Remove aura! Now!

[best_player_88]

Hi to you the reader!
I need to make devotion aura be removed faster (best if 0.01 seconds) after a unit was too far from the unit with the area. what is the most easy way to do it?

 

[LordDz]

Check if a unit has the devotion aura buff and is further than the range from point1 and point2 and then remove the devotion aura buff?

 

[best_player_88]

Check if a unit has the devotion aura buff and is further than the range from point1 and point2 and then remove the devotion aura buff?

I am searching for a faster solution that does not involves triggers, like how in dota they remove the ice shard buff 0.01 seconds after the unit left the area without checking every 0.01 seconds.

 

[LordDz]

Well they probably do use triggers for that anyway, or they're not using an aura for it.

 

[Arhowk]

I am searching for a faster solution that does not involves triggers, like how in dota they remove the ice shard buff 0.01 seconds after the unit left the area without checking every 0.01 seconds.

right they check it every 0.03 seconds -_-

all dota auras are customcoded and loop every 0.03 seconds if im not mistaken

 

[best_player_88]

Thanks for responding, a pity that I can't use trigger that fast.
How much is the Devotion Aura Default Staying Duration? and is it possible to change that?

 

[JamesxcX]

I just checked the Devotion Aura in object editor and saw that duration is set on 4 seconds, maybe if you change that to 0, it might disappear as soon as the unit is out the range

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Duration has no effect on auras. Only way to remove aura buffs faster is via triggers.

 

[pOke]

I think there is a gameplay constant for the stickyness of auras.

 

[Ezekiel12]

I think there is a gameplay constant for the stickyness of auras.

No there is not. Normal wc3 auras will remain 2-4 seconds on a unit after it left the range. No way to change that.

@OP: In some of my testmaps I used immolation as a buff marker, as you can set the duration to as low as 0.01 there.

 

[best_player_88]

No there is not. Normal wc3 auras will remain 2-4 seconds on a unit after it left the range. No way to change that.

@OP: In some of my testmaps I used immolation as a buff marker, as you can set the duration to as low as 0.01 there.

permanent immolation or just immolation?

 

[Ezekiel12]

Doesnt matter. For convenience you might want to use the permanent one.
There are some disadvantages though:
-a damage per interval >0 is required for immolation to work
-a lot of damage events
-sleeping units are not affected (invulnerable units are affected if they are in the targets list (0 damage instances to them))
-paused units will only be damaged once when the buff is added and the buff wont be removed as long as they are paused

 

[Nichilus]

Thanks for responding, a pity that I can't use trigger that fast.

Why not? If you make 1 such trigger that (globally) manages aura(s), then what's wrong with it?

 

[best_player_88]

Why not? If you make 1 such trigger that (globally) manages aura(s), then what's wrong with it?

nothing is cute about a trigger that works every 0.01 seconds

Doesnt matter. For convenience you might want to use the permanent one.
There are some disadvantages though:
-a damage per interval >0 is required for immolation to work
-a lot of damage events
-sleeping units are not affected (invulnerable units are affected if they are in the targets list (0 damage instances to them))
-paused units will only be damaged once when the buff is added and the buff wont be removed as long as they are paused

a possitive aura that gives sound message "our allies is under attack"

 

[vypur85]

> nothing is cute about a trigger that works every 0.01 seconds
Just use 0.1 seconds. It won't be noticeable. Unless, of course, you're very particular about this.

Using Permanent Immolation with low damage interval (ie 0.01 seconds) will lag the game (not noticeable sometimes) anyway after all. Though, I'm not sure which lags more, the low interval PI or periodic trigger. It all depends on what you do I suppose.

 

[best_player_88]

> nothing is cute about a trigger that works every 0.01 seconds
Just use 0.1 seconds. It won't be noticeable. Unless, of course, you're very particular about this.

Using Permanent Immolation with low damage interval (ie 0.01 seconds) will lag the game (not noticeable sometimes) anyway after all. Though, I'm not sure which lags more, the low interval PI or periodic trigger. It all depends on what you do I suppose.

there is no point giving the player "an ally town is under attack" message, I could set the sound into an empty sound "x.wav" but each time a player gets hit, nobody knows. xD so to conclude, the best way to do it is with 0.1 seconds trigger.