Finding the Z of unit.

[Alakon]

Hey, does anyone know how to do this?

Finding the Z of stuff doesn't seem to very common on the WE, out of all the GUI pretty much only the camera has any Z finding related functions, which is un-useful.

There is a function in the function list of NewGen that seems to be able to give me the Z of a location which might be useful, but I don't really know how to use it.

Could someone give me an example of how to use GetLocationZ to find the Z of a unit or a point?

 

[Eleandor]

    local location loc = GetUnitLoc(a unit)
    local real x = GetLocationX(loc)
    local real y = GetLocationY(loc)
    local real z = GetLocationZ(loc)
    call RemoveLocaction(loc)
    // Use x, y, z as coordinates of the unit

 

[Alakon]

Thank you vary much! If I don't have any problems then that's PROBLEM SOLVED.

 

[Need_O2]

just note, it wont include flying height

 

[Alakon]

That's alright, I assumed that. If I wanted that, I can easily add it.
My current problem is when the unit is doing a particular thing, difference between two integers of his is 0, and the game doesn't like dividing by 0. So I'm cheating by adding 1, but I don't know if it will have a cumulative effect problem. Oh well, cross me fingers. I think dividing by 0 makes it infinite. Wish it would just make it 0.

You guys will see what I mean if you have a look at my next update.

 

[Need_O2]

and instead of local location a = GetUnitLoc(u)
you can create a global location move it to GetUnitX/Y its better than creating/destroying a function everytime

 

[Alakon]

I'll keep that in mind, would it cut down on lag? Or does that result just from Pick every unit?