wth with polled wait?

[ArcanisteR]

The minimum wait we can get with polled wait is around 0.25-0.3s this I know. But even a 0.75 or 1.00 etc. waits still last longer than requested (for small waits it's about 0.25s). And the annoying thing is the extra delay of this @#$% wait does not stay the same even when the wait is constant (in loops for example).

Some spells require exact wait, but for multi-instanceability purpose the periodic event is unusable (needs 2++ triggers for a spell - and big problems arise with 2 casters of the same spell)

Can somebody have a solution for this?

 

[Daelin]

Umm... If you are talking about JASS, I had the same problem. Perhaps it happens in triggers as well. I noticed this huge bug in JASS and it annoyed me greatly. I had to lower the value I was decreasing with the loop. Hmm, I don't know how to solve this if it happens in triggers as well. Just sharing a thought.

 

[ArcanisteR]

Yes in GUI as well. The only way to completely resolve this is to write the code completely in JASS, using a local trigger variable to set the periodic event, and so it makes the code too confusing to be read (I am not a jass master like vexorian).

 

[Daelin]

I found this problem in JASS as well. Don't ask me why but it annoys me greatly. Hmm, anyone else got an answer for this?

 

[ArcanisteR]

which is the Jass function you used? Well, what I mean is that there is a way to make a loop not using the PolledWait function, instead using the periodic event. Periodic events are exact waits, but doing this in GUI will cause the spell to be in-multi-instanceable (lol is this a correct word). And do it in Jass will cause the trigger much harder to implement and understand.

 

[Daelin]

I don't get what you mean about using other things lalala. I use TriggerSleepAction which is <=> with Wait.

 

[ArcanisteR]

For looping purpose only:

Make 2 separate function.
The first registers the event (start spell effect blahblah)

The first call the second trigger (initially off)

The second trigger registers a periodical event (let's say - every 0.1 second of game time)

The second is used as an alternate looping method. So, we don't have to deal with the bug in polledwait.

Makes things complicated and cause further issues but works.

 

[Daelin]

Too complicated indeed... Too bad.