Shop lag decrement

[Rybak]

Heloes Hive Workshop

I made a topic not so long ago, after getting an answer I added another question there, but noone seemed to notice, so I'll post a new topic.

Here's my question - can I remove the lag which occurs between hero getting close enough to the shop and making him possible to buy anything? I couldn't find it in shop stats, nor in "Choose hero" skill (it has no order string, so I can't tell it to choose a hero) and in Interfece or Game Constants options.

Thanks in advance

 

[Malhorne]

Which lag ?
You might want to say bug ?

Have you tried by putting another hero/shop near the shop/hero to see what can be the source of the bug ?

 

[Rybak]

It is no bug. On a melee map, when a hero approches a shop, the shop is blocked for a short while. I couldn't find a better name here than 'a lag'.

 

[Malhorne]

Ah...
And after it works fine ?

 

[Rybak]

Yes, like a shop.

What I mean, is it's normal in Warcraft 3 for this shop lag to be. I just want to get rid of it, because my map is kinda fast.

 

[Malhorne]

Ah ok :/
I don't know if there is something possible seems the shop in war3 is always a bit buggy x)

Off-Topic : 400th post

 

[pOke]

There is always a delay when you approach a shop before it "picks" the unit with the Select Unit ability.

The only way I can think is to have some dummy unit already next to the shop and have them actually buy the item, then you either drop and it give it to the right hero or kill it and make the right one for the hero.

This isn't the best solution though, it might just be worth it have the 2 second delay while it finds a nearby patron.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You could increase the purchase range. This will mean the unit will be picked earlier as the shop can pick him from a further distance away. Most people will not realise that and still walk very close to the shop but to them it would appear the shop responds faster even though it is just starting to pick them from a further distance away to compensate for the delay.

 

[Rybak]

It wouldn't work, unfortunately, as the script in my map creates a shop unit next to the hero whenever he clicks a specific skills hence range is no matter, as the shop is just next to the hero instantly.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Have you tried forcing the shop to select the hero as a target? Before it automatically selects the hero?

 

[Rybak]

Can't be done - the "Select a Hero" skill has no order string, so I can't do it via triggers. Or can I?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Order ID? Not everything has an order string but everything should have an Order ID.

 

[Rybak]

Hmm... well, I shall try as soon as I get the chance. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Rybak]

I couldn't find any function that would show me skills OrderID. Could you help?

 

[Dr Super Good]

constant native GetIssuedOrderId takes nothing returns integer

Anyway the order to change current shop target is 852566. It was listed here under...
constant integer ORDER_neutralinteract=852566