Unit type string identifiers

[Yevhen Snizhko]

Sometimes a user may need to use a string identifier for creation, replacement, or other interactions with unit types.
For example, this is good for testing interactions with different unit types for your map. But making one trigger per unit type (of which there are more than 300) is not really effective.
Or you want user to input unit type, but don't want to write a fancy interface for it.
The solution: use string identifier.

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  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -create as A substring
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set VariableSet str_main = (Substring((Entered chat string), 9, (Length of (Entered chat string))))
    • Unit - Create 1 (Unit-type(str_main)) for Player 1 (Red) at (Target of current camera view) facing Default building facing degrees

(the website does not show that there is an extra space in '-create ')

In this example, we use conversion of string to unit type.
The substring function at the start of the trigger takes a string, goes set number of symbols from start (dash (-) is symbol 1, empty space ( ) is symbol 8 in this case), and takes everything up to the stated symbol position (provided it is not earlier than the starting symbol). In this case, we just read until the end.

But what can we input so that the game knows what to create?

Let's start with custom units.

All custom units use 4-symbol identifiers.
When you create a custom unit, you will need to write (or just accept) a 4-symbol alpha-numeric code - meaning it can contain letters a-z (no special characters) and numbers 0-9, exactly four total.
In Object Editor in raw view, you'll see that a custom unit has 9 symbols before their name, for example:

n000:hpea (Custom Peasant name)

The first four symbols are identifier of this unit type, which are the part that interests us.

These identifiers have to be prefixed by 'custom_'.
So, to activate the trigger we checked out earlier and create an 'Archmage sd+', we need to input in chat:

-create custom_h001

The identifiers are not case-sensitive, so having 'h' instead of 'H' is not an issue.
What will be an issue is having two different unit types with same identifiers - then the type added to the map earlier will be created. The editor does won't block you from doing this, so you should be careful.

Using string identifiers for custom units is easy and is useful if you don't want to constantly look for your custom unit among hundreds of them when working with GUI.

Let's go to standard units.

Standard units never use their 4-symbol codes as identifiers.

Most standard units use their names as identifiers.
For example, Arthas uses string 'Arthas'.
Creating him with our trigger will require input:

-create arthas

If a unit has a space, dash sign (-) or apostrophe (') in their name, they have to be omitted from the identifier.
Examples:
Mortar Team - mortarteam
Mal'Ganis - malganis
Earth-Fury Tower - earthfurytower

Summoned units and units with several variations almost always use numbers at the end of their identifiers - see below.
Some units from TFT or added for Reforged use identifiers based on old units, so they can't be used by their names. They will never get created if you are using their identifier, and they will not be discussed here.
Some units that usually have timed life may have such timer when created in this way. For now I've only seen Militia do this constantly.
Ancients only use one identifier for rooted and uprooted versions, and will always create a rooted version.
Melee heroes use their type names (Paladin, Blood Mage, Crypt Lord, Priestess of the Moon, etc.) with removed spaces.
Most campaign heroes use their names as seen in the game (Muradin Bronzebeard, Jaina, Arthas, Cairne Bloodhoof) as their identifier - with the usual rules.

Here's a list of standard units that use identifiers that are not similar to their names, don't follow the rules above or have important changes (like word order changed or map-specific alterations) as of Reforged 2.0.1 (SPOILER ALERT FOR SOME CHARACTERS!!!):

