setMarkerShape: Difference between revisions

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Description:: Selects shape (actual type) of the marker.
Multiplayer:: ⓘ
Multiplayer optimisation: Global marker commands always broadcast the entire marker state over the network. As such, the number of network messages exchanged when creating or editing a marker can be reduced by performing all but the last operation using local marker commands, then using a global marker command for the last change (and subsequent global broadcast of all changes applied to the marker).
Groups:: Markers

Syntax:

markerName setMarkerShape shape

Parameters:

markerName: String

shape: String - the shape, can be one of:

Return Value:

Nothing

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 |descr= Selects shape (actual type) of the marker.
-|mp= {{Feature|informative|'''Multiplayer optimisation:''' Global marker commands always broadcast the ''entire'' marker state over the network. As such, the number of network messages exchanged when creating or editing a marker can be reduced by performing all but the last operation using local marker commands, then using a global marker command for the last change (and subsequent global broadcast of all changes applied to the marker).}}
+|mp= {{Feature|informative|
+'''Multiplayer optimisation:''' Global marker commands always broadcast the ''entire'' marker state over the network.
+As such, the number of network messages exchanged when creating or editing a marker can be reduced by performing all but the last operation using local marker commands, then using a global marker command for the last change (and subsequent global broadcast of all changes applied to the marker).
+}}
 |s1= markerName [[setMarkerShape]] shape