How can I obtain a unit's attack range?

[streetpunk]

Can anyone help telling me how I can obtain the value of a unit's attack range ?

 

[Chaosium]

If your unit has a fixed value, you could use the "Point value" field in the unit editor and type the same number as the unit's range, then you can easily retrieve point value in triggers.

 

[streetpunk]

Isn't there any other way, throught triggering or that do not involve the object editor ?

 

[Fruit Forest]

Isn't there any other way, throught triggering or that do not involve the object editor ?

You can create the list of all units (or for example create dummy ability and name it "600 aoe". If unit "600 aoe" greater than 0 that means its range is 600.
technically where are no trigger to detect attack range (only acqusition range)

 

[Jampion]

You can create a hashtable, that assigns each unit-type (use handleId of unit-type) its range (real value).

 

[mietek]

Technically, you can do it by just checking the distance between Points of units A and B but it will not work ''correctly'' if unit A and B get closer to each other.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

We don't have any easy code yet for obtaining this however you can store it for near-perfect info or use a system to attempt to grab a number around a units max range.

Negative Health Has a test map showing an example of a possible system to attempt finding a units attack range.

 

[streetpunk]

Thanks, where is the attack range thing on the map ?

 

[Tal'Rarity]

The Distance: <number> Part, trigger is untitled trigger 001. Really not much of a system yet, more of an example that shows a possible method.

 

[streetpunk]

It's using distance between points, but then I would need the attack range value so the operation would become functional. I think that there's not really a effective and easy way of getting the attack range other than using hashtables or some woraround (like the point value in object editor, mentioned above). There was a thread on the lab that said it could be possible to read data from the object editor (here: Accessing memory from the script - it's time of the revolution ) but it would be even more difficult than building a hashtable.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

It's using distance between points, but then I would need the attack range value so the operation would become functional. I think that there's not really a effective and easy way of getting the attack range other than using hashtables or some woraround (like the point value in object editor, mentioned above). There was a thread on the lab that said it could be possible to read data from the object editor (here: Accessing memory from the script - it's time of the revolution ) but it would be even more difficult than building a hashtable.

It's using a bit more then just distance between points, if the unit can attack then it'll keep pushing that unit back 25 until it can't and that would be your max range. Planning on turning it into coordinates eventually.

 

[streetpunk]

I hadn't been able to use your system to do that, Dat-C3, somehow it's rocket physics to me lol