[JASS] CreateUnit()

[NightSkyAurora]

Hey again..

I stumbled upon a useful function that allows you to create a unit without creating a location. I find it useful since I replaced the location system with X/Y real arrays in my Meat Hook spell. So I replaced this function in my spell:

• Unit - Create 1 MeatHUnit2[MeatHCustomValue] for Neutral Passive at (Point(MeatHTempX, MeatHTempY)) facing MeatHAngle degrees

with this one:

• Custom script: call CreateUnit(Player(PLAYER_NEUTRAL_PASSIVE), 'h000', udg_MeatHTempX, udg_MeatHTempY, udg_MeatHAngle)

but the results are totally different. Is it possible that Bribe's unit indexer doesn't support this kind of units or is there something else I should know?

Thank you for your time

 

[Bribe]

Instead of 'hfoo' use udg_MeatHUnit2[udg_MeatHCustomValue]

The rest is correct.

 

[NightSkyAurora]

Thanks Bribe but that wasn't the problem. Sorry for not being specific enough. There seems to be a problem with the location it is created at... It's hard to explain. I attached the spell if you would like to look at it. The function is 2 lines below the disabled function (Meathook loop trigger)

 

[Bribe]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/miscellaneous-tutorials-456/how-easily-post-triggers-163285/

Also, don't try to switch this to custom script. You're messing up a lot of what was originally working about this resource in the process. For example, you are using locations in some places but real coordinates in others. When you update the real coordinates you do not update the location you originally pulled the coordinates from - resulting in really unexpected behavior.

Creating/removing locations is fine when you're using GUI.

 

[NightSkyAurora]

Ok I'll try to minimize the custom scripts without decreasing performance. I don't see where I forgot to update locations when I changed the real[] coordinates. In fact if I create a unit with the GUI function, I need a custom script to remove the location anyway. That wouldn't be necessary if I used CreateUnit()

 

[Xonok]

There's a fine line to walk between GUI and JASS. If you use too much custom script, it becomes unreadable in GUI and you'll be better off writing the whole thing in JASS... Well, you are better off writing things in JASS anyway, it just requires more knowledge.