OmniCaster to damage OmniTarget, dealing (Real(OmniDamage)) damage of attack type Hero and damage type Normal
  - Wait 0.10 seconds
  - Floating Text - Create floating text that reads ((String(OmniDamage)) + !) at (Position of OmniCaster) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%), and 0.00% transparency
  - Floating Text - Set the velocity of (Last created floating text) to 64.00 towards 90.00 degrees
  - Floating Text - Change (Last created floating text): Disable permanence
  - Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 3.00 seconds
  - Floating Text - Change the fading age of (Last created floating text) to 1.50 seconds
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 7, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set OmniTarget = No unit
      - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units within 512.00 of (Position of OmniCaster) matching ((((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of OmniCaster)) Equal to True) and ((((Matching unit) is A ground unit) Equal to True) and (((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True)))) and do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Unit Group - Add (Picked unit) to OmniTargets
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (OmniTargets is empty) Equal to False
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Set OmniTarget = (Random unit from OmniTargets)
        
        Unit Group - Remove all units from OmniTargets
        
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at (Position of OmniCaster) using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        
        Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of OmniCaster using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        
        Unit - Move OmniCaster instantly to (Position of OmniTarget), facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Animation - Play OmniCaster's attack,slam animation
        
        Set OmniDamage = (120 + (Random integer number between (20 x ((Level of Omni for OmniCaster) - 3)) and (20 x (Level of Omni for OmniCaster))))
        
        Unit - Cause OmniCaster to damage OmniTarget, dealing (Real(OmniDamage)) damage of attack type Hero and damage type Normal
        
        Wait 0.10 seconds
        
        Floating Text - Create floating text that reads ((String(OmniDamage)) + !) at (Position of OmniCaster) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%), and 0.00% transparency
        
        Floating Text - Set the velocity of (Last created floating text) to 64.00 towards 90.00 degrees
        
        Floating Text - Change (Last created floating text): Disable permanence
        
        Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 3.00 seconds
        
        Floating Text - Change the fading age of (Last created floating text) to 1.50 seconds
        
        Else - Actions
        
        Unit Group - Remove all units from OmniTargets
  - Special Effect - Destroy OmniEffect
  - Unit - Remove OmniCaster from the game
  - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
    - If - Conditions
      - (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 4 (Purple)
    - Then - Actions
      - Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster4 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
    - Else - Actions
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 5 (Yellow)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster5 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 6 (Orange)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster6 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 7 (Green)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster7 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 8 (Pink)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster8 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 9 (Gray)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster9 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 10 (Light Blue)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster10 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 11 (Dark Green)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster11 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 12 (Brown)
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Game Cache - Restore OmniCaster12 of Units from GameCache for (Owner of OmniCaster) at (Position of OmniCaster) facing (Position of OmniTarget)
        
        Else - Actions
        
        Do nothing
  - Set OmniCaster = (Last restored unit)
  - Unit - Set life of OmniCaster to OmniHealth
  - Unit - Set mana of OmniCaster to OmniMana
  - Selection - Select OmniCaster for (Owner of OmniCaster)

Yes, I know its huge and bloated, and probably leaks quite badly. I tried adding local variables to the top of it using the same names as the globals but nothing happened when I cast the spell :con:

The spell works excelent when only 1 unit casts it. Fell free to use the code if you help me out. :thumbs_up:

theoutsider38 · Nov 13, 2007

Test Map Containing Trigger.

GhostWolf · Nov 13, 2007

First as you said it will leak a lot... you made a lot of positions without variables, the special effects are without variables too (beside main one).
If it would be 1-2 whatever... like this I think it would make a game lag pretty badly if cast many times.

Now just for general knowledge, what the CACHE helps with ? never used that thing so dunno what it does.

And now atlast for your question, obivously this skill has some cast time untill it finishes so if you cast it in the middle with another unit it will surely bug the variables.
You would need to make harray's for variables to make it flawless I think (now that will be nice to see... a ~1500 lines of code :xxd:

).

theoutsider38 · Nov 13, 2007

Cache is to replace the unit atfer its had Aloc a.k.a. Locust added to it. It seems to bug when you try to remove it so it was just easier to replace the whole unit from cache.

Just_Spectating · Nov 13, 2007

try not using so many variables. they tend to be MUI intolerable. depending on how you use them.

theoutsider38 · Nov 13, 2007

Actually I had to add more variables to get all the effects I needed ><
Heres a cleaned up version that applies for 1 unit only, i guess im going to need 1 trigger per player along with a bunch of variables. If anyone can spot any leaks left plz tell me!

