Question regarding massive hero spawn

[Lord_Kakashi]

Okay so the issue at hand is that I'm wanting to create a tower defence where the monsters that spawn each round 25 at each lane with 8 lanes in total, meaning 200 in total, have to be hero units.

I'm not talking cosmetically here where I only change the model file to look like a hero, I need to to actually -be- a hero unit.

Now my question: Would this affect the performance of the game in any way as compared to ordinary units?.

None of the actual players should be bothered by the hero portraits as the heroes will be computer controlled. However I'm worried that this substantial amount of heroes would crash my map.

Any thoughts on this issue would be appreciated.

 

[skyblader]

I dont really think that it will "crash " ur map. Ull probbly just get out or lag out or sumthing. UR map shld still be accessible. So maybe u can try it? and then remove it if its too much lag.

 

[AceHart]

The only expected problem there is lag from loading the units.
Whether that's Heroes or "normal" units make next to no difference.
Preloading helps there.
Or just being patient on first time use...

The portraits can be turned off by the way.
Some option like "hero icon" on the units...
Comps obviously don't care either way.

However, dead Heroes tend not to disappear!
As such, unless they all revive, make sure to remove them from the game once dead.

 

[Lord_Kakashi]

The only expected problem there is lag from loading the units.
Whether that's Heroes or "normal" units make next to no difference.
Preloading helps there.
Or just being patient on first time use...

The portraits can be turned off by the way.
Some option like "hero icon" on the units...
Comps obviously don't care either way.

However, dead Heroes tend not to disappear!
As such, unless they all revive, make sure to remove them from the game once dead.

Since it's for a tower defence I'll remove the heroes of course once they die.

The reason I'm doing this is because I'm modifying their health by a function that adds strength to the hero so that I can have a more flexible spawning system.
Also I don't think it would be a problem with the lag as I'm spawning them with two loops so they will spawn at a 0.2 seconds interval.