Substituting values in object data

[Toby_lRonne]

Substituting, transposing. There is probably a technical vernacular for what I am describing, but I'm new to the WC3 modding scene.

It is done a few times with some abilities. E.g. this from ANav — Avatar (Neutral)

Ubertip

Activate Avatar to give Lord Garithos <ANav,DataA1> bonus armor, <ANav,DataB1> bonus hit points, <AHav,DataC1> bonus damage and spell immunity. |nLasts <ANav,Dur1> seconds.​

I chose that as an example because it was rife with them. Also, because it has an error in it.

Anyway, so I've attempted to do the same with unit definitions, but to no avail. In the Tip field any such text is printed verbatim; in the Ubertip field it is always converted to a 0 (0x30 in ASCII). Same thing whether the referenced value is an integer, string, or real, or whether it occurs in a new unit definition or a pre-existing one.
Does this only work for abilities strings?

 

[Dr Super Good]

It is possible it only works for ability data. When trying to reference unit data it instead looks for an ability with that typeid and fails to find one or the referenced field and hence prints 0.

Or are you trying to reference ability data from a unit tooltip?

 

[Toby_lRonne]

Ah, yes; I should've been more clear. I was aiming to reference a value from elsewhere in a unit type with a unit tooltip.

Honestly, it never occured to me that it might be working across classes. I'll give that a few experiments.

Thanks!