Text Macro Question

[v3nG3]

Hi, there. I'm new in vJass and just wondering if there are any bad effects (like causes game to lag or something....) for using too many textmacros.

And 1 more question.....

set Mbi = MultiboardGetItem(Mb, 0, 0)

Must I call MultiboardReleaseItem or just null the variable to clear it?

Appreciate all the help!

 

[PurgeandFire]

Textmacros are fine. They are all compiled on map saving, not the actual game itself, so it should be perfectly fine when playing. However, just note that more code == higher file size, so you shouldn't have an extremely large amount unless you don't need to worry about the size.

And 1 more question.....

Jass:

set Mbi = MultiboardGetItem(Mb, 0, 0)


Must I call MultiboardReleaseItem or just null the variable to clear it?

Sadly, you must call MultiboardReleaseItem(mbi) and set the variable to null. However, you can make simple functions to relieve the stress of modifying multiboard items, such as:

function MultiboardSetItemValueEx takes multiboard mb, integer row, integer column, string val returns nothing
    local multiboarditem mbi = MultiboardGetItem(mb, row, column)
    call MultiboardSetItemValue(mbi,val)
    call MultiboardReleaseItem(mbi)
    set mbi = null
endfunction

 

[v3nG3]

Ok. Thanks for helping! +rep