LoTP needs help!

[Deolrin]

A few days ago, Pippo has joined the LoTP(Leader of the Pack, link in my signature) team as a GUI coder. He was tasked with making a few spells for Hogger himself, but he has encountered a small problem - with the first cast of each spell, there is a slight lag. He did not want to make a thread himself for reasons unknown to me. The triggers are positioned inside a map file that is the first chapter, concluding the prelude, of a campaign file(LoTP).

Abilities

Furious Howl: Hogger howls with such fury that enemies who hear the howl are being struck with great fear, damaging their fighting capabilities - decreasing their armor by X and causing them to miss Y% of their attacks for Z seconds.

• Furious Howl
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Furious Howl
      • Then - Actions
        • Set FH_Caster = (Triggering unit)
        • Set FH_Position = (Position of FH_Caster)
        • Set FH_Item[1] = FH Item 1
        • Set FH_Item[2] = FH Item 2
        • Set FH_Item[3] = FH Item 3
        • Set FH_Group = (Units within 500.00 of FH_Position matching ((((Matching unit) belongs to an enemy of (Owner of FH_Caster)) Equal to True) and ((((Matching unit) is alive) Equal to True) and (((Matching unit) is A structure) Equal to False))))
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_FH_Position)
        • Unit Group - Pick every unit in FH_Group and do (Actions)
          • Loop - Actions
            • Set FH_Position = (Position of (Picked unit))
            • Unit - Create 1 Dummy Caster for (Owner of FH_Caster) at FH_Position facing Default building facing degrees
            • Item - Create FH_Item[(Level of Furious Howl for FH_Caster)] at FH_Position
            • Hero - Give (Last created item) to (Last created unit)
            • Hero - Order (Last created unit) to use (Last created item)
            • Unit - Add a 2.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_FH_Position)
            • Set FH_Position = (Position of (Picked unit))
            • Unit - Create 1 Dummy Caster for (Owner of FH_Caster) at FH_Position facing Default building facing degrees
            • Unit - Add Furious Howl Miss Dummy to (Last created unit)
            • Unit - Set level of Furious Howl Miss Dummy for (Last created unit) to (Level of Furious Howl for FH_Caster)
            • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Undead Banshee - Curse (Picked unit)
            • Unit - Add a 2.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_FH_Position)
        • Custom script: call DestroyGroup(udg_FH_Group)
      • Else - Actions

Rage(Passive): Hogger gains X% attack speed for every enemy he kills for Y seconds. Stacks Z times.

• Rage
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Dies
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set R_Caster = (Killing unit)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Level of Rage for R_Caster) Greater than 0
      • Then - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • ((Killing unit) has buff Rage ) Equal to False
          • Then - Actions
            • Set R_Point = (Position of R_Caster)
            • Set R_Number[(Key (Killing unit))] = (Level of Rage for R_Caster)
            • Unit - Create 1 Dummy Caster for (Owner of R_Caster) at R_Point facing Default building facing degrees
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_R_Point)
            • Unit - Add Rage Dummy to (Last created unit)
            • Unit - Set level of Rage Dummy for (Last created unit) to R_Number[(Key (Killing unit))]
            • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Orc Shaman - Bloodlust R_Caster
            • Unit - Add a 2.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
          • Else - Actions
            • Set R_Caster = (Killing unit)
            • Set R_Point = (Position of R_Caster)
            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
              • If - Conditions
                • R_Number[(Key (Killing unit))] Less than or equal to ((Level of FH ability lvl1 for (Killing unit)) x 50)
              • Then - Actions
                • Set R_Number[(Key (Killing unit))] = (R_Number[(Key (Killing unit))] + (1 x (Level of FH ability lvl1 for R_Caster)))
                • Unit - Create 1 Dummy Caster for (Owner of R_Caster) at R_Point facing Default building facing degrees
                • Unit - Add Rage Dummy to (Last created unit)
                • Unit - Set level of Rage Dummy for (Last created unit) to R_Number[(Key (Killing unit))]
                • Unit - Order (Last created unit) to Orc Shaman - Bloodlust R_Caster
                • Unit - Add a 2.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
                • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_R_Point)
              • Else - Actions
                • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_R_Point)
      • Else - Actions

Swift Strike: Hogger uses his swiftness to quickly strike an enemy unit, dealing damage equal to X% of Hogger's agility to the enemy.

• Swift Strike
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Ability being cast) Equal to Swift Strike
      • Then - Actions
        • Set SS_Caster = (Triggering unit)
        • Set SS_Target = (Target unit of ability being cast)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the hand left of SS_Caster using Abilities\Spells\Undead\OrbOfDeath\AnnihilationMissile.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the hand right of SS_Caster using Abilities\Spells\Undead\OrbOfDeath\AnnihilationMissile.mdl
        • Special Effect - Destroy (Last created special effect)
        • Unit - Cause SS_Caster to damage SS_Target, dealing (0.50 x ((Real((Level of Swift Strike for SS_Caster))) x (Real((Agility of SS_Caster (Include bonuses)))))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
        • Unit - Cause SS_Caster to damage SS_Target, dealing (50.00 x ((Real((Level of Swift Strike for SS_Caster))) + 0.00)) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Normal
      • Else - Actions

Please note that the spell descriptions are NOT up-to-date.

If you need any more information about whatever you need to help us, please let me know.

 

[Void]

adding abilities (no unit had before in the current game) to a unit always causes a lag - to avoid that you have to preload them

use one of these: xe preload (part of XE http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=101150) or AbilityPreload (http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=105279) (you can do the same thing in gui too just add all the abilities to a single unit on map initialization and remove it afterwards)

 

[Catch_ya]

I've heard something about a kinda bug when you use "Create unit" that it will always cause lag.