Spoiler

Unit name (with editor suffix)	String Identifier (not case-sensitive, capital letters indicate what is unusual compared to how the unit is seen in-game)	Additional comments
Kobold Shoveler	theshoveler	Not available through UI. Very strong melee unit.
Sammy!	sammycube	Not available through UI. Very strong ranged unit.
Abomination (cinematic)	abominationCINEMATIC	An unmodified abomination for Human3 boss fight.
Admiral Proudmoore	admiralproudmoore	This is a core version without any abilities. The Rexxar's campaign boss uses same type with map-specific changes.
Advanced Boulder Tower	BOULDERtowerUPGRADE	These towers have some changes between campaign levels.
Advanced Cold Tower	COLDtowerUPGRADE	These towers have some changes between campaign levels.
Advanced Death Tower	DEATHtowerUPGRADE	These towers have some changes between campaign levels.
Advanced Energy Tower	ENERGYtowerUPGRADE	These towers have some changes between campaign levels.
Advanced Flame Tower	FLAMEtowerUPGRADE	These towers have some changes between campaign levels.
Alchemist (morph level 1)	alchemistMORPH	This unit is a morph form for Chemical Rage ability of corresponding level.
Alchemist (morph level 2)	alchemistMORPH2	This unit is a morph form for Chemical Rage ability of corresponding level.
Alchemist (morph level 3)	alchemistMORPH3	This unit is a morph form for Chemical Rage ability of corresponding level.
Antonidas	antonidUs	The archmage boss from Undead07. Definitely not a Nidus Worm.
Antonidas (Ghost)	GHOSTLYarchmage	The archmage miniboss template from Humanx03.
Arachnathid Earth-Borer	EARTHBORERarachnathid
Arcane Tower	HUMANarcanetower	Human melee tower from TFT.
Archer	HIGHELVENarcher	The same archer is used in Silvermoon missions and in TFT Blood Elf campaign. Night Elven Archer is just archer.
Arthas (Evil)	EVILarthas	Arthas from Undead campaigns.
Arthas (with Frostmourne)	arthasWITHFROSTMOURNE	The unit used for final section of Human09.
Avatar of Vengeance	SPIRITofvengeance	The summoned unit from Warden's ultimate ability.
Azgalor	OLDpitlord	Pit Lord from NightElf07.
Barracks	HIGHELFbarracks	The Barracks used for Silvermoon missions.
Barracks	HUMANbarracks	The melee Barracks for Human faction.
Barracks	ORCbarracks	The melee Barracks for Orc faction.
Batrider	TROLLbatrider	The expansion flying unit for Orc faction.
Bear (level 1)	GRIZZLYbear1	Summoned unit for Beastmaster's ability.
Bear (level 2)	GRIZZLYbear2	Summoned unit for Beastmaster's ability.
Bear (level 3)	GRIZZLYbear3	Summoned unit for Beastmaster's ability.
Berserk Quilbeast	quillbeast4	Summoned unit for Rexxar's fully upgraded ability.
Berserk Wildkin	berserkOWLBEAR	Identifier name is based on original name.
Black Citadel	NECROPOLIS2	The only town hall that has wrong identifiers for tier 3.
Black Spider	SPIDERblack
Blademaster of the Blackrock Clan	BLACKROCKblademaster	The red Blademaster from Undead06.
Blue Dragon	AZUREdragon	Interestingly, the Blue Dragon Roost uses a proper identifier.
Blue Dragon Whelp	AZUREdragonwhelp	Only proper Blue Dragons are called Azure.
Blue Dragonspawn Sorcerer	bluedragonspawnsorcerOr	A lot of units with 'Sorcerer' in their name use 'sorcerOr' in identifier.
Blue Drake	AZUREdrake	Only proper Blue Dragons are called Azure.
Book of Summoning Pedestal	bookofSUMMONING	Poor Pedestal. Nobody remembers him.
Brewmaster	PANDARENbrewmaster	Promotional materials definitely call him Pandaren Brewmaster.
Burrow	TROLLburrow	The food supply building for Orc faction.
Burrowed Barbed Arachnathid	barbedarachnathidBURROWED
Burrowed Carrion Beetle (level 2)	carrionSCARABBURROWED2	A morphed version of a summoned unit from Crypt Lord ability
Burrowed Carrion Beetle (level 3)	carrionSCARABBURROWED3	A morphed version of a summoned unit from Crypt Lord ability
Burrowed Crypt Fiend	cryptfiendMORPH
Cairne (cinematic)	cairnebloodhoofCINEMATIC	Unmodified RoC Cairne from TFT cinematics
Cairne (expansion)	cairnebloodhoofEXP	TFT Cairne with Attribute Bonus learnable ability
Captain	THEcaptain	The one who is either Falric, Marwyn or Luke Valonforth.
Carrion Beetle (level 1)	carrionSCARAB1	A summoned unit from Crypt Lord ability
Carrion Beetle (level 2)	carrionSCARAB2	A summoned unit from Crypt Lord ability
Carrion Beetle (level 3)	carrionSCARAB3	A summoned unit from Crypt Lord ability
Centaur Sorcerer	centaursorcerOr	A lot of units with 'Sorcerer' in their name use 'sorcerOr' in identifier.
Centaur Tent	centaurtent	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Centaur Tent 2	centaurtent2
Centaur Tent 3	centaurtent3
Chen Stormstout	SINJOstormstout	Brewmaster from Rexxar's campaign
Child	VILLAGERKID	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Child 2	VILLAGERKID2	This is their basic function, after all.
