Unit Classifications

[karland90]

i wanted to request some information/help with unit classifications.

please tell me as much as you know or direct me to some tutorials (if there are any that i didnt find).
are there any special limitaions to unit classifications? e.g it seems that a unit classified as a "tauren" doesnt make ANY other difference than the little word "tauren" under unit name, and that ancestral spirit can only be cast on Tauren corpses.

it seems that "mechanical" is the most resourceful when it comes to error messages (must target organic unit, must target non-mechanical unit, unable to target mechanical unit and so on).

!! are there any way to launch error messages with script (jass?)?? i can use GUI so it wont be that hard to start a row of jass there.


i want to use classifications in my project:
"Humanoid" - most important. several abilities need humanoid as a target
"Beast" - just some abilities that need beast classification
"Elemental" - just a class that isnt beast nor humanoid
"Undead" - very few of them in game. actually same as humanoid except tooltip/name

2 first classifications are most important. can someone help me and/or tell more about classifications and their connecction to abilities.


thank you very much

 

[ED_Reborn]

I don't think you can launch the error messages per se, but you can just display the same.

As for making your own classifications, as you stated the only thing you need to change is the little text under the name and the error messages.

Both of these can be changed in the Game interface menu. The little texts are at the very bottom ( At least I believe that's them) and there are (fitting enough) four of them.

 

[karland90]

well i knew that, but thanks for help anyway ^^
anyone something more in depths?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Didn't try it, but I guess this would be a proper solution:

• Trig
• Events
  • Unit - A unit begins casting an ability //so that it doesn't count after the mana has been spent
• Conditions
  • (Ability being cast) Equal to X
• Actions
  • If (All conditions are true) then do (Actions) else do
    • If - Conditions
      • (Load Key(humanoid) of Key(Target unit of ability being cast) in Hashtable) Equal to False
    • Then - Actions
      • Game - Display to (Player Group(Owner of (Triggering unit))) the message: "You must target a humanoid."
      • Unit - Order (Casting unit) to Stop // I didn't use Triggering unit, because the "Casting" one is slower and helps us here to prevent further castings.
      • Custom script: if GetLocalPlayer() == (Owner of (Triggering unit)) then
      • Sound - Play Error <gen>
      • Custom script: endif

You can also make a list of what unit-types are humanoid, e.g.

• Trig1
• Events
  • Map Initialization
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Hashtable - Create a hashtable
  • Set Hashtable = (Last created hastable)
  • Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
  • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units of type Shaman) and do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • Hashtable - Save True as Key(humanoid) of (Key(Picked unit)) in Hashtable

 

[karland90]

can you somehow lauch error message (not game messages), you know the preset ones in game interface? just like "not enough mana" "must target a unit" and so on