A question about TRIGSTR names.

[Tal'Rarity]

Where exactly does wc3 put and set them inside maps and can they be accessed?

 

[chobibo]

IIRC, on the war3map.wts file. You can use MPQeditor to access it.

 

[Alright]

> IIRC, on the war3map.wts file

Nah, that's where gameplay constants/custom abilities/player forces and such are modified here. You're looking for war3map.j, with all triggers TRIGSTRs there.

 

[Ezekiel12]

chobibo is right, Alright is wrong.

 

[Flux]

IIRC, on the war3map.wts file. You can use MPQeditor to access it.

Anyone know how to edit the TRIGSTR content without overwriting the wts file?

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Now how can you see what each TRIGSTR is set as or means?

 

[Flux]

Now how can you see what each TRIGSTR is set as or means?

Extract the wts file and open in Notepad++ or Notepad. Not sure about Notepad though.

 

[edo494]

you can easily. If you open your .j file, or convert the gui trigger into jass trigger in the editor, you see all those TRIGSTR_XXX, where XXX is number.

Now you open your map with your favorite mpq editor/viewer, and you open the .wts file.

The contents are like this:

STRING X
{
string-contents
}

Now the X is the same as your XXX in TRIGSTR_XXX, so you can see and/or edit the contents in there.

No there is no way to edit these without editing the wts file, because that is the file that the game loads for the trigstr things, as well as others(custom unit names etc)

 

[Flux]

you can easily. If you open your .j file, or convert the gui trigger into jass trigger in the editor, you see all those TRIGSTR_XXX, where XXX is number.

Now you open your map with your favorite mpq editor/viewer, and you open the .wts file.

The contents are like this:

STRING X
{
string-contents
}

Now the X is the same as your XXX in TRIGSTR_XXX, so you can see and/or edit the contents in there.

No there is no way to edit these without editing the wts file, because that is the file that the game loads for the trigstr things, as well as others(custom unit names etc)

So if I made a GUI game text message display and converted it to JASS, the only way to edit the text is to create a new GUI text message and convert it to jass to see its string number in the wts file.
Does the last unmodified TRGSTR still in the wts file even though it is no longer used? If yes, then memory is wasted.

 

[edo494]

1.) Yes, or you type it in again in Jass format.
2.) no idea, you can test

 

[chobibo]

You can go test it, try making a map and using a string on GUI and save the map then extract the wts. Rinse, repeat but this time change the text and then extract the wts file and then compare.

 

[Flux]

Last Question, how can I replace the wts file of the map without importing a wts file with the same path?

 

[edo494]

you kind of already answered yourself

 

[Flux]

you kind of already answered yourself

What I mean is creating my own wts file and telling the map to use that created wts file and not the already pre-made wts file by World edit.

Because if it happens that the previous TRGSTR strings are not deleted even they are not used, then I wasted a few memory. Im just looking for a solution if that is the case.

 

[chobibo]

Use MPQEditor to replace the generated wts file.

 

[Flux]

Use MPQEditor to replace the generated wts file.

Thanks this is the answer im looking for. +rep to both of you.

 

[edo494]

import your own war3map.wts and set its path to war3map.wts. If it doesnt work, you have to update the map after you are done with it

 

[chobibo]

Yeah, the best time to edit it is when you are done with the map. +rep to edo494

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Thanks guys, appreciate the help. One question, do the strings reset after each save? For example you remove the strings you used.... Does the trigstr's just keep adding up thus adding file size?

 

[edo494]

nope

 

[Tal'Rarity]

nope

To which part?

 

[edo494]

ah actually, I misread that thing, I dont know actually if you remove the strings and it replaces them again, but if they are inside already, they will not get recreated

 

[Flux]

Thanks guys, appreciate the help. One question, do the strings reset after each save? For example you remove the strings you used.... Does the trigstr's just keep adding up thus adding file size?

That's what I just asked. You can test it to find out.