[Solved] special effect issue

[Sakata Gintoki]

why when i create this function and use it doesn't work

function SpawnEffect takes string model,real x,real y,real yaw,real pitch,real roll,real scale,real duration,integer red,integer green,integer blue,integer trans returns nothing
set bj_lastCreatedEffect=AddSpecialEffect(model,x,y)
call BlzSetSpecialEffectOrientation(bj_lastCreatedEffect,yaw,pitch,roll)
call BlzSetSpecialEffectScale(bj_lastCreatedEffect,scale)
call BlzSetSpecialEffectColor(bj_lastCreatedEffect,red,green,blue)
call BlzSetSpecialEffectAlpha(bj_lastCreatedEffect,trans)
call BlzSetSpecialEffectTime(bj_lastCreatedEffect,duration)
endfunction

 

[Rigborn]

Add special effect does not set bj_lastcreatedeffect iirc

 

[Sakata Gintoki]

so,then what should I do so that the function works? and are yaw same as facing?

 

[Rigborn]

local effect x
set x = AddSpecialEffect (model, x, y)
then use x instead of bj_last createdspecialeffect.
I am not that familiar with yaw but why dont you try them one by one see which one does what. They are even added in gui as well.

 

[MyPad]

Are you calling the function at any given point? The snippet should work as intended.

 

[Sakata Gintoki]

@Aeryn sorry before, but it still doesn't work I've followed your suggestion or is it because wc3 ver 1.30.2.11113
@MyPad Yes, I use the function for the SFX skill but the effect doesn't appear / work

 

[Tasyen]

what value you use for trans and scale?

with scale 0 it is invisible
with trans 0 it is also invisible, for total visibility one should call it with 255.
Duration is the moment of the animation from which the effect will be displayed.

 

[Sakata Gintoki]

i use the function like this but don't work the effect doesn't appear

call SpawnEffect("war3mapImported\\kaizokusfxbyvalk4.mdl",GetUnitX(c),GetUnitY(c),270,10,10,3,2,255,255,255,255)

whether the duration is not the effect lifetime like unittimedlife?

 

[Dr Super Good]

I suggest you restart your computer (not shutdown, it must be restart) and make sure Warcraft III is running at maximum visual settings. Graphic drivers can enter a bugged state that causes some types of Warcraft III visuals to not be drawn correctly, restarting usually fixes this because it forces the graphic drivers to reload. Some special effects will not appear at lower visual settings in Warcraft III, an artefact from the days where most computers could not run Warcraft III maxed out while maintaining good performance.

Test that you can get the effect model to appear in game at all. This is to rule out the problem being the model, especially if it is a custom one.

If it still does not work, try disabling various effect transform calls until it does work. It might be that some of them are buggy with regard to that specific model, or that the parameters they use have different meanings from what you expect.

 

[Tasyen]

whether the duration is not the effect lifetime like unittimedlife?

No it is not a auto destroy. It jumps to a time in the effects models current animation frame. Your example plays the effects animation from second 2.0, therefore skipping 0.0 to 1.999 seconds.

I believe that has also some special behaviour for models with no animation (blizzard, rain of fire). But not sure about this line.

 

[Sakata Gintoki]

No it is not a auto destroy. It jumps to a time in the effects models current animation frame. Your example plays the effects animation from second 2.0, therefore skipping 0.0 to 1.999 seconds.

I believe that has also some special behaviour for models with no animation (blizzard, rain of fire). But not sure about this line.

Thanks,for the information now i know why my model not appear because the 'duration' i set exceeded the animation frame.
sorry for my stupidity

I suggest you restart your computer (not shutdown, it must be restart) and make sure Warcraft III is running at maximum visual settings. Graphic drivers can enter a bugged state that causes some types of Warcraft III visuals to not be drawn correctly, restarting usually fixes this because it forces the graphic drivers to reload. Some special effects will not appear at lower visual settings in Warcraft III, an artefact from the days where most computers could not run Warcraft III maxed out while maintaining good performance.

Test that you can get the effect model to appear in game at all. This is to rule out the problem being the model, especially if it is a custom one.

If it still does not work, try disabling various effect transform calls until it does work. It might be that some of them are buggy with regard to that specific model, or that the parameters they use have different meanings from what you expect.

thanks,for the suggestion