Circle of Power (large)	circleofpowerLARGE	Size matters.
Circle of Power (medium)	circleofpowerMEDIUM	Size matters.
Circle of Power (small)	circleofpower	Some are embarrassed by their size. They shouldn't be.
City Building 0	citybuildingSMALL0	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 1	citybuildingSMALL1	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 2	citybuildingSMALL2	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 3	citybuildingSMALL3	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 4	citybuildingSMALL4	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 5	citybuildingSMALL5	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 6	citybuildingSMALL6	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 7	citybuildingSMALL7	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 8	citybuildingSMALL8	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 9	citybuildingSMALL9	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06.
City Building 10	citybuildingSMALLA	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06. Has a letter as an index.
City Building 11	citybuildingSMALLB	2-story straight building, like ones seen in Human06. Has a letter as an index.
City Building 12	citybuildingLARGE0	2-story angular building, like one from the sheep-in-a-box secret from Human05.
City Building 13	citybuildingLARGE1	2-story angular building, like one from the sheep-in-a-box secret from Human05.
City Building 14	citybuildingLARGE2	2-story angular building, like one from the sheep-in-a-box secret from Human05.
City Building 15	citybuildingLARGE3	2-story angular building, like one from the sheep-in-a-box secret from Human05.
Clockwerk Goblin (level 1)	clockwerkgoblin1	An exploding summoned unit, produced by Pocket Factory from Tinker's ability.
Clockwerk Goblin (level 2)	clockwerkgoblin2	An exploding summoned unit, produced by Pocket Factory from Tinker's ability.
Clockwerk Goblin (level 3)	clockwerkgoblin3	An exploding summoned unit, produced by Pocket Factory from Tinker's ability.
Clockwerk Goblin (level 4)	clockwerkgoblin4	Unused. It is same as the level 3 clockwerk goblin.
Corrupted Treant	corruptedENT	Treants tend to be identified as Ents.
Couatl	nagaCOUTL	The 'a' is missing.
Dagren the Orcslayer	DAGREN	One of paladins from Undeadx01.
Dalvengyr	VENGYR	Dreadlord from Humanx02.
Dark Minion	darkminion2	A summoned unit from Dark Ranger's Black Arrow ability.
Demon Hunter (Demon Form)	demonhunterMORPHED	Created through Metamorphosis ability.
Destroyer	OBSIDIANdestroyer	Morph form of Obsidian Statue.
Dimensional Gate (facing South-East)	DARKPORTALse	Demonic portal from Humanx05.
Dimensional Gate (facing South-West)	DARKPORTALsw	Demonic portal from Humanx05.
Dire Frost Wolf	WHITEdirewolf
Dire Frost Wolf	WHITEdirewolf
Dire Quilbeast	quilLbeast2	A summoned unit from Beastmaster's ability. Has an extra 'L'.
Dire Wolf	SPIRITwolf2	A summoned unit from Far Seer's ability.
Disease Cloud	PLAGUEWARD	This is left by Meat Wagon's upgraded attacks.
Doom Guard (summoned)	doomguardsummoned	Stats of summoned units tend to be identical to those of usual units.
Draenei Barracks	draeneiWARRIORSHALL	Used in Humanx05 by Draenei village.
Draenei Chieftain's Hut	CHIEFTAINhut	Used in Humanx05 by Draenei village. Missing an 's'.
Draenei Demolisher	DEMOLISHERdraenei	Used in Humanx06.
Draenei Hut	DRANEIhut0	Missing an 'e'.
Draenei Hut 2	DRANEIhut1	Missing an 'e'.
Dragon Hawk	WINDSERPENT	Flying unit from Silvermoon missions. Identifier name based on original name for this unit.
Dragon Roost	dragonBUILDING	Building from Undead06 that simulates WC2 Dragon Roost.
Dragon Turtle	CAMPAIGNturtle	Naga siege unit.
Dragonhawk Rider	dragonhawk	The expansion air unit for Human facction.
Druid of the Claw (Bear form)	druidoftheclawMORPHED
Druid of the Talon (Raven form)	druidofthetalonMORPHED
Earth (level 1)	PANDA3	One of three units created by Brewmaster's ultimate.
Earth (level 2)	PANDA6	One of three units created by Chen's upgraded ultimate.
Enchanted Gemstone	gemstoneOBELISK	Used in Orc07, activated by Cairne.
Enraged Wildkin	enragedOWLBEAR	Identifier name is based on original name.
Eredar Sorcerer	eredarsorcerOr	A lot of units with 'Sorcerer' in their name use 'sorcerOr' in identifier.
Fel Beast	purplefelstalker	Logical way to describe them.
Fel Burrow	CHAOSORCburrow	Chaos form of Burrow from Orc faction. Note that it is not Troll anymore. Since in RoC they were called 'Chaos' and not 'Fel', it uses this identifier.
Fel Grunt	CHAOSgrunt	Chaos form of Grunt from Orc faction. Since in RoC they were called 'Chaos' and not 'Fel', it uses this identifier.
