[JASS] multiboarditem ?

[deathismyfriend]

hello i was just wondering about everyones thoughts on this is it better to create multiboard items for each multiboard and save them as a global array for each multibaord to reuse it or is it better to create it and do

local multiboarditem mbi
call MultiboardGetItem()
set mbi = null

 

[Maker]

Multiboards aren't manipulated that often so the benefit of saving each item into an array isn't huge.

Use whatever method pleases you the most.

 

[deathismyfriend]

so wat if they were manipulated a lot what would u suggest then ?

 

[WaterKnight]

Nulling the variable does not destroy the object. MultiboardReleaseItem does.

I think an own data structure in jass supporting the range while being faster would only be to have a separate array for each multiboard. Though I wonder why multiboarditems count to the big agent stack because one may consider to call them locally, therefore also saving performance.

 

[deathismyfriend]

oops i forgot to put release item in my example lol and what do u mean teh big agent stack ? and right now i do call them locally

 

[WaterKnight]

The objects of most agent types receive ids from a shared stack beyond 2^20. Since usually agents are gameplay determining like units or triggers, they cause net traffic and the stack should be in sync. I meant locally in the sense of executing the code on single clients.