Player4 Omni
- Events
  - Unit - A unit owned by Player 4 (Purple) Starts the effect of an ability
- Conditions
  - (Casting unit) Equal to Player4
  - (Ability being cast) Equal to Omni
- Actions
  - Set Player4Unit = (Target unit of ability being cast)
  - Game Cache - Store Player4 as Player4 of Units in GameCache
  - Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of Player4 using Abilities\Spells\Human\Omni\Omni.mdx
  - Set Player4Effect = (Last created special effect)
  - Custom script: call UnitAddAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', udg_Player4 )
  - Unit - Make Player4 Invulnerable
  - Animation - Change Player4's animation speed to 1000.00% of its original speed
  - Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4)
  - Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempPoint using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
  - Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
  - Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of Player4 using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
  - Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
  - Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4Unit)
  - Unit - Move Player4 instantly to TempPoint
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
  - Unit - Make Player4 face Player4Unit over 0.00 seconds
  - Animation - Play Player4's attack,slam animation
  - Set Player4Integer = (120 + (Random integer number between (20 x ((Level of Omni for Player4) - 3)) and (20 x (Level of Omni for Player4))))
  - Unit - Cause Player4 to damage Player4Unit, dealing (Real(Player4Integer)) damage of attack type Hero and damage type Normal
  - Wait 0.02 seconds
  - Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4)
  - Floating Text - Create floating text that reads ((String(Player4Integer)) + !) at TempPoint with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%), and 0.00% transparency
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
  - Floating Text - Set the velocity of (Last created floating text) to 64.00 towards 90.00 degrees
  - Floating Text - Change (Last created floating text): Disable permanence
  - Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 3.00 seconds
  - Floating Text - Change the fading age of (Last created floating text) to 1.50 seconds
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 7, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set Player4Unit = No unit
      - Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4)
      - Set Player4UnitGroup = (Units within 512.00 of TempPoint matching ((((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of Player 4 (Purple)) Equal to True) and ((((Matching unit) is A ground unit) Equal to True) and (((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True))))
      - Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Player4UnitGroup is empty) Equal to False
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Set Player4Unit = (Random unit from Player4UnitGroup)
        
        Unit Group - Remove all units from Player4UnitGroup
        
        Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4)
        
        Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempPoint using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        
        Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
        
        Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of Player4 using Abilities\Spells\NightElf\Blink\BlinkCaster.mdl
        
        Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        
        Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4Unit)
        
        Unit - Move Player4 instantly to TempPoint
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
        
        Unit - Make Player4 face Player4Unit over 0.00 seconds
        
        Animation - Play Player4's attack,slam animation
        
        Set Player4Integer = (120 + (Random integer number between (20 x ((Level of Omni for Player4) - 3)) and (20 x (Level of Omni for Player4))))
        
        Unit - Cause Player4 to damage Player4Unit, dealing (Real(Player4Integer)) damage of attack type Hero and damage type Normal
        
        Wait 0.02 seconds
        
        Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4)
        
        Floating Text - Create floating text that reads ((String(Player4Integer)) + !) at TempPoint with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%), and 0.00% transparency
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
        
        Floating Text - Set the velocity of (Last created floating text) to 64.00 towards 90.00 degrees
        
        Floating Text - Change (Last created floating text): Disable permanence
        
        Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 3.00 seconds
        
        Floating Text - Change the fading age of (Last created floating text) to 1.50 seconds
        
        Else - Actions
        
        Unit Group - Remove all units from Player4UnitGroup
  - Special Effect - Destroy Player4Effect
  - Set Player4Health = (Life of Player4)
  - Set Player4Mana = (Mana of Player4)
  - Set Player4Exp = (Hero experience of Player4)
  - Unit - Remove Player4 from the game
  - Set TempPoint = (Position of Player4)
  - Game Cache - Restore Player4 of Units from GameCache for Player 4 (Purple) at TempPoint facing 0.00
  - Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint )
  - Set Player4 = (Last restored unit)
  - Unit - Make Player4 face Player4Unit over 0.00 seconds
  - Unit - Set life of Player4 to Player4Health
  - Unit - Set mana of Player4 to (Player4Mana - 0.00)
  - Hero - Set Player4 experience to Player4Exp, Hide level-up graphics
  - Selection - Select Player4 for Player 4 (Purple)

GhostWolf · Nov 13, 2007

Told you to use it like that :grin:

Didn't spot any leaks by the way, nice use of TempLoc for various things.