Fel Kodo Beast	CHAOSkoTobeast	Chaos form of Kodo Beast from Orc faction. Since in RoC they were called 'Chaos' and not 'Fel', it uses this identifier. Kodo Beasts are often called 'Koto' in game data.
Fel Peon	CHAOSpeon	Chaos form of Peon from Orc faction. Since in RoC they were called 'Chaos' and not 'Fel', it uses this identifier.
Fel Raider	CHAOSWOLFRIDER	Chaos form of Raider from Orc faction. Since in RoC they were called 'Chaos' and not 'Fel', it uses this identifier.
Fel Warlock	CHAOSwarlock	Chaos form of Warlock. In Orc06 it is used as an upgrade for Shamans. Since in RoC they were called 'Chaos' and not 'Fel', it uses this identifier.
Fire (level 1)	PANDA1	One of three units created by Brewmaster's ultimate.
Fire (level 2)	PANDA4	One of three units created by Chen's upgraded ultimate.
Earth (level 1)	PANDA3	One of three units created by Brewmaster's ultimate.
Forest Troll Hut	foresttrollhut0	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Forest Troll Hut 2	foresttrollhut1	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Fountain of Blood	BLOODfountain	Used for Orc06.
Fountain of Power	PURPLEfountain	Do not confuse With Fountain of Mana.
Frost Wolf	WHITEwolf
Frostmourne Pedestal	FROSTMOURNE	Used in Human09.
Furbolg Hut	furbolghut1	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Furbolg Hut 2	furbolghut2	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Furbolg Ursa Warrior	furbolgANCIENT	No, it is not a tree.
Furion	furion	RoC version of Malfurion Stormrage. Since Reforged the old model is missing and this unit is called Malfurion.
Ghost	keeperofthegroveGHOST	A basic version of Ancient Protectors from NightElf03, used as a template.
Giant Frost Wolf	giantWHITEwolf
Giant Skeleton Warrior	giantSKELETON
Gnoll	gnoll1	Some creeps have numbers instead of professions. Some even have numbers despite being plain simple creeps.
Gnoll Hut	gnollhut	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Gnoll Hut 2	gnollhut2	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Gnoll Overseer	gnollKING
Gnoll Warden	gnoll3	Some creeps have numbers instead of professions.
Greater Dark Minion	DARKminion3	A summoned unit from Dark Ranger's Black Arrow ability. Doesn't put his size in front.
Greater Spirit Beast	SPIRITbeast3
Grom Hellscream	gromhellscream	There is only one person who tried to call him Grommash, and that person is dead.
Grom Hellscream (possessed)	POSSESSEDgromhellscream	Chaos form of Grom Hellscream. There is only one person who tried to call him Grommash, and that person is dead.
Halahk the Lifebringer	HALAHK	Paladin from Undeadx01.
Halls of the Dead	NECROPOLIS1	The only town hall that has wrong identifiers for tier 2.
Harpy Storm-Hag	harpyHAG	They aren't supposed to know what type of hag you are until it is too late.
Harpy Storm-Hag	harpyHAG	They aren't supposed to know what type of hag you are until it is too late.
Harpy Windwitch	harpyWITCH	They aren't supposed to know what type of witch you are until it is too late.
Haunted Gold Mine	UNDEADgoldmine2	Undead really add their flavor to everything.
Hawk	WAREAGLE1	Summoned unit from Beastmaster's ability.
High Elf (female)	highELVENFEMALE	Villager from Silvermoon missions.
High Elf (male)	highELVENMALE	Villager from Silvermoon missions.
High Elven Farm	highELFfarm	Food-providing building from Silvermoon missions. Has team color.
High Elven Farm 1	highELFfarm0	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Farm 2	highELFfarm1	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Farm 3	highELFfarm2	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Farm 4	highELFfarm3	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Farm 5	highELFfarm4	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Farm 6	highELFfarm5	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Farm 7	highELFfarm6	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Farm 8	highELFfarm7	Neutral building from Silvermoon missions. Doesn't have team color. Index and suffix don't match.
High Elven Guard Tower	ELVENguardtower	Tower from Silvermoon missions.
Hippogryph Rider	RIDDENhippogryph
Horn of Cenarius Pedestal	hornofCENARIUS	Poor Pedestal. Nobody remembers him.
Human Frigate	humanDESTROYER	All Frigates are called 'Destroyer'. Probably based on Destroyers from WC2.
Ice Troll Hut	icetrollhut0	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Ice Troll Hut 2	icetrollhut1	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions. Index and suffix don't match.
Ice Troll Priest	icetrollSHADOWpriest	Ice Trolls don't want other people to know that their priests are aligned with Shadow. Other trolls don't mind.
Icy Treasure Box	TREASUREbox	Unused.
Illidan (demon form)	illidanDEMONFORM	Used for NightElf06 to transform Illidan.
Illidan (morphed)	illidanMORPHED	Unused. Identical to the Demon Form.
