Define/Change unit properties via vJass during initialization

[N4R3N]

Hello
I did TD things through GUI. I´m trying to learn little bit of Jass coding because of flexibility and clarity. I read tutorials and did researches but i can´t figure out some stuff.
Now i transfer some triggers to Jass in current state of map because its "hard" to maintenance and do corrections

My goal is to create easy towerdefence.

I did wave code where i create unit and changing the unit properies. It all works because i changing LastCreateUnit properties. All from changing Footmans : skin, armorType, armor, hp etc via call BlzSetUnit...

I wonder. Can i set towers properties when map is initializing? I tried some code but not working ( something with BlzSetUnitWeaponIntegerFieldBJ, UNIT_WEAPON_IF_ATTACK_DAMAGE_BASE ). I did code where properties are done when construct/upgrade is done with condition IF but it isn´t solution what i´m looking for.

Thank you for help

 

[Uncle]

Hello, so what's wrong with changing the tower's properties in the Object Editor?

To me it would only make sense to modify the towers in response to some kind of Upgrade which shouldn't be happening during Map Initialization.

Or does your map have some kind of randomness to it which you'd like to happen before the game starts?

It sounds like the real issue is that you're running into a lot of If Then Else statements and it's becoming difficult to manage:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit finishes construction
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Set Variable Tower = (Constructed structure)
  • If (Unit-type of Tower) Equal to Fire Tower then...
  • If (Unit-type of Tower) Equal to Water Tower then...
  • If (Unit-type of Tower) Equal to Earth Tower then...

You can solve the above issue by using a Hashtable which works sort of like a 2d Array. You would use the Unit-Type of your tower as the hashtable's Parent Key and the tower data as it's Child Keys.

This way you can plug the Unit-Type of your newly constructed tower into your Hashtable and get all of the data related to it.

 

[N4R3N]

Thank you for reply. I don´t like to scrolling up and down to set,changing properties and compare with upgrade tower in object editor so im looking for another way (its good when its colored to pink but i dont know.. is there way to filter rows with data?) For me its easier to have some integers/strings with dmg, hp, amor and changing these.

 

[Uncle]

Thank you for reply. I don´t like to scrolling up and down to set,changing properties and compare with upgrade tower in object editor so im looking for another way (its good when its colored to pink but i dont know.. is there way to filter rows with data?) For me its easier to have some integers/strings with dmg, hp, amor and changing these.

You can look into this:

What options exist for programmatically manipulating Object Editor data, anno domini 2023?

Using World Editor 1.34 The dream here is to perform a batch update of multiple data fields of multiple units rather than manually modify them in the Object Editor. In my ideal world, I'd be able to do this: 1. Export Object Editor data into a plain text format such as JSON, CSV, etc. 2. Use...

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Otherwise, a Hashtable and some Arrays like I described in my last post could be used to update the Units in-game:

• Set Variable Tower_Type[1] = Fire Tower
• Set Variable Tower_Min_Damage[1] = 100
• Set Variable Tower_Max_Damage[1] = 200
• Set Variable Tower_Range[1] = 800.00
• -------- Move on to to the next tower --------
• Set Variable Tower_Type[2] = Water Tower
• Set Variable Tower_Min_Damage[2] = 200
• Set Variable Tower_Max_Damage[2] = 400
• Set Variable Tower_Range[2] = 600.00

Of course you can do this in Jass/Lua as well.

 

[N4R3N]

It is too advanced for me. I will try your suggestion, but first i will do research about hashtable i don´t know much about it. Thank you for help