[General] Question about the new World Editor changes.

[Astrella]

So, hey, it's been ten years since I did some Warcraft III mapping. Now with Reforged having been announced though there seem to have been some major updates to the editor. Vjass seems to be a core part of the editor itself now even? Can anyone fill me in a bit or point me to the right direction?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Vjass seems to be a core part of the editor itself now even?

Yes

Can anyone fill me in a bit or point me to the right direction?

Currently next to that not much is different from before. Sure there are some new natives which are very useful, but that is really it for now.

Features like LUA support are coming in the future, in typical "soonTM" fashion.

 

[Almia]

Yes

Currently next to that not much is different from before. Sure there are some new natives which are very useful, but that is really it for now.

Features like LUA support are coming in the future, in typical "soonTM" fashion.

Seriously? vJASS is now part of the default editor?

I am also looking forward on Lua as a scripting alternative.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Seriously? vJASS is now part of the default editor?

Yes, because it was the most popular third party language. Blizzard literally merged in JASSHelper into WorldEdit.

 

[Almia]

Yes, because it was the most popular third party language. Blizzard literally merged in JASSHelper into WorldEdit.

I have to read 1.30 patch notes (I am currently using 1.29, planning to buy the paywall Wc3:R), and I was surprised. Too bad 3rd party broke.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Too bad 3rd party broke.

Well the developer of WEX works for Blizzard now and is trying to merge in all the functionality. However it does take time.

 

[Astrella]

Yes

Currently next to that not much is different from before. Sure there are some new natives which are very useful, but that is really it for now.

Features like LUA support are coming in the future, in typical "soonTM" fashion.

Oh thank you. What's the editor / IDE people use these days? Coming from Java now working without an IDE is hard, especially considering I remember very little of JASS syntax.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Oh thank you. What's the editor / IDE people use these days? Coming from Java now working without an IDE is hard, especially considering I remember very little of JASS syntax.

Currently there is none. Hopefully one gets added soon. For help with finding natives one can use third party applications like JassShopPro or JassCraft but I am not sure if they know the vJASS syntax.

 

[Chaosy]

If you want a remotely good IDE wurst is the best option by miles. WE cannot compete with visual studio code

 

[Pyrogasm]

There's support for syntax highlighting and autocomplete (not new Blz natives) via a plugin/theme for Notepad++. You can find it somewhere on this site if you search, shouldn't be too hard to find.

 

[Devalut]

Has anyone made a map of the new natives in action?
I noticed the special effects triggers like changing their size, offset, and color near the unit - action section
I've been making good use of the Extended tooltip modifier and the modify unit max health/mana (Tome of mana!!!)

 

[Almia]

Has anyone made a map of the new natives in action?
I noticed the special effects triggers like changing their size, offset, and color near the unit - action section
I've been making good use of the Extended tooltip modifier and the modify unit max health/mana (Tome of mana!!!)

My game takes advantage of these new natives, which makes my map playable for 1.29 onwards