I suggest doing something like this...all pseudo code I just typed up in this post.
Make an array for much easier server looping. Like this:
Code:
Public SpellBuff(1 To 1) As SpellBuffRec
Type SpellBuffRec
Alive As Boolean
Owner As Long
Timer As Long
End Type
Then when the player casts the spell, do something like this:
Code:
If UBound(SpellBuff) > 1 Then
ReDim Preserve SpellBuff(1 To UBound(SpellBuff) + 1)
End if
With SpellBuff(UBound(SpellBuff))
.Alive = True
.Owner = Index
.Timer = GetTickCount + Spell(SpellNum).BuffTime
End With
Something like that?
Then the server would loop like this:
Code:
For i = 1 to UBound(SpellBuff)
If SpellBuff(i).Alive Then
If SpellBuff(i).Owner > 0 Then
If SpellBuff(i).Timer < GetTickCount Then
'set the players stats to normal, destroy the spell buff array
If UBound(SpellBuff) > 1 Then
ReDim Preserve SpellBuff(UBound(SpellBuff) - 1)
Else
ReDim SpellBuff(1)
End If
End If
End If
End If
Next
Of course there's problems with taking down a piece of the array...example: Spell buff 1 finishes, but there's a spell buff 2 and 3...since the UBound is 3 for the array, spell buff 3 gets taken down. You'll need to make some adjusting code that moves all the array data down a notch to fix the problem. Eh I'm bored...something like this:
Code:
Sub AdjustBuffArray(ByVal Index As Long)
Dim I As Long
If Index <> UBound(SpellBuff) Then
For I = Index To UBound(SpellBuff) - 1
SpellBuff(I) = SpellBuff(I + 1)
Next
End If
ReDim Preserve SpellBuff(UBound(SpellBuff) - 1)
End Sub
Something like that maybe? Then:
Code:
If UBound(SpellBuff) > 1 Then
AdjustBuffArray i
Else
ReDim SpellBuff(1)
End If
Not sure about it all but I hope you get the idea.
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