Illidan (Evil)	EVILillidan	Illidan with wings from TFT.
Illidan (Evil) (demon form)	EVILillidanDEMONFORM	Created through Metamorphosis for TFT version of Illidan.
Illidan (Evil) (demon form)	EVILillidanDEMONFORM	Created through Metamorphosis for TFT version of Illidan.
Infected Granary	GRANARYinfected	Used in RoC Human campaign.
Juggernaut (cinematic)	ORCjuggernaut	Used in RoC for cinematics.
Kel'Thuzad	kelthuzadNECRO	Used in Human03 and Human04.
Kel'Thuzad (ghost)	kelthuzadGHOST	Used in RoC Undead campaign.
Kel'Thuzad (Lich)	kelthuzadLICH	Used in Undead campaigns.
Kel'Thuzad (Lich, cinematic)	kelthuzadlichCINEMATIC	Used in Undead05Interude.
Kil'Jaeden (cinematic)	kiljaedenCINEMATIC	Used in Humanx06Finale in modified form.
Kodo Beast	koTobeast	Kodo Beasts are often called 'Koto' in game data.
Kodo Beast (riderless)	koTobeastNORIDER	Kodo Beasts are often called 'Koto' in game data.
Lava Spawn (level 1)	lavaSPAWN	Summoned unit from Firelord's ability.
Lava Spawn (level 2)	lavaSPAWN2	Summoned unit from Firelord's ability.
Lava Spawn (level 3)	lavaSPAWN3	Summoned unit from Firelord's ability.
Lesser Dark Minion	DARKminion1	A summoned unit from Dark Ranger's Black Arrow ability.
Lesser Spirit Beast	SPIRITBEAST
Lich King (cinematic campaign unit)	lichKING	Used in TFT Undead campaign for portrait during relevant cutscenes.
Lord Nicholas Buzan	PALADINBOSS1	Paladin from Undead02, known as Gavinrad the Dire.
Lumber Mill	HUMANlumbermill	In previous games all factions had a lumber mill, so this way to see which one it is is very logical.
Magroth the Defender	MAGROTH	Paladin from NightElfx07.
Makrura Deepseer	LOBSTROKKdeepseer	All Makruras are called 'Lobstrokk' in some internal files.
Makrura Pooldweller	LOBSTROKKpooldweller	All Makruras are called 'Lobstrokk' in some internal files.
Makrura Prawn	LOBSTROKKprawn	All Makruras are called 'Lobstrokk' in some internal files.
Makrura Snapper	LOBSTROKKsnapper	All Makruras are called 'Lobstrokk' in some internal files.
Makrura Tidal Lord	LOBSTROKKtidallord	All Makruras are called 'Lobstrokk' in some internal files.
Makrura Tidecaller	LOBSTROKKtidecaller	All Makruras are called 'Lobstrokk' in some internal files.
Malfurion (TFT)	MALfurion	The main version used in TFT Night Elf campaign.
Malfurion (TFT without stag)	MALfurionNOSTAG	The stagless version used in NightElfx06Interlude. Since Reforged uses a model with stag.
Marine	marine	The actual Terran Marine. Used for secret scene in RoC credits.
Medivh (raven form)	medivhMORPHED
Mercenary Camp (Ashenvale)	mercenarycampA	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Barrens)	mercenarycampB	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Black Citadel)	mercenarycampK	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Cityscape)	mercenarycampY	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Dalaran)	mercenarycampX	Also used for Dalaran Ruins tileset. Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Dungeon)	mercenarycampD	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Felwood)	mercenarycampC	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Icecrown Glacier)	mercenarycampI	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Lordaeron Fall)	mercenarycampF	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Lordaeron Summer)	mercenarycampL	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Lordaeron Winter)	mercenarycampW	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Northrend)	mercenarycampN	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Outland)	mercenarycampO	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Sunken Ruins)	mercenarycampZ	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Underground)	mercenarycampG	Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Mercenary Camp (Village)	mercenarycampV	Also used for Village Fall tileset. Mercenary camps use identifier indexes based on the tileset identifiers.
Misha	misha	Unused weaker version of Rexxar's companion.
Misha (level 1)	misha1	Summoned unit from Rexxar's ability.
Misha (level 2)	misha2	Summoned unit from Rexxar's ability.
Misha (level 3)	misha3	Summoned unit from Rexxar's ability.
Misha (level 4)	misha4	Summoned unit from Rexxar's ability.
Mur'Gul Hut 0	murgulhut0	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Mur'Gul Hut 1	murgulhut1	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Mur'Gul Marauder	murgulREAVER	Absolutely unexpected.
Mur'Gul Reaver	NAGAMURGUL	Somewhat expected.
Murloc Hut 0	murgulhut0	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Murloc Hut 1	murgulhut1	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Naga Siren	SIREN	Some are ashamed of their tails.
Necropolis	necropolis	The only Undead Town Hall that follows the rules.
