Issues with periodic unit spawning.

[DeliriumLord]

So I've ran into the wall with this one. Simple trigger to
cause zerglings (modified zerglings) spawning at point X, causes
tremendeous amount of lag.

Spawn Zerglings
    Events
        Timer - Every 18.0 seconds of Game Time
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit Group - Pick each unit in ZergBases and do (Actions)
            Actions
                Unit - Create 1 Zergling  NEW for player (Owner of (Picked unit)) at (Position of (Picked unit)) facing 270.0 degrees (No Options)

Anyone out there know what am I doing wrong?

P.S I have pretty good amount of experience with Wc3 WE.

 

[Dave312]

My guess would be that you have way to many units in your ZergBases unit group. As a result, too many units are being created which is causing the lag (you are creating 1 zergling for every unit in the unit group).

 

[DeliriumLord]

I actually found way around this today, using Zerg larva spawner ability. I find it hard to believe that only 4 units within that unitgroup could cause paralyzing lag.

 

[Terrabull]

If that was your first time loading that unit it would take the game a while at first to create the unit.
Use the Preload trigger to get around that lag.