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Hero : War Tank (Improved Gyro)

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Submitted by ShamanrulerTrigger Enhanced268 downloads27 KB
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Major edits include

- Rework of the spell Strike Force

- Spread Shot fixed

- Heating and cooling flow -- Less Choppy

- Cooling Engines isnt as crappy anymore

- Changed Model to a tank (looks a lot cooler =P)
File Name
War Tank.w3x
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Shamanruler
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War Tank
What the spell does: 24/30
- I remember a gyrocopter spell , I actually liked it, but in my opinion this tank is not an improvement.
- Some spells included in the map, the special thing is that the tank has an internal heat, and every time it casts a spell it gets more heat, and if it overheats it will explode, of course it has a cooling system that can even be upgraded.

Code : 5/20
- The weak point, for example it keeps picking all the units of the tank type, but it would only affect one tank anyways, It could just use an unit variable for the tank.
- Bugged event: Begins casting an ability, should use Starts the effect of an ability instead. (Begins casting happens before the unit spends mana/cooldown and that can be abused)
- Reduces life of units instead of using the damage functions from 1.17
- Uses a variable for engine cooling level instead of just reading its level.


Efficiency: 0/30
Another great problem;
- Total Memory Leaks:
40 bytes per second
8 bytes per ignition
12180 bytes per Spray shot cast
1800 bytes per Boost cast
Variable Big number of bytes per strike force cast.
- Unneeded Pick Every unit in group statements, because it only works with one tank anyways.


Multi instancibility 0/10
- No multi instancibility at all.

Eye Candy: 10/10
- Yes a 10 because the floating text fades in color depending on the heat, and the spells don't look so bad anyways.

Total 39/100 (2/5) , I know that it is a low grade, but keep in my that my grading lines are really though and Things like Efficiency and Multi instancibility take 40 points in total. (If the spell didn't leak and it was multi instanceable the result would have been 79/100 , a really good grade). Really like the idea but needs critical fixes in code.