The end-result goal of this is to make a poll of the top 10 or so natives we would like to see added by Blizzard to add functionality to the game which there is currently none of that you know would be really easy to implement if you had access to the source code.
Limit 10 submissions allowed per post.
1.
native GetTerrainZ takes real x, real y returns real
2.
native GetEventDamageType takes nothing returns damagetype
3.
native GetUnitTypeModelFile takes integer whichUnitType returns string
4.
native SetUnitTypeId takes unit whichUnit, integer whichUnitType returns nothing
- - - Taking a shot at Nestharus here
5.
native SetUnitFacingInstantly takes unit, real angle returns nothing
6.
native PlayEffectAnimationByIndex takes effect whichEffect, integer whichIndex returns nothing
7.
native SetEffectPosition takes effect whichEffect, real x, real y, real z returns nothing
8.
native GetHostPlayer takes nothing returns player
9.
native PreloadObjectId takes integer whichObjectId returns nothing
10.
native DetectHackers takes nothing returns nothing
. . . Bans the said hackers from battle.net
1. Would be nice to avoid location moving but prety much exists already (although slower).
2. Very useful, I support this but should be accompanied with the ability to get the armor type of a unit.
3. Poor idea for a native, rather do something like SC2 and make a GetUnitTypeIdAttribute native which takes an integer and a attribute type (some constants). This would also compliment 2.
4. Plain stupid, the unit type of a unit is about the only immutable attribute it must have cause why not just remake the whole damn unit if you change it.
5. Useful, I agree that should exist.
6. Useful, I agree something like that should exist.
7. Very useful, I agree that a series like that should exist.
8. Stupid as there is no such thing as a host player. Every human player is client of a host system which is not involved in the actual game play at all. If you played one of them hundreds of bot games on battlenet you will realise that the host does not need to be present inside the game. Thus this is an impossible request.
9. Very useful to fix Preload exploit and hopefully work better.
10. Utterly pointless (like DoNothing). Battlenet warden is constantly active and all hackers which are detectable do get banned. It however has a ban delay of up to many months to prevent hackers from having immediate feedback if something is detected.
I would like to see a SetUnitAttribute(integer/real ammount, unitattribute attribute) which would give you access to stats like attack, hitpoint maximum and armor via triggers instead of having to add/remove/glitch abilites.
I would also like to see a TriggerRegisterOnFrame or TimerOnFrame which runs code every internal game frame (not rendered frame).
Finally a RemoveEvent(event e) to allow you to effectivly use dynamic events in a safe way.
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