Nerubian Tower	FROSTtower	Not a cold tower.
Nether Dragon Roost	OUTLANDdragonroost	The only time a non-blue dragon name is modified.
Night Elf Fisging Village (crested, southeast facing)	ELVENfishingvillage4	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Fisging Village (crested, southwest facing)	ELVENfishingvillage1	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Fisging Village (one-story)	ELVENfishingvillage2	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Fisging Village (ruined, crested)	RUINEDELVENfishingvillage1	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Fisging Village (ruined, one-story)	RUINEDELVENfishingvillage2	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Fisging Village (ruined, two-story)	RUINEDELVENfishingvillage0	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Fisging Village (two-story, southeast facing)	ELVENfishingvillage3	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Fisging Village (two-story, southwest facing)	ELVENfishingvillage0	Used for NightElfx01. Does not follow other naming conventions.
Night Elf Frigate	nightelfDESTROYER	All Frigates are called 'Destroyer'. Probably based on Destroyers from WC2.
Ogre Mauler	ogre2	Some creeps have numbers instead of professions.
Ogre Warrior	ogre1	Some creeps have numbers instead of professions.
Orc Frigate	orcISHDESTROYER	Orcs like to use proper grammer. All Frigates are called 'Destroyer'. Probably based on Destroyers from WC2.
Orc Juggernaut	JUGGERNAUT	Battleship for Orc faction. Identifier avoids and issues with WC2 ogre juggernauts.
Orc Transport Ship	orcISHtransportship	Orcs like to use proper grammer.
Orc Warchief	CHAOSWARLORD	Red orc on a horse. Never used even as a direct template.
Orc Warlock	WAR2warlock	In RoC used only for cinematics. In TFT used as a creep in Rexxar campaign.
Owl Scout (level 1)	OWL	Summoned unit for Priestess of the Moon's ability.
Owl Scout (level 1)	OWL	Summoned unit for Priestess of the Moon's ability.
Owl Scout (level 2)	OWL2	Summoned unit for Priestess of the Moon's ability.
Owl Scout (level 3)	OWL3	Summoned unit for Priestess of the Moon's ability.
Penguin (waterborne)	WATERpenguin
Plague Treant	plagueENT	Treants tend to be identified as Ents.
Pocket Factory (level 1)	POCKETFACTORY	Summoned building from Tinker's ability.
Pocket Factory (level 2)	POCKETFACTORY2	Summoned building from Tinker's ability.
Pocket Factory (level 3)	POCKETFACTORY3	Summoned building from Tinker's ability.
Poison Treant	poisonENT	Treants tend to be identified as Ents.
Portal	SHIMMERINGportal	Big purple 'stargate' used for cinematics.
Primal Pandaren	FURBOLGPANDA	Used for Humanx03s.
Prison Wagon	ILLIDANwagon	Used for Humanx04.
Quilbeast	quilLbeast1	Summoned unit for Beastmaster's ability.
Raging Quilbeast	quilLbeast3	Summoned unit for Beastmaster's ability.
Raider	WOLFRIDER
Resurrection Stone (facing south-east)	BINDstoneSE	Used for Rexxar's campaign.
Resurrection Stone (facing south-west)	BINDstoneSW	Used for Rexxar's campaign.
Salamander	DRAENEIsalamander	Trainable by Draenei in Humanx05.
Sapper	GOBLINsapper	They identify as one and are better than Demolition Squad.
Sapphiron (living)	AZURELOREDRAGON	He IS technically a blue dragon.
Sapphiron (undead)	AZUREFROSTWYRM	He IS technically a blue dragon.
Sea Witch (original)	seawitch2	This is the witch from Prologue05. Since Reforged she uses a Sea Witch model instead of Ghost.
Seer's Den	DRAENEIseerDEN	Used by Draenei base in Humanx05.
Sentry	WATCHER	From Tyrande's section of NightElf05.
Serpent Ward (level 1)	serpentward1	Summoned unit from Shadow Hunter's ability.
Serpent Ward (level 2)	serpentward2	Summoned unit from Shadow Hunter's ability.
Serpent Ward (level 3)	serpentward3	Summoned unit from Shadow Hunter's ability.
Serpent Ward (level 4)	serpentward4	Summoned unit from Rokhan's fully upgraded ability.
Shadow Wolf	SPIRITwolf3	A summoned unit from Far Seer's ability.
Sheep (amphibious)	AMPHIBIOUSsheep
Ship	BATTLEship	Used by Thrall in Prologue02.
Shredder	GOBLINshredder	Those dwarves will never steal goblin technology.
Siege Engine (Barrage)	ROCKETengine	An upgraded Steam Tank, added in TFT.
Siege Engine	siegeengine	Steam Tank from RoC. I don't know what identifier was used before TFT.
Siege Engine (Barrage)	ROCKETengine	An upgraded Steam Tank, added in TFT.
Sir Gregory Edmundson	PALADINBOSS2	Paladin from Undead02, known as Sage Truthbearer.
Skeleton Archer	skeletALarcher	He will not admit he is (un)dead.
Skeleton Archer (summoned)	skeletALarcherSUMMONED	Stats are identical to the usual one.
Skeleton Warrior	SKELETON	Won't admit he's not an elite archer. Raw ID - nske.
Skeleton Warrior (summoned)	skeletonSUMMONED	Has no suffix. Raw ID - nsce.
