Special effects and local player

[black.sheep]

Okay, im thinking of making a spell that really screws with the players head, causing all these crazy things to happen that wont be seen by other players.
Problem is, I dont know much about GetLocalPlayer() and when I used it before in my map, it caused desyncs.
So, how would I go around doing this

if GetLocalPlayer(p) then
set e = AddSpecialEffect(...)
endif

Basicly, I want to remove e later in the game, but I dont know how to do it without causing desyncs.

 

[Azlier]

This is the safest way to do this.

local effect e
local string s = "modelpath"
if GetLocalPlayer() != whichPlayer then
    set s = ""
endif
set e = AddSpecialEffect(s, ...)

 

[black.sheep]

Ah, awesome.
Thanks.

 

[saw792]

Even safer:

local effect e
local string s = ""
set s = "modelpath"
if GetLocalPlayer() != whichPlayer then
    set s = ""
endif
set e = AddSpecialEffect(s, ...)

But generally unnecessary... <insert appropriate smiley here>

 

[Azlier]

That's not any safer. "" is in the string table by default. I tested that.

 

[saw792]

Dammit... thought I was clever for a minute.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

That's not any safer. "" is in the string table by default. I tested that.

Yup. I tested it too. We been through this a few times 'round 'ere...

 

[saw792]

Mm... I think I remembered posting something in a thread like this and not reading what came after it. Good times *sits in armchair with bottle of <insert favourite beverage here>*