Just_Spectating · Nov 13, 2007

instead of a variable for each player (Player1Health, Player2Health, etc) make it into an array and then set array #1 to player 1, 2 to player 2, etc. but if you want to remove that TINY leak, start array at 0.

wd40bomber7 · Nov 14, 2007

Since it only has a .04 second cast time, it should be MUI right off the bat.
(Unless someone can cast it twice in .04 seconds)

Eleandor · Nov 14, 2007

wd40bomber7 said:
Since it only has a .04 second cast time, it should be MUI right off the bat.
(Unless someone can cast it twice in .04 seconds)

Waiting 0,02 in a 1 TO 7 loop will result in a 0,14 wait (I think). In total 0,16.

Since there are multiple players, as small as the waiting seems, I personally can't call it MUI.

Pyritie · Nov 14, 2007

Turning this...

[trigger="Your Trigger"]
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 4 (Purple)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster4 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 5 (Yellow)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster5 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 6 (Orange)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster6 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 7 (Green)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster7 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 8 (Pink)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster8 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 9 (Gray)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster9 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 10 (Light Blue)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster10 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 11 (Dark Green)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster11 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
If - Conditions
(Owner of OmniCaster) Equal to Player 12 (Brown)
Then - Actions
Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as OmniCaster12 of Units in GameCache
Else - Actions
Do nothing[/TRIGGER]

...into this...

[trigger="Sexy Trigger"]Game Cache - Store OmniCaster as (("OmniCaster") + (Player number of (Owner of OmniCaster))) of Units in GameCache[/trigger]

...looks a lot better, don't you think?

wd40bomber7 · Nov 15, 2007

I forgot to mention, TriggerSleepAction, can't wait less then a certain amount. I don't know exactly what that amount is, but its certainly larger then .01
I'm almost certain its least amount of wait time is around .1+
I would suggest using timers. Also the gamechace is notoriously slow.

Pyritie · Nov 15, 2007

Yes, it can only wait for a minimum of 0.27 seconds or something.

theoutsider38 · Nov 15, 2007

We had a discussion of this in anouther thread, I think it came out to be around .125- to .1 depending on the demand on the processor, atleast on my machine.

Pyritie · Nov 15, 2007

No. It's hard coded to be 0.27 seconds. It doesn't matter about your processor.

theoutsider38 · Nov 15, 2007

Thats odd, try this.

GhostWolf · Nov 16, 2007

I just tested 0.01, with this:

Untitled Trigger 001
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set int = 0

Untitled Trigger 002
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set int = (int + 1)

Untitled Trigger 003
- Events
  - Time - Every 1.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String(int))

And every time it was exacly int+100.
How do you explain that ?

Pyritie · Nov 16, 2007

Yes, timers can go all the way down to 0.01. WAITS can only be a minimum of 0.27 seconds.

Eleandor · Nov 16, 2007

Waiting 0,01 seconds will result in 0,125 seconds REAL waiting time.
Waiting 0,1 seconds will result in 0,2 REAL waiting time.

That's however what my tests tell me.

Pyritie · Nov 16, 2007

No no no no no. No.

No matter what you put in for Wait, if it's below 0.27 seconds it's gonna act as if it's 0.27 seconds.

What you're saying makes no sense. Waiting 1 second does not equal waiting 2 seconds.

Eleandor · Nov 16, 2007

Yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
I made a trigger like this:

Actions
- For i = 1 TO 100 DO
  - Set integer = integer + 1
  - Wait 0,01 seconds

After 1 second I displayed the current value of integer, it was at 8. I did the same with 0,1; the value of integer was 5.
It's clearly not a "simple" function, considering the fact waiting 0,1 doesn't result in an integer value of 0 but in an integer value of 5. That's also why waiting 1 second probably results in actually waiting 1 second instead of 2.
Try to explain that to me with 0,27 wait times?

Pyritie · Nov 16, 2007

Try using a real instead.

Trigger 1
- Actions
  - Trigger - Run Trigger 2 (ignoring conditions)
  - Wait 0.27 seconds
  - Game - Display String(Real) to all players blah blah

Trigger 2
- Events
  - Time - every 0.01 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Set Real = (Real + 0.01)

0.27 is displayed.

Eleandor · Nov 16, 2007

erm...

that would mean that 0,01 actually IS 0,01. Because if you add 0,01 every 0,01 seconds, after 0,27 seconds you would get a value of 0,27 if it actually updated 100 times per second.

