Special Effects Destruction on death?

[PsychoNerdial]

This is just a quick question: if i attach a special effect to a unit, will the SFX count as destroyed when the unit dies?

 

[M4stah]

If added trough trigger, I think they won't, and attach to teh first unit walking by.

 

[Meticulous]

Not when they die, but when the corpse completely decays and the unit counts as "removed", then all special effects attachments will be removed as well I believe. Still better to manually remove anything you don't need permanently.

 

[BlackEnvyX]

This is just a quick question: if i attach a special effect to a unit, will the SFX count as destroyed when the unit dies?

It depends on the special effect.
Some special effects will destroy on death, some wont.

To destroy a special effect that normally WONT dissapear.

When its created you need to have a variable setting it to that paticular effect. Then when the unit dies, create a trigger That when the unit dies destroys (whatever variable you set it too) PM me if you need more help. I will post a screenshot if you want

 

[PsychoNerdial]

Thanks Narutowithkunaii, for an understandable explanation

 

[Meticulous]

What sfx aren't destroyed when the unit is removed? Other than ones attached to a point rather than a unit.

 

[KingBob]

If you're talking about memory leaks, then no, the effect will still be there in memory, even if you can't see it. You must remove it with the "DestroyEffect" function

If you're talking about the pretty effect model, yes, it'll go away when the model is removed. You can make it stay by using "Create special effect at point" instead of "... on unit".