[Solved] Modulo Does not always work on Real Numbers

[Veronnis]

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here? I don't understand why this is failing, please note the problem appears to be caused solely by the Modulo condition, as everything works fine when it's gone. Purpose: Use the modulo as a frequency interval for the spell's effect.

• Curse a Unit
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) issues Mouse Down event
  • Conditions
    • (Trigger Mouse Button) Equal to Left Mouse Button
  • Actions
    • Set DOTsActive = (DOTsActive + 1)
    • Set TimeCounter[DOTsActive] = 0.00
    • Set EffectModulo[DOTsActive] = 0.50
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • DOTsActive Equal to 1
      • Then - Actions
        • Trigger - Turn on Effect Loop <gen>
      • Else - Actions

• Effect Loop
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.10 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer GenericLoopCount) from 1 to DOTsActive, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Set TimeCounter[GenericLoopCount] = (TimeCounter[GenericLoopCount] + 0.10)
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (TimeCounter[GenericLoopCount] mod EffectModulo[GenericLoopCount]) Equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • -------- Make an explosion --------
          • Else - Actions
            • -------- Do nothing --------

 

[Pyrogasm]

Operations on real numbers aren't always precise so you are probably simply not getting a modulo remainder of exactly 0. If you change that condition to < 0.10 (or some other small number) I anticipate it will work. This is why it is generally always recommended to use integers for time counters, not reals.

 

[Veronnis]

I appreciate your response and thought this might be the case. Since the string return was yield 0.00 I thought I would be good, but in reality its probably 0.00001 or something. Thanks for the verification!