Question about DestroyGroup Leak

[CAAentertainment]

I know how to destroy leaks in Unit Group triggers, what from the countless threads about it. But a lot of these threads and tutorials don't seem to tell me one simple piece of information I really want to know before I get in Cinematic Triggering work.

Does bj_wantDestroyGroup = true or call destroygroup. Actually, destroy the Unit Group variable?

Can I still use the variable after doing this leak for another/different Unit Group? Or do I have to create countless Unit Group variables for every single unit group I will have?

Does it destroy the leak and the current group, or does it destroy the leak and the variable itself?

 

[Legal_Ease]

It destroys the group not the variable. It sets the group to null. The variable may be used again but you will need to populate it first.

The leak would only happen if you set unit group = some_group and then later set it to = some_other_group without destroying it.

 

[CAAentertainment]

It destroys the group not the variable. It sets the group to null. The variable may be used again but you will need to populate it first.

The leak would only happen if you set unit group = some_group and then later set it to = some_other_group without destroying it.

Ah, so it just empties the variable. The leak only occurs if I set it to else what when It already is something. Thanks for the explanation!

 

[Legal_Ease]

You got it!

 

[Dr Super Good]

It sets the group to null

It does not change the value of the variable. It evaluates to null but it remains set to the handle of the old group until assigned another value. This is important because the handle index cannot be recycled until no variables are set to it.