Global and Local Triggers

12-04-2007, 09:54 AM	#1
chobibo	Its me again with another noobish question! I'm wondering, whats more efficient to use for spells, a local trigger or a global trigger? also, in a global trigger, should I destroy triggeractions and triggerconditions? Thanks!

12-04-2007, 10:00 AM	#2
Malf	Depends on what you use them for.

12-04-2007, 10:06 AM	#3
chobibo	How about spells? Sorry I can't rep anymore today ill be sure to +REP you tomorrow, Thanks for all the help man!

12-04-2007, 10:15 AM	#4
Malf	Spells like?

12-04-2007, 10:22 AM	#5
chobibo	100 % Jass spells that are MUI

12-04-2007, 10:28 AM	#6
Malf	What kind of spells, really. I don't even think using triggers for spells are needed, they're overkill.

12-04-2007, 10:40 AM	#7
chobibo	No I mean Jass Custom Spells// Triggered Spells, not the ordinary warcraft spells like strom bolt lol, I mean the ones like in the resources section.

12-04-2007, 10:53 AM	#8
Jazradel	Doesn't really matter if it's only created once. And if a trigger needs to be created more than once, you probably need to rethink your code.

12-04-2007, 10:54 AM	#9
Malf	You already said that. I have not seen any spell in the resource section that uses triggers.

12-04-2007, 11:15 AM	#10
Troll-Brain	and what about a global trigger with local variables ? And of course you can destroy actions and conditions on a global trigger, but why ?

12-04-2007, 12:36 PM

#11

chobibo

Ok, I think I got it. I was talking about the last function in a trigger that creates a trigger, this one:

JASS:

function InitTrig_Holy_Light takes nothing returns nothing
    local integer i = 0
    // global variable ?
    set gg_trg_Holy_Light = CreateTrigger(  ) 
    // or local gg_trg_Holy_Light = CreateTrigger( )
    loop
        call TriggerRegisterPlayerUnitEvent( gg_trg_Holy_Light, Player(i), EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_SPELL_EFFECT,null)
        set i = i + 1
        exitwhen i== bj_MAX_PLAYERS
    endloop

    call TriggerAddCondition( gg_trg_Holy_Light, Condition( function HolyLightcondition ) )
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_Holy_Light, function HolyLightactions )
endfunction

edit: I think I called it incorrectly, this is what I was talking about should I use the gg_trg_something or use a local instead sorry for the wrong question. Thanks to Jaz, that was the answer I was looking for. I'll REP you tomorrow coz I already cant now

12-04-2007, 01:34 PM

#12

Vexorian

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malf

What kind of spells, really.

I don't even think using triggers for spells are needed, they're overkill.

I don't think you can even detect when a unit casts the spell without using a trigger.

12-04-2007, 08:31 PM	#13
Deaod	The only place where you will need a global variable for a trigger is when you disable/enable the trigger in some other function. And that will happen only in some really rare cases. So, why dont you use local trigger vars since those cant be modified easily and are a bit faster.

12-05-2007, 06:36 AM

#14

Pyrogasm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deaod

So, why dont you use local trigger vars since those cant be modified easily and are a bit faster.

Wha...? That doesn't make any sense. Nor would it matter, really.

12-05-2007, 07:08 AM	#15
chobibo	Ok guys I'll just keep using globals since I'm not having any trouble with it. Thanks to all who replied, sorry I cant REP you guys right now.