Can map create Output and load it again?

[Child_0f_Bodom]

I have been wondering...

Can Warcraft III map create (via triggers) something like permanent cache (visible file) and be able to load it back and change at any time if it remains in the same folder?

NOTE: Map must be multi player compatible.

 

[The Reborn Devil]

You can use the game cache.

 

[zandose]

Edit: @The_Reborn_Devil - I think you missed the "NOTE" part.

No. Game cache does not work on online. Alternatively, if your trying to make multiple maps, there are some other methods; save-codes or make everything smaller (you can then fit more into the map).

If you really want multi-map support you could try triggering the map. Instead of making the map the normal way you store all map information in triggers, then you can load/unload whenever you need to change maps. Doesn't work perfectly but it works. Terrain deformations are the only way to change the height of the map, and you'll need to convert any doodads you use to destructables (triggers can't make doodads).

 

[Child_0f_Bodom]

I think you didn't understand me, but it is all my fault.

I am asking if map can make output in form of txt document where each player can get his save code. (I need this because I am planning to make 120 slots inventory (for rpg), so, regular save/load code would be too long).

 

[spiwn]

Nope.

 

[Justify]

Yes and no ... with Grimoir. It has a sort of Debug function that creates a text document, but I think you can't read it ingame. Some guys made a "mapping map", so you could create triggers and such stuff ingame, test it ingame and save it to a document... don't think it's finished now... but who cares, has nothing to do with your problem.
I would say, Savesystem: no!

 

[GhostWolf]

It would be pretty awesome to output the save code to a txt file so people can copy paste it to warcraft.

No need to make screen shots, copy to MS paint, copy the code to a text file hopefully without any idiotic mistakes which makes you fail in the load, and then you need to restart the game in case it doesn't allow multiple tries, and crap like that.

 

[spiwn]

Well, there are programs that can detect things in an image.

There is the warcraft screen shot reader, that goes along with its own save load system.
It displays the code as a sequence of IIII in different colors. And thus the actual program detects the colors in the screen shot and than saves the text interpretation to a txt file.

There are ways to detect actual text in an image too. Like the Tesseract.

 

[Justify]

For everyone that can understand german:
inWarcraft.de Foren by ingame. - [UME] Ulu Mulu Ingame Editor

Mithilfe des Tools "Grimoire" ist es möglich mit einem Aktionsaufruf Text in eine Datei auf dem Computer zu speichern.

With the tool grimoir it's possible to save a text into a document on the computer.

It's not translated exactly, but the meaning is the same

I found the function over a few links:
call Cheat("DebugMsg: " + s)
Would say delete the DebugMsg: Part (could also be that it is needed, dunno) and this should work (as long as you use the JNGP since it has Grimoir)
It will write the stuff into a document called "war3errusr.txt" or something like that.

But now I saw it, only works when grimoir is activated... single player only :S sry for raising your hopes :S

 

[Dr Super Good]

Only in singleplayer.

Nothing cane be stored permantly in multiplayer via triggers.

 

[Child_0f_Bodom]

Grrr... Still thanks everyone! I will start learning German! xD

 

[GhostWolf]

Too bad, else we could make a map with some known name *cough* DotA *cough* that will spam a txt file so fast it will steal your memory