what's wrong with special effect behaviour

[Roflan]

I expect 10 green special effects of the same size.

(lua code)

function spell()
    local trig = CreateTrigger()
    TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ(trig, EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_SPELL_EFFECT)
    TriggerAddAction(trig, function()
        if GetSpellAbilityId() ~= FourCC('A000') then return end

        local u = GetTriggerUnit()

        local sfs = {}
        for j=1,10,1 do
            print('iteration', j)

            sfs[j] = AddSpecialEffectTarget('Abilities\\Spells\\Orc\\SpiritLink\\SpiritLinkTarget.mdl', u, 'origin')
            --sfs[j] = AddSpecialEffect('Abilities\\Spells\\Orc\\SpiritLink\\SpiritLinkTarget.mdl', GetUnitX(u), GetUnitY(u))
           
            BlzSetSpecialEffectScale(sfs[j], 2)
            BlzSetSpecialEffectColor(sfs[j], 0, 255, 0)
        PolledWait(0.1)
       
        end
       
       
    end)
end

What I get is that they vary in scaling (despite that I set scaling to 2).
Also divine shield grew bigger for some reason.

The commented line works fine but it's not attached to the unit. How do I make this work?
(p.s. how do I highlight lua code, not vjass)

 

[Drake53]

The commented line works fine but it's not attached to the unit. How do I make this work?

Most special effect natives don't work if the effect attached to a unit, so you have to create effect at a location and periodically update its position to keep it 'attached' to the unit.

(p.s. how do I highlight lua code, not vjass)

[code=lua]

 

[Roflan]

Most special effect natives don't work if the effect attached to a unit, so you have to create effect at a location and periodically update its position to keep it 'attached' to the unit.


[code=lua]

Thanks! That will work for me.

I have another question. I used to use dummy units that served as special effects and once you RemoveUnit() it disappears instantly. However if I do similarly but with DestroyEffect(), the model won't disappear immediately, but only after it finished playing its animation till the end. Is it possible to interrupt animation and destroy effect immediately or I have to go back to dummy units?

 

[DracoL1ch]

because that effect has no death animation
either you edit the model and make everything disappear on death
either you use dummies because when removed they're instantly hidden