EDIT: I tested your triggers in WE, and after 0,27 seconds, my real value is 0,03. If waiting 0,01 seconds is waiting 0,27 seconds in real time, my real value would've been 0,01 or 0,02, but NOT 0,03.

Besides, what the hell does it matter if you use a real of 0,01 or an integer of 1? the testing principle is just the same.

GhostWolf · Nov 18, 2007

That 0.27 thing isn't true.

Untitled Trigger 001
- Events
  - Time - Elapsed game time is 10.00 seconds
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 100, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set Real = (Real + 1.00)
      - Wait 0.01 seconds
  - Wait 2.00 seconds
  - Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String(Real))

End results: Real=100.

Just_Spectating · Nov 19, 2007

thats because you set real to 1. and that you have no action afterwards. add another real type value named real2 then set that +1 after the wait 0.01 then display both reals

GhostWolf · Nov 19, 2007

Both showed 100... and +1 or +0.1 or +0.01 changes nothing.

Pyritie · Nov 19, 2007

That's because you're using a For loop you numnut. It's going to count to 100 adding 1 to Real every time. The wait makes no difference.

Eleandor · Nov 19, 2007

it DOES make a difference. even in a FOR loop. a FOR loop does iteration after iteration (until your integer becomes 100). If in 1 iteration you have a wait, it'll wait 0,01 seconds before it proceeds to the next iteration.

Ghostwolf, you need to wait 1 second instead of 2 seconds after the for loop, else it still can mean that waiting 0,01 "means" waiting 0,02.

Anyway, I'm very sure it's NOT 0,27. What the exact value (if it is a constant) is I don't know.
In the end, it doesn't really matter, as long as you keep in mind that waiting short intervals might have different results than you expect to see.

Pyritie · Nov 19, 2007

Pyritie said:
Trigger 1

Actions

Trigger - Run Trigger 2 (ignoring conditions)

Wait 0.27 seconds

Game - Display String(Real) to all players blah blah

Trigger 2

Events

Time - every 0.01 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set Real = (Real + 0.01)

0.27 is displayed.

Trigger 1

Actions

Trigger - Run Trigger 2 (ignoring conditions)

Wait 0.01 seconds

Game - Display String(Real) to all players blah blah

Trigger 2

Events

Time - every 0.01 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

Set Real = (Real + 0.01)

Again, 0.27 is displayed. Not 0.01.

It's a FOR loop. No matter how long that wait is, it'll get to whatever the second number is then stop and display it.

Your logic makes no sense.

Eleandor · Nov 19, 2007

Your logic makes no sense either. You say that waiting 0,01 seconds actually is the same as waiting 0,27 seconds. As a proof you add 0,01 to real every 0,01 seconds and display your real value after 0,27 seconds. How the HELL can real be 0,27 if you only add 0,01 ONCE to real?

By the way, this is what I did:
I made 1 trigger displaying "real" after 1 second.
Then I made another that add 1 to integer every 0,01 seconds. Yet, it displayed 8 after 1 second. If waiting 0,01 seconds was equal to waiting 0,27 seconds, the displayed number should have been 3, not 8.

I'm right, you're wrong.

Pyritie · Nov 19, 2007

Eleandor said:
Your logic makes no sense either. You say that waiting 0,01 seconds actually is the same as waiting 0,27 seconds. As a proof you add 0,01 to real every 0,01 seconds and display your real value after 0,27 seconds. How the HELL can real be 0,27 if you only add 0,01 ONCE to real?

Because that's what the Wait thing does. You can't wait for less than 0.27 seconds. I know it's stupid, I know it may not make any sense. But that's how it goes.

Must I go and get PurplePoot or DSG to come here and prove it?

Dr Super Good · Nov 19, 2007

Actually, Wait works faster in Singleplayer mode than in multiplayer due to syncronization. What appears to be a 0.2 second wait in singleplayer may be as long as 0.5 seconds in multiplayer (+ or - depending on ping). Do not quote me with figgures, but fact is fact.

Howerver using game time wait (polled wait) tends to be more accurate as it uses a timer so it is recomended to do so even thoe it uses more resources to run.

There is no argument here, as others have done it before and all agreed with the above.

However pyritie, I disagree with your 0.27 thing as in multiplayer I have see wait running slower than when playing the same map (same timers and timmings) in single player.

Pyritie · Nov 19, 2007

Oh yeah I forgot about the multiplayer lag. I was mainly focusing on the Single Player one.

And I heard that 0.27 thing somewhere on thehelper. On one of their tutorials I think.

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