Saving diffrent handles on the same memory cell

[ToldYouSo]

So the question is I save some effect by StringHash on Hashtable, then

call DestroyEffect(LoadEffectHandle(Hash,GetHandleId(f),StringHash("RPT_Eff")))
set eff = AddSpecialEffect....
call SaveEffectHandle(Hash,GetHandleId(f),StringHash("RPT_Eff"))

I do this, so I wonder, should I remove a memory cell in Hash before saving a new effect on it?

 

[chopinski]

why are you using a string hash? why not use:

call SaveEffectHandle(Hash, GetHandleId(f), 1, eff)

a handle is a pointer to a data structure, in your case the effect eff. When you call the DestroyEffect function the effect is destroyed in game and the pointer still have its value stored. When you save another effect in its position the pointer is now overwritten with the new value (it dosent mean that the effect has leaked, because you destroyed it). The important think that you need to do is to, at some point, flush the child hastable for the handle f, nullfying their values and cleaning any handle leak, like this:

call FlushChildHashtable(Hash, GetHandleId(f))