How to view all variables in game and edit them while in game?

[warpten090]

I think this sounds crazy and maybe blizzard employee can do this but maybe normal dev can do that too

 

[Retera]

Maybe you can try the hot code reload:

Jass Hot Code Reload

Jass Hot Code Reload A compiler to allow hot code reload in WarCraft 3. This means you can update your map script and see the changes in a running game without restarting it. Do note though that this is alpha software. Expect bugs and make backups. This works without memhack. Compiler usage...

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[Lua] Simple script reloading

warning: I've only tested this on version 1.31, it might not work on later versions (Reforge). Introduction When the game loads a map, at some point, it also loads and runs the map script. After the script is loaded, any further changes to it are not reflected until the map is restarted. This...

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But this will be harder due to the Patch 1.33 aggressive caching bug

(Edit: I have also heard people mention a program called Cheat Engine that they used for doing what you ask more specifically in binary, but I have never looked that up nor used that, it was just something I heard about in conversation.)

 

[warpten090]

What you share is too hard to understand.
Is there anyway to convert a string to a variable ( the string is the name of that variable)

 

[Retera]

If I do a trigger event on the value of MyVariable, then the event will use a string of the variable as the variable to use:

    call TriggerRegisterVariableEvent( gg_trg_Untitled_Trigger_001, "udg_MyVariable", EQUAL, 0 )

So, it is close to what you ask, but maybe not the exact same.

My string generated here was "udg_MyVariable"

 

[Dr Super Good]

Lua lets you do this with a minimal interpreter. With JASS, not really possible.

In Lua all variable names are strings. Or more specifically they are string mappings on some table.

 

[Gnuoy]

But this will be harder due to the Patch 1.33 aggressive caching bug

does this affect maps not using those triggers?

 

[Dr Super Good]

does this affect maps not using those triggers?

It affects all maps that perform the file I/O trick. Reading a file caches the file so that subsequent reads return the same data until Warcraft III is exited, even if the file was changed in the previous or current session.