Problem (more or less) with variations

[Axarion]

Could someone tell me how to enable variations for doodads and destructibles with custom models without having to write a textmacro for it? I have 10 trees named tree0 - tree9, but when i want to type "Models\\Doodads\\Tree\\Tree"
into the field it just adds .mdl afterwards. Is there a way around this? If not I wrote that little thingy here that made it work, but it sucks to have to reopen the map afterwards :/

//! textmacro EnableVariations takes id type model
//! externalblock extension=lua ObjectMerger $FILENAME$
//! i setobjecttype("$type$")
//! i modifyobject("$id$")
//! i makechange(current, "dfil", "$model$")
//! endexternalblock
//! endtextmacro

//! runtextmacro EnableVariations("D003", "Doodads", "Models\\Doodads\\Tree\\Tree")

 

[Pharaoh_]

Why don't you create a local that picks a random number between 0 and 9 and add it next to model argument?

//! local num = math.random(0, 9)
//! makechange (current, "dfil", "$model$".."num")

Not sure if it works.

 

[Axarion]

Why don't you create a local that picks a random number between 0 and 9 and add it next to model argument?

//! local num = math.random(0, 9)
//! makechange (current, "dfil", "$model$".."num")

Not sure if it works.

Actually I don't think you understand what I meant :/ The script I wrote works perfectly, I just wanted to know if there is an Object Editor only way to do this.

 

[Pharaoh_]

I don't find any way through the Object Editor, that's why I suggested that ;p

 

[Mediumunwell]

I'm sorry, I'm new to JASS and custom scripts. I have variations of doodads also. I would like to learn how to use this macro. Is this a custom text trigger? Does this make all of the models of the specified type a random variation on map initialization?

 

[watermelon_1234]

I don't think there's anyway around this. Hopefully you don't have too many doodads to do this for.

@mr subs: Axarion's code basically makes the model path of a doodad without the ".mdl" suffix that World Editor attaches on. This allows him to use custom model variations for doodads.

 

[Mediumunwell]

Does this go in the scripts folder in the MPQ? Or, Where does that macro get placed?

 

[Bribe]

We should get Nestharus in here, he's the genius in this study.

 

[WaterKnight]

You could overwrite the DoodadMetaData.slk, which stores the data types for each field the Editor expects. Choose any other string/path variant. It worked in my test but do not be too sure that it may not cause conflicts elsewhere. This file is not loaded individually for every map, so you would have to change the basic mpq or set up the path in wc3 directory (Warcraft III\Doodads\DoodadMetaData.slk). Do not ask me if Blizzard detects the change in BNet but I have a customized MiscData for maxSlope (via the directory method) for aeons as it is game irrelevant stuff/local fashion.