Preload

I was wondering 2 things. 1 can you preload an ability. 2 whats the effect of preloading?

What do you mean by preload? Automaticly have the game set an ability to a level?

1) Not really sure about that, or entirely what you mean.

2) It would probably reduce lag, if it works the same way as preloading heroes.

Preloading abilities makes the map load time higher while making in-game lag lower.

It's a trade off, either 20 seconds more loading time or 1-2 second delay lag in-game.

actually i have one more question. for a trigger it says preload ability name... now that just means preload the ability right...?

The best way to preload abilities is to give them to units, pre-place the units in the editor and then have those units removed at Elapsed Time 1.00 second. That will preload all the abilities.

It will have the same result if you remove them at map initialization