[JASS] NewGen and common.ai question

[Bribe]

Can someone using newgen type FOOTMAN instead of 'hfoo' and produce the same number?

 

[Berb]

I'm not sure. I'll test it out in a few minutes.

 

[Justify]

Not completly. You have to define them ones like this:

globals
    constant integer FOOTMAN = 'hfoo'
endglobals

 

[PurgeandFire]

Not completly. You have to define them ones like this:

globals
    constant integer FOOTMAN = 'hfoo'
endglobals

I believe that's the only way. But even then, I don't think it'll take it out of the common.ai, I think they only allow native declaration from the common.ai.

Well, it is a constant integer anyway so there isn't a large need of it anyway =P.

The only common.ai variables that aren't constant are:

Globals

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------

    player  ai_player

    integer sleep_seconds
    integer total_gold              = 0
    integer total_wood              = 0
    integer gold_buffer             = 0 // usually for potion money
    integer difficulty              = NORMAL
    integer exp_seen                = 0
    integer racial_farm             = 'hhou'
    integer hero_id                 = 'Hamg'
    integer hero_id2                = 'Hmkg'
    integer hero_id3                = 'Hpal'
    integer array skill
    integer array skills1
    integer array skills2
    integer array skills3
    integer max_hero_level          = 0

    integer array harass_qty
    integer array harass_max
    integer array harass_units
    integer harass_length           = 0

    integer array defense_qty
    integer array defense_units
    integer defense_length          = 0

    integer array build_qty
    integer array build_type
    integer array build_item
    integer array build_town
    integer build_length            = 0

    integer campaign_gold_peons     = 5
    integer campaign_wood_peons     = 3
    integer campaign_basics_speed   = 5

    integer min_creeps              = -1
    integer max_creeps              = -1

    boolean harvest_town1           = true
    boolean harvest_town2           = true
    boolean harvest_town3           = true
    boolean do_campaign_farms       = true
    boolean two_heroes              = false
    boolean allow_air_creeps        = false
    boolean take_exp                = false
    boolean allow_signal_abort      = false
    boolean ready_for_zeppelin      = true
    boolean get_zeppelin            = false

    boolean build_campaign_attackers = true

    boolean do_debug_cheats         = false
    boolean trace_on                = true
    boolean zep_next_wave           = false
    boolean form_group_timeouts     = true

But it isn't like you necessarily need access to them. =P

 

[Berb]

If you try to use FOOTMAN it will return a syntax error that its an undefined variable --I believe you can only declare natives that exist in the common.ai, not variables, but I'm not sure.

 

[Bribe]

Thanks, I can see why NewGen doesn't yank the var's from the common.ai -- way too many useless variables.