[JASS] LocalPlayer question

[Sephalo]

Hey there.

I've got a few systems in my map with floating texts, and I know it's possible to make them only appear for 1 player. So this is where I have to use the GetLocalPlayer function, but I never worked with it.
How does this work?

Would this work:

local unit u = GetTriggerUnit()
local player p = GetUnitOwner(u)
if p == GetLocalPlayer() then
///all the floating text functions///
endif

So GetLocalPlayer only affects the lines between the if/then/endif?

 

[The Reborn Devil]

You should create the floating text first outside the if/then/else and then show it to the wanted player inside the if/then/else to avoid desync.
Like this:

...
local texttag tt = CreateTextTag()
call DoSomethingWithTheTextTag(blablabla)
if p == GetLocalPlayer() then
    call SetTextTagVisibility(tt, true)
endif
...

 

[Sephalo]

You should create the floating text first outside the if/then/else and then show it to the wanted player inside the if/then/else to avoid desync.
Like this:

...
local texttag tt = CreateTextTag()
call DoSomethingWithTheTextTag(blablabla)
if p == GetLocalPlayer() then
    call SetTextTagVisibility(tt, true)
endif
...

Oke, problem solved. Thankyou

 

[Ciebron]

its possible to create texttags localy

 

[PurplePoot]

The_Reborn_Devil, texttags are pseudohandles and are asynchronous, so they don't have the same problem as effects etc.

 

[The Reborn Devil]

Oh, okay. I heard somewhere that texttags had to be created globally to avoid desync, but that is wrong then. Thanks for the info.