Spell Question

[Drunken_Jackal]

I have a rather simple, out of curiousity not that I am making any spell.
Now, up to the question:
How do I do a specific spel effect such as a "trackback" or locate what the unit did or where it was at the last, say, 6 seconds.

Thanks a lot.

 

[defskull]

You have to update each X second the unit's movement/actions/etc every interval, the smaller the interval, the more sensitive your spell/system will be (0.01 ~ 0.03) is more effective than tracking the unit once a second.

You know, in 1 second, anything could happen.

Do you wish to imitate the Nerubian Weaver's Ultimate, Time Lapse ? (if you know DotA...)

Well, a 1-second works the same. I just confused with another method lol.

 

[ic3_water]

You have to update each X second the unit's movement/actions/etc every interval, the smaller the interval, the more sensitive your spell/system will be (0.01 ~ 0.03) is more effective than tracking the unit once a second.

You know, in 1 second, anything could happen.

Do you wish to imitate the Nerubian Weaver's Ultimate, Time Lapse ? (if you know DotA...)

Well, a 1-second works the same. I just confused with another method lol.

Not same if you use GUI version.
There is not different when you cast spell at 0.1 seconds or 0.9 seconds. In both situation you will be back at 6th seconds. Even at those time, you got different location, you still will back to the location of 0 second.

 

[defskull]

As I said, I was confused with another method, that is kinda similar to this but not same at all.

What I talk about was keeping track of the unit's HP/MP per small interval seconds will make your spell more sensitive because in 1 second, anything can happen.
Which is totally not related to this thread at all.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Well I never heard of such a spell, since I never tried that hero.
All my DotA experiences are from a single game and it only.

Thanks though.

 

[defskull]

Can you learn by sayings ?
Or you really need a trigger ?

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Well you can do any.
I can understand you if you just spoke or presented triggers.

 

[Vladadamm]

Every X time (something between 0.1 and 0.5 seconds seems the best imo), you save things in variables/hashtables. Let's say we make it 6seconds as you said, with a 0.5 periodic, you'll have 6/0,5 (12). So, you use only 12arrays/hashtable emplacments/variables. Every 0.5 seconds, for the values stored from 11 to 1, you save values to the next array/hashtable emplacment/variable (actual one + 1), and you save the actual ones at the array 1.
When your unit casts the spell, you give it the values saved in 12.

Also, for the unit's location, better to use coordonnates to avoid leaks.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Thanks! Seems a fairly good solution.