[Solved] Special Effects case.

[chopinski]

if i use ->

call AddSpecialEffectTarget( "war3mapImported\\Flame Cyclone.mdl", GetLastCreatedUnit(), "origin" )

, and that unit dies, will the special effect that i just attach to it be destroyed too, or it will leak?

 

[PurgeandFire]

It will leak.

So you should just destroy it when the effect animation finishes (using a timer).

 

[chopinski]

It will leak.

So you should just destroy it when the effect animation finishes (using a timer).

thx, but why not use a SleepAction instead? and how do i use a timer to do that?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Sleep action works too. TriggerSleepAction has some problems: it is usually off by a quarter of a second or so, it waits real time vs game time, and it pauses the current thread.

But if that is fine in your case, then feel free to use it. With longer waits, it is usually okay.

 

[chopinski]

Sleep action works too. TriggerSleepAction has some problems: it is usually off by a quarter of a second or so, it waits real time vs game time, and it pauses the current thread.

But if that is fine in your case, then feel free to use it. With longer waits, it is usually okay.

But using SleepAction can cause performance issues or just that difference in execution? its a 3 sec wait btw.

 

[Dr Super Good]

SleepAction can cause lag (network latency) as I believe it generates net traffic.

Although the special effect object likely leaks, I do not think the graphics do because they are attached to something else which gets removed automatically (the unit). As such they probably do not have a place to be rendered at.

 

[chopinski]

SleepAction can cause lag (network latency) as I believe it generates net traffic.

Although the special effect object likely leaks, I do not think the graphics do because they are attached to something else which gets removed automatically (the unit). As such they probably do not have a place to be rendered at.

that's what i was thinking, there's no unit for the effect to be attached anymore, so how can it leak? I dont know if the function call leak any references but i'm gonna take the safest way and remove it anyway, but thx for the explanation guys.

 

[Dr Super Good]

so how can it leak?

The special effect handle object might still exist (not removed). The only reason for no visual overhead is because there is no actor graph for the unit so the effect will not be rendered.