Weird bug with the Trigger Editor...

[CoLd Bon3]

Hello! I have a problem making an action in GUI. However, the problem is not in me but in the WE.
After i click this action :
Hashtable - Save Handle Of Ability as Value of Value in (Last created hashtable)
if i click on "Ability" the Trigger Editor crashes (clicking on the other red stuff doesn't crash) and i can't do anything in it anymore. However, other Editors, pallets and the WE it's self don't crash. How do i fix this? I don't have this problem when saving something else, not Abilities.
I also tried closing my map and opening a brand new. The problem occured again.

Is there a Jass script i can replace this action with?

 

[Teelo]

Hmm crashes for me too. JNGP 1.21.

Can just use SaveAbilityHande.

native  SaveAbilityHandle				takes hashtable table, integer parentKey, integer childKey, ability whichAbility returns boolean

 

[CoLd Bon3]

I am not much in Jass, so can you give me an example usage of the script? I want to store Storm Bolt (as ability) as Key Ability1 (as string ID) of UnitInt (as integer) in AbilHashtable.
Could you show me how?

 

[Dr Super Good]

This is because the ability type was never implemented properly. It is only a loose reference to the internal structures used to represent an ability with no useful functions. As GUI never had components for interacting with abiliites it will crash the editor due to an invalid refererence.

This was because the makers of WarCraft III were stupid and did not explain what they did. When the patch team (who did not make WarCraft III) added hashtables they added to GUI one for interacting with abilities when GUI never had the ability type supported. The ability type that GUI presents users with is actually a subtype of integer (it compiles directly to integer), not the actual jass ability type which is where the confusion started.

Thus what you want to do is save an integer. You will need to save the ability raw type as the integer.

The first custom ability is usually refered to as the integer 'A000' for example. When you choose Strom Bolt as an ability type in GUI it simply puts such a integer for that parameter. The actual JASS ability type is virtually usless, and the GUI hashtable action trys to refer to that.

 

[CoLd Bon3]

Thanks for the explanation, Dr. Super Good! This bug also occured for widgets.. perhaps it's the same for other things. I guess i'll just use Teelo's Jass script.

 

[Dr Super Good]

And do what exactly? As I said, the ability type is not really implemented and allows you to do nothing at all useful.

You probably want to store an integer as ability types are integers.

 

[CoLd Bon3]

Hm.. can you give me an example of how to save an ability and then load it?

EDIT : I wanted to store an ability so that i can use it in a condition which is not possible. So... this thread can be closed. Thanks for the help!

 

[Dr Super Good]

You can use it in a conditional statement via raw script that skips all the actions if it fails. You save and load ability rawcodes like you do any integer.

 

[Almia]

Use ability as an integer not an object.This crashes same w/ trackables,unit pools and etc that can only be used in JASS

 

[CoLd Bon3]

Use ability as an integer not an object.This crashes same w/ trackables,unit pools and etc that can only be used in JASS

Ok, i'll try this way. Or perhaps i should learn Jass... lmao

 

[defskull]

• Set Ability = Animate Dead
• Custom script: udg_Integer = udg_Ability

Then save that integer to a hashtable.
To load, simply load the integer.

Example;

• Save
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Custom script: set udg_Hashtable = InitHashtable()