String leaks with damage numbers

[tml616]

In my map I want the option to turn on damage numbers for certain spells that have variable damage. I know it's said that strings leak when you do this, but what about if I had a string variable for each integer from 0-9, and connected them to make each damage number, using modulo? Would that leak?

Example of a spell that does 456 damage the string would be:

udg_S_integer_4 + udg_S_integer_5 + udg_S_integer_6

 

[Element of Water]

Nah, you're creating a new string with concatenation. But seriously, strings don't leak much. You'd have to make LOADS (I'm talking maybe millions) before you noticed any lag.

EDIT: Actually, I just had an idea: say your number has 3 digits, use 3 separate texttags (Floating Texts). If you do it right, your players wouldn't notice the difference and it certainly wouldn't cause any string leaks.

EDIT: Wait, the same string can't leak twice. So lots of numbers won't leak much anyway. If you had a damage string for "200", then another unit dealt 200 damage too, it'd only leak once.

 

[tml616]

Oh ok that's cool then, I thought they all leaked when created.

So then my map can have a toggle for:

1- no damage numbers
2- ultimates only
3- all abilities

And I think the hardest-hitting spell is less than 2000 right now, and there's healing spells... so there would be less than 4000 possible strings which is 16kb, is that a lot?

 

[Element of Water]

My RAM is 2gb. That's 131072 times bigger than 16kb. So, no. 16kb is barely any.

 

[YourNameHere]

say your number has 3 digits, use 3 separate texttags (Floating Texts).

Thats never a good idea, remember the limit of 100 texttags?

 

[Element of Water]

Ok, so in an RPG are you ever going to have more than 25 tags showing at once? There're only 12 heroes maximum. And most won't even do 4-digit damage. But whatever, you don't need it anyway due to the string table being awesome.

 

[tml616]

Do the hardcoded floating texts from bounty and criticals count towards the limit?

 

[Element of Water]

I don't think so.

 

[YourNameHere]

Ok, so in an RPG are you ever going to have more than 25 tags showing at once? There're only 12 heroes maximum. And most won't even do 4-digit damage. But whatever, you don't need it anyway due to the string table being awesome.

What if you also want to show up the damage done to you show up? And maybe some other constant ones? You'll end up with 100 pretty fast.

Do the hardcoded floating texts from bounty and criticals count towards the limit?

They don't.

 

[Adiktuz]

whats the 100 texttag limit?

 

[YourNameHere]

What should that be? You can have a maximum amount of 100 texttags simultaneous.

 

[Dr Super Good]

String leaks are not really a problem, unless speed is involved and only if generating new strings. Yes strings can end up hideously slow, but it makes no difference if you use one every few seconds. It is if you use 100s a second when it will be noticable.

 

[Adiktuz]

What should that be? You can have a maximum amount of 100 texttags simultaneous.

oh.. okay.. thanks. I didn't know that.