[Trigger] How to Make a Trigger Find Name of Unit?

[InfernalTater]

I am making a map that requires the creation of thousands of triggers if I were to make it for the individual units...
If there is any way to make it find the NAME of a unit, in oppose to the Unit-Type, I could simply make it find the name of the unit, and if the targeted unit and casting unit have the same name and level and are in a specific category, then to do blah blah. Because what I am doing is having units of like 20 different levels for every unit. If I could make the trigger this way, then I could make only ONE trigger to do the work.
Again, anyone who knows how to make a trigger find the name of a unit, please tell me. This would probably be in JASS, which I have limited knowledge of.

 

[idodik]

The String value of the Name of the unti is found in the String values section, as the last if I'm not mistaken.
Now your comparison would look like this:

• If (All conditions are True) do (Then - Actions) else do (Else - Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • (Name of (Target Unit of ...) equals (Name of (Casting Unit)))
  • Then - Actions
  • Else - Actions

 

[Pharaoh_]

Yep, it's nothing serious, just have a String comparison in the conditions:

• (Name of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (Name of (Target unit of ability being cast))

But I don't get why this Unit-type comparison is harder:

• (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast))

 

[InfernalTater]

thanks guys. i just realized ive done that b4 with GUI in a td map. i probly wouldnt have remembered anyway though, so ty for reminding me how to do it. that makes it much easier to do what i was going to do IF what i was going to use it for works.

 

[InfernalTater]

okay, i hit another brick wall...
how could I make a trigger create a unit with (name of targeted unit) of level (level of (targeted unit) + 1)?

 

[Pharaoh_]

• Trigger1
• Events
  • Unit - A unit start the effect of an ability
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to X
• Actions
  • Set Point1 = (Position of (Target unit of ability being cast))
  • Unit - Create 1 (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at Point facing default building degrees
  • Hero - Set level of (Last created unit) to (Level of (Target unit of ability being cast)) + 1)
  • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point1)

 

[InfernalTater]

thats not quite what i meant. im talking about units, not heroes. as in, i make 10 units, from levels 1-10. and if a 1 casts it on a 1, then you get a 2. i could do this unit by unit, but it would b much easier if i could use strings, and have it make a unit with the name of the unit, but one level higher. this may take JASS, which i am not talented with

 

[Maker]

Set the units to an array:

• Footman_Array[1] = Level 1 Footman
• Footman_Array[2] = Level 2 Footman
• ...
• Rifleman_Array[1] = Level 1 Rifleman
• Rifleman_Array[2] = Level 2 Rifleman

Then detect the unit type and level of unit, replace the old unit with level + 1 unit.

 

[InfernalTater]

lol i guess there is no shortcut. i know about arrays. i meant i was hoping there was a way to do it without triggering for each individual unit. guess ill do it the way i was originally going to do it...unless.. i guess i dont actualy have to use new units, i could just have them be powered up and given an ability describing their level and giving them a buff, which would change to say each level. guess ill do it like this, would save the time of triggering for every level of every unit (i was originally going to have 20 levels for like hundreds of units)