[Trigger] Ability icon query

[Kanadaj]

Ability icon from ability

Hy THW!

Is there any custom script (JASS) code to make the system show a normal/custom ability's icon? It's pretty lame I can't use an algorythm to get them... And there is no GUI for it! Oo

 

[Raven0]

I don't quite understand what you need :0

Do you mean you want to be able to get the directory of an icon used by a specific ability in-game?

 

[Kanadaj]

yeah not the directory, the full file-path, so I don't have to select all my 600 custom skills's icon 1-by-1 it's pretty annoying to do

 

[InfinateAnswers]

Well theres a way to do that, but you will acualy have to know the file path to begin with. If you go to your spell or whatever, and go to the Art line that changes the icon, double click and on the very bottom line it says Custom Path (or something) and it has a path, you can take that path and store it in a variable.

If the paths first few sections are similar to multiple other icons, create 2 variables, 1 that states the similar path, and the other that varies, using index.

The common file paths are
ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTN(Units default name).blp

without the parantheses. In Example:
ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNFootman.blp

 

[Kanadaj]

I work with custom abilityes, and yeah, I know this way, but it's too much time -.- There is a GUI code which can get the Effect/Missile/AoE/etc art path of an ability, so all of the ability's paths could be aquired through loop triggers too if I have the spells in a variable array-this is my opinion, but this would be logically true. So I have the skills in variables, but I want to get their Icons in a Loop with a command, which must be JASS-no GUI method The raw data name is "art" or "researchart" but IDK how to take it's value by JASS...