Sky Barge	AIRbarge	Not a water barge.
Terran Marine	CHAOSSPACEORC	Not a real marine - Before Reforged this was a Chaos Space Orc. Since Reforged the original model is missing.
Spider Crab Behemoth	spidercrab3	He started writing 'B', but chose to stop.
Spider Crab Limbripper	spidercrab2	He started writing 'L', but chose to stop and found a way to fix it.
Spider Crab Shorecrawler	spidercrab	Doesn't want people to think he's homeless.
Spirit Beast	spiritbeast2
Spirit Hawk	WAREAGLE3	Summoned unit from Beastmaster's ability.
Spirit of Vengeance	VENGEANCE	Summoned unit from Avatar of Vengeance, a summoned unit from Warden's ultimate.
Spirit Walker (ethereal)	spiritwalkerMORPH	Morph form of Spirit Walker - an expansioln ground unit for Orc faction. Now trained as a basic form.
Spirit Wolf	spiritwolf1	Summoned unit from Far Seer's ability.
Stag	DEER	There are no does to be found.
Stasis Trap	stasistrapTOTEM	A summoned unit from Witch Doctor's ability.
Stone Form Gargoyle	GARGOYLEMORPHED	Not the defenders of the night.
Stone Form Gargoyle	GARGOYLEMORPHED	Not the defenders of the night.
Storm (level 1)	PANDA2	One of three units created by Brewmaster's ultimate.
Storm (level 2)	PANDA5	One of three units created by Chen's upgraded ultimate.
Submerged Naga Myrmidon	nagamyrmidonMORPH
Submerged Naga Royal Guard	nagaroyalguardMORPH
Submerged Snap Dragon	snapdragonMORPH
Summoned Prawn	LOBSTROKKprawnSUMMONED	All Makruras are called 'Lobstrokk' in some internal files.
Swordsman	HIGHELVENswordsman	High Elven version of Footman. Used in Silvermoon missions and in TFT Human campaign.
Sylvanas Windrunner (banshee)	sylvanUsbanshee	This is a non-hero version from original Undead05. Featuring the 'u' instead of 'a'.
Sylvanas	EVILsylvanas	Featuring classic 'Evil' prefix, and with fixed 'a'.
Sylvanas Windrunner	sylvanUswindrunner	Living version from Silvermoon missions. Featuring the 'u' instead of 'a'.
Tauren Tent	taurentent	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Tauren Tent 2	taurentent2	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Tavern	CANTINA	Jazz not included.
Tent	tent	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Tent 2	tent2	Units with same names and numbers in their suffixes tend to have a corresponding number in their identifier, with some exceptions.
Thrall (unmounted)	thrall unmounted	The only unit with space in identifier. Added in Reforged.
Thunder Hawk	WAREAGLE2	Summoned unit from Beastmaster's ability.
Tinker (morphed version)	ROBOGOBLINtinker	Morphed Tinker from his ultimate.
Treant	FORCEOFNATURE	Summoned unit from Keeper of the Grove's ability. The only treant not identified as an Ent.
Tuskarr Sorcerer	tuskarrsorcerOr	A lot of units with 'Sorcerer' in their name use 'sorcerOr' in identifier.
Undead Frigate	undeadDESTROYER	All Frigates are called 'Destroyer'. Probably based on Destroyers from WC2.
Villager (Female)	villagerWOMAN
Villager (Female)	villagerWOMAN	A template for some named characters.
Villager (Male)	villagerMAN	A template for some named characters.
Villager (Male 2)	villagerMAN2	A template for some named characters.
Wagon	BLOODELFwagon	Used in NightElfx06.
Wagon	BLOODELFwagon	Used in NightElfx06.
Warden	NIGHTELFASSASSIN	A non-hero unit used in NightElf05.
Water Elemental (level 1)	waterelemental1	A summoned unit from Archmage's ability.
Water Elemental (level 2)	waterelemental2	A summoned unit from Archmage's ability.
Water Elemental (level 3)	waterelemental3	A summoned unit from Archmage's ability.
Watery minion (level 1)	wateryminionCLIFFRUNNER	A summoned unit Naga Siren's 'Parasite' ability. Has an extra job.
Watery minion (level 2)	wateryminionTIDEWARRIOR	Unused. Has an extra job.
Watery minion (level 3)	wateryminionSNARECASTER	Unused. Has an extra job.
Wendigo	wendigo1	Some creeps have numbers instead of professions. Some even have numbers despite being plain simple creeps.
Wildkin	OWLBEAR	Before TFT, they were Owlbears.
Wind Rider	windrider	Before TFT, they probably were identified as Wyverns.
Wind Rider (riderless)	RIDERLESSWYVERN	The only unit who is propoerly identified as 'rider;ess'. But who rides the Wind Rider? Identifier based on original name.
Wind Rider Cage 1	wyverncage1	Identifier based on original name. Thrall freed wyverns, not riders.
Wind Rider Cage 2	wyverncage2	Identifier based on original name. Thrall freed wyverns, not riders.
Wind Rider Cage 3	wyverncage3	Identifier based on original name. Thrall freed wyverns, not riders.
Wind Rider Cage 4	wyverncage4	Identifier based on original name. Thrall freed wyverns, not riders.
Worker (blood elf)	BLOODELFworker	Used in TFT Human campaign in place of Peasant.
Zeppelin	GOBLINzeppelin	Not Led.
Zombie (Female)	zombieFEMALE	Added in Reforged for Human06.

