Covert Ability description to a String with triggers

[Doctor-Pepper]

Has anyone found a way yet to read stats like "damage", "description" "cost" and other, from the data editor with triggers. Maybe with catalog or data table.
Also, there is a function to display a screen button. But for that, you need a ScreenButtonID (its an integer only value, so its not the button ID from the raw data)

 

[BexoDust]

Well, you mostly answered this yourself. It's the catalog.

• Variable - Set Damage = (Real((Value of Effects "EffectID "Amount" for player Any Player)))

 

[mrzwach]

The catalog field value get function is as follows:

string CatalogFieldValueGet (int catalog, string entry, string path, int player);

so, if you wanted to get the energy cost of an ability, you would do:
CatalogFieldValueGet(c_gameCatalogAbil, [name of ability], Cost[0].Energy, -1);
This should work, but if it doesn't try other variations with the Cost part, it might be CostArray[0]. or Cost[0].Link

Furthermore, you can also grab the default button used for the ability and thus get the tooltip, icon, etc. For example...

string mybutton = CatalogFieldValueGet(c_gameCatalogAbil, [abilname], CmdButtonArray[Execute], -1);
string icon = CatalogFieldValueGet(c_gameCatalogButton, mybutton, Icon, -1);
text tooltip = StringExternal(CatalogFieldValueGet(c_gameCatalogButton, mybutton, Tooltip, -1);

Tell me if this doesn't work, since I don't have my editor right now I can't test myself.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I was sure someone mentioned it being fieldname[index].link.

 

[mrzwach]

You need .Link for some catalog fields, but not all from what I've seen. Not sure why though :\

 

[Dr Super Good]

Its due to the way data is stored and axcessed in memory.