Tome of Experiance Bug

[K.V.]

Hello, i have a question regarding the items that are "used when acquired" like the Tome of Experiance.
The problem is that, when you use it from the ground it leaves a permanent graphic glitch on it's spot that looks like a regular tome but unclickable, and it doesn't dissappear at all.
Screenshot below. On it you can see the small tomes on the ground, although unclickable, they are just ugly. Any idea how to remove them ?

 

[Jampion]

You can remove the item when it's picked up. However this will also remove the death animation of the item, so you might want to wait a little before you remove it.
The easiest way is to use a local variable and a wait:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Acquires an item
  • Conditions
    • (Item-class of (Item being manipulated)) Equal to Powerup
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local item itm = GetManipulatedItem()
    • Wait 0.50 seconds
    • Custom script: call RemoveItem(itm)
    • Custom script: set itm = null

 

[K.V.]

Nice, thanks for the solution i'll use it, but i was wondering why is that happening? I haven't seen that bug in old maps.

 

[K.V.]

Oh and one more thing, this also happens not only when the item is acquired, but also when killed. How to detect when it is killed ?

 

[Jampion]

Didn't think about that. Then it's probably more complicated. There is already a resource in the spell section that should solve it: Item Cleanup 1.2
Check it out and see if it works for you.

The problem has already been there. The tomes just get very small so you can barely see them. If you are not looking for them you will most likely not see them.

 

[K.V.]

Perfect

 

[K.V.]

Actually i found out this simple trigger works even better than the above mentioned "Item Cleanup 1.2". Can you check to tell me if it's good ?

• Delete Tomes
  • Events
    • Time - Every 5.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Item - Pick every item in (Playable map area) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Current life of (Picked item)) Equal to 0.00
          • Then - Actions
            • Item - Remove (Picked item)
          • Else - Actions

 

[BloodSoul]

I know this is weird as hell, but "Item - Remove" natives does NOT remove an item when its health points are equal to 0.00. Set its life to 1.00, then remove it. Otherwise, Item enumerator will iterate over them all the time.
That's why "Item Cleanup" does this.

• For each (Integer Loop) from 0 to ItemsToClean, do (Actions)
  • Loop - Actions
    • Item - Set life of CleanedItem[Loop] to 1.00
    • Item - Remove CleanedItem[Loop]
    • Set CleanedItem[Loop] = No item

 

[K.V.]

Yeah but the trigger seems to work and it does remove the small tomes. i was just wondering if it can interfere with something else.

 

[BloodSoul]

In fact, it just hides them. Other than what I said, it doesn't affect anything else afaik.

 

[K.V.]

Ahh okay, got it