Feel free to contact me if there are any mistakes here or if there is new data.

 

[Chaosy]

I find this quite interesting because I've never felt the need to make something like this myself.
Admittedly I have never had a map with 300 units so I understand that some traditional approaches do not scale, such as navigating the UI with 300+ icons or the object editor with endless rows of units.

I'll mention for potential future readers that if you're not bound by GUI limits there is a better solution for those willing to learn Wurst (and possibly typescript etc, I am a bit out of date).

Because you can generate objects with code you can also save their ids on-generation as a variable.
Then, assuming you're using VS Code or an equally competent editor the auto complete and good naming will make you find things very quickly such as HUMAN_HERO_<NAME>. You can then combine this with hot reload with allows you to update code without restarting the client (the game) for very quick testing with specific units.

That said, with the spirit of the tutorial I think there are some other useful things that could be mentioned here.

-duplicate could spawn a new unit of currently selected unit
emulate chat history by using up arrow you can cycle through previous commands.

There are also some more oldschool solutions that not only help with this specific use case but also productivity in general. For example you use proper editor categories to seperate your units so they're easy to find, use the editor only prefix to easily group units.. things like that.

edit: I don't remember if hot reload works for GUI or only JASS but that might be worth looking into for any GUI user that does not use it already.

 

[Yevhen Snizhko]

There are also some more oldschool solutions that not only help with this specific use case but also productivity in general. For example you use proper editor categories to seperate your units so they're easy to find, use the editor only prefix to easily group units.. things like that.

I agree that there are better options to do this on small scale. I, however, got interested in this topic because of my specific use case - allowing a user to make a custom tech-tree in 'Settings' level.
Since I was unable to make a good-looking UI for that, I chose to implement the 'Enter chat message' method.

The only useful generalized information was here: conversasion - convert string to unit-type [how?], but I had to check how multi-word unit names worked and what identifiers were set for units that are changed in TFT.

I found out is that there are rules, and unit types that break them.
So I think that the most important part of this tutorial is the table at the end of it. But without the context at the beginning, the table would mean nothing to pretty much anyone.

Still, I appreciate your comment about more advanced ways of achieving similar results.

That said, with the spirit of the tutorial I think there are some other useful things that could be mentioned here.

-duplicate could spawn a new unit of currently selected unit
emulate chat history by using up arrow you can cycle through previous commands.

I'll think how to add descriptions of other stuff people can do with this. So far I've only created or replaced units, but it could also be a mechanic for game modes - like typing a name of unit to buff allied units of that type or kill enemy units of that type (like 'Magic Touch' game by Nitrome).

Just duplicating a unit using chat is not really dependent on identifiers, as unit type of selected unit can be found without the strings in GUI.

Pressing arrow to cycle through chat - out of scope of this tutorial, but it is an interesting topic. I've seen similar things done by other people some time ago, but have never used it.

 

[Chaosy]

I don't think it has to be a one or the other.

I think this can be extended to a bigger umbrella topic that covers this and by extension other things.

Regardless if you have 100, 200 or even more object editor entries, categorizing them is good practice and helps with everything related to development because this problem occur every time you want to reference something in the object editor which is obviously a lot when you're coding and especially when you're using GUI which is the primary target for this tutorial.

This does not exclude your idea of being able to summon them by text for testing but rather it works in addition to.

I am not going to try force you to write it this way, if you just want to cover the more narrow aspect that's cool with me I am just pointing out there is the option to cover it more broadly as well.

 

[Yevhen Snizhko]

Added Sammy! (Sam Didier cube) and Kobold Shoveler (kobold with human face).