[Trigger] Wait trigger

[corley]

I am told not to use wait in spells as it bugs, so what alternative would i sue for a spell that freeze enemys by causing them to pause for 3 seconds.

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  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Pause (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Wait 3.00 seconds
    • Unit - Unpause (Target unit of ability being cast)

 

[Slaydon]

it wont work, since Target unit of ability being cast is a Event Response, meaning that the event need to be about spell

 

[corley]

that was an example but overall i have:

• Frozen Arrow
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Freezing Arrow
  • Actions
    • Set ICEvictimInit[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Set ICEunit[(Player number of (Triggering player))] = (Casting unit)
    • Unit - Pause (Target unit of ability being cast)
    • Unit - Cause ICEunit[(Player number of (Triggering player))] to damage ICEvictimInit[(Player number of (Triggering player))], dealing (90.00 x (Real((Level of Freezing Arrow for ICEunit[(Player number of (Triggering player))])))) damage of attack type Spells and damage type Cold
    • Wait 3.00 seconds
    • Unit - Unpause (Target unit of ability being cast)

 

[Slaydon]

well, ok then, but im very unsure of that, i would think it was working myself, but im not sure

 

[corley]

it works, its just i am told never to use wait commands in spells as it bugs, and stop it being MUI?

 

[PvSvN]

a wait can make a bug if people lagg in the game so i found out so i changed then to wait game time that seems to of worked

 

[Reaper2008]

In JASS i've found a nice way tobind stuff to timers, but the BJ doesn't let you do that

 

[DarkAngelAzazel]

You can e.g. use a trigger like:

A unit array and an int array.

Then you set the unti which should be paused to the unit array (like mui spells, using an integer counting the used units in the array)

Then you use this trigger:

Events: Time - Every 1 sec
Condition:
Actions:
For 1 - "CounterInteger"
If(IntegerArra[Integer A] = 3)
Then: Unpause UnitArray[Integer A]
Else: Set IntegerArray[Integer A] = IntegerArray[Integer A] + 1

 

[Adiktuz]

you can use hashtables with your wait or maybe use JASS.. I don't encounter bugs with waits when using locals... in GUI they say Triggering Unit works fine with wait though you cant use it there....

maybe you can save the unit and a timer in a hastable and adjust the timer every 1 second..

• Hastable - Save Handle of (TargetUnitofAbilityBeingCast) as unit of Key(TargetUnitofAbilityBeingCast) in hashtable
• Hashtable - Save Integer(3) as time of Key(TargetUnitofAbilityBeingCast) in hashtable

• Events
  • Time - Every 1 second of Game-time
• Actions
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit within playable map area matching (matching unit has buff equal to true) then do
    • If-then-else multiple actions
      • If - Conditions are true
      • Condition - Hashtable Load time of Key(Picked unit) in hashtable greater than 0
      • then do
        • Hastable - Save Integer [Hashtable Load time of Key(Picked unit) in hashtable - 1] as time of Key(Picked unit) in hashtable
        • else
          • Unpause picked unit

I know it has leaks but its just an example on how to do it......

 

[idodik]

Haha! Perfect timing for hashtables

• Pause
  • Actions
    • Unit - Pause Unit
    • Unit Group - Add unit to UnitGroup
    • Hashtable - Set 3 as 0 of Key(Unit) in HashTable

• Interval
  • Events
    • Time - Every 1 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in UnitGroup and do Actions
      • Loop - Actions
        • If(HashTable(0,Key(Picked Unit)) equal to 0)
          • Unit - Unpause (Picked Unit)
          • Unit Group - Remove (Picked Unit) from UnitGroup
        • Else
          • HashTable - Set (HashTable(0,Key(Picked Unit)) - 1) as 0 of Key(Picked Unit) in HashTable