skyblader

Where did reputation go? :/

Hah ^^ imma try that out right away , thanks a bunch

It has always killed me when it came to the question "How to make the Dummy Unit Cast [ My Custom Made Spell ] " and i always hesitated to ask, and i was thinking,perhaps you can help me around that?

im at work, can u post the triggers? along with a list of the variables and variable types?

lol can you reply on my profile? i dont get notifications for yours, and ill post that in a sec

How do we add the unit to the link?

So..
CastBar
Real Variable Array
Castbar[5] = 5?

Maybe you could use the linked listings and make a simple system as an example? Like simply creating special effects every second for 5 seconds and removing when a spell is casted? ><

well you just go through the list and do actions to whatever is in that index
ie: Create a castbar based on a real variable that stores the time left, then set that variable equal to itself - the periodic duration

you arent making it difficult, i wouldnt be on the helper if i didnt enjoy helping
ok
so ill do this as a series of events and results:

Map Initialization
-ListSize = 0
-RecycleList[0] = 0

CastBar Start
-ListSize = 1
-RecycleList[0] = 0
-Next[0] = 1

CastBar Start Number 2
-ListSize = 2
-RecycleList[0] = 0
-Next[0] = 1, [1] = 2

CastBar Finish Number 2
-ListSize = 2
-RecycleList[0] = 2, [2] = 0
-Next[0] = 1, [1] = 0

CastBar Start Number 3
-ListSize = 2
-RecycleList[0] = 0
-Next[0] = 1, [1] = 2, [2] = 0

CastBar Start Number 4
-ListSize = 3
-RecycleList[0] = 0
-Next[0] = 1, [1] = 2, [2] = 3, [3] = 0

All Finish in numberical order
-ListSize = 3
-RecycleList[0] = 1, [1] = 2, [2] = 3, [3] = 0
-Next[0] = 0

So eventhough there have been 4 castbars total, the indexes used were at the highest 3, because only 3 at a time at the most were being used, keeping the index very very low

LastRecycled is like another version of Previous[0]
RecycleList is like another version of Next
When the list is empty, it will use the next number that has not yet been used, starting with 1
at the beginning of the game if you start a castbar it will use 1, then if you use another one while that one is still filling up it will use 2, then if 2 finishes before 1 does, it gets added to the recycle list so RecycleList[0] = 2 and RecycleList[2] = 0 and LastRecycled = 2
then when 1 finishes right after it will be like this: [0] = 2, [2] = 1 and [1] = 0 now and LastRecycled = 1 now
then u pull from that list until [0] = 0, then u add 3, and rinse and repeat
that way the most indexes you use at one time will be the most ammount of castbars you have at a single time...

say you have 5 castbars at one time, then the index gets to 5 max, but until you have 6 at one time it will just keep re-using the 1-5 indexes

its a one way linked list that recycles indexes, so you re-use indexes that you used already, RecycleList is a variable array for integers where:
RecycleList[0] = 5, RecycleList[5] = 20, just like a linked list all the way back to 0, when you finish with an index, you set RecycleList[LastRecycled] = Index and Last recycled = Index, so u just added one to the recycle list, then to get a new index, if RecycleList[0] = 0 then you dont have any indexes to re-use and need to create a new one, then you up the variable ListSize and use that as the new index rather than taking RecycleList[0]
does that make sense?

you add the link like this:
instead of doing what you normal do (adding the unit to a unit group i think)
you use the allocate trigger i posted on your thread, which gives you a new index
then you can do this:
set next[new_index] = 0
previous[new_index] = previous[0]
next[previous[0]] = new_index
previous[0] = new_index

you can use either, just depends on preferences

because when looping it is much more efficient to count backwards down to 0, when you go up from 0 to some # it is less efficient, generally this will be in an increasing order in the list so i go from previous[0] down

for now ignore the allocation and deallocation triggers i posted in your thread, ill explain those when you have linked lists down

you could use it in the loading bar like this:



Where TimeLeft is the time left on the cast, and TimeMax is the maximum time of the cast, see where that would work?

no it will actually cause less lag, u just wont be able to have 3 hr long games because after a while the game will start to lag like a mofo, it slowly uses up more and more ram, but wont cause lag until they have like none left

Next[0] = 1, Next[1] = 2, Next[2] = 3, and Next[3] = 0 then:
0 -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 0
basically it goes in a circle that gets bigger and bigger the more things you add to it, but you can go through all of them almost instantly with the triggers i posted on your system, the only problem with it is that it is not efficient triggers wise and leads to a high trigger count making your map less efficient, in jass you dont have that problem and your trigger count does not go up 1 time in that entire system