WE-Independant Object Editor

[Xeryxoz]

Hello, so I'm asking for this type of programme for a really funny reason - There is a map I am editing, and due to it's sheer mass of units that go over the 834 original WC3 ammount, any type of name editing or deleting costs me 10 minutes each, so I was hoping someone is working on such a thing or if such a thing exists where I can simply export object editor files and load it up there and edit in a lag free zone, this tool would really be helpfull - thank you all in advance.

 

[stonneash]

This is much needed indeed ^ subscribing

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Did you disable brush list?

 

[Xeryxoz]

Dat-C3, that which you suggested did wonders to my speed, instead of 10 minutes, now it's 10 seconds which is god-like, still would love to see a independant object editor.... so if anyone ever makes one, do post here, again, thank you Dat-C3, you did wonders

 

[Xeryxoz]

Did you disable brush list?

Yeah, I did, helped a ton, the only problem I have now is WE crashing when I want to delete some units, but yeah, it shouldn't be a problem, + rep btw ^^

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Well there is http://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/release-wurstscript-a-wurst-to-jass-compiler-ide.238522/ otherwise I don't think there's anything else like that for public use however I could be mistaken, can't remember everything sadly. Though there could be more programs similar on other wc3 sites that aren't English or well there actually should be. I can't say much about those sites due to what other stuff they do.

 

[Xonok]

You can use lua objectmerger to make this happen. I have written some lua scripts for myself that I can run really easily from editor upon saving. What my script does is that it takes object data from some specifically written files and implements it in the game through objectmerger. Thus, all object data is remade on every save if I want it.

I am not sure if I'd be willing to share my own script for this though, since it doesn't have a proper tutorial and I frequently change how it works, so it'd be hard to support it properly as a tool.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I would be interested in this. Especially if the imports didn't necessarily overwrite.

 

[Xonok]

They do overwrite and that's intentional. It avoids bugs like "deleting ability crashes editor", for instance. I do all the ability modification outside editor.

Attached are all the files required(I hope) and a map that uses them so you'd have a working example to look at. You'll have to copy the contents of the lua folder into the lua folder of your JNGP(it requires JNGP to work).
Pay special attention to the "Objects" trigger in the initialization - this is the lua code that runs the whole object generation thing. The "addEngineers" function from HeroicFunctions is a function that I made specifically for this map and it's not needed, but if you understand some lua it can show you how to use the system even better.
You can test whether you've saved the map correctly by just saving it. I just tested that it gives me no errors, so if it does give errors for you it's a sign that something has been set up wrong.

The objects are generated on every save, as long as the lua script hasn't been commented out.

This is not an official resources, so I don't want to support it. If you need help you can ask, but I won't fix anything that requires effort.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Does lua work with windows 10 yet?

 

[Xeryxoz]

This helps a lot, even if it isn't an official resource to be used, it may as well become one!

 

[Xonok]

I don't know about windows 10, but I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work if you install what it requires.

I have considered making it an official resource, but previously I was moving away from WC3 modding. Right now I want to return, but I'll finish some other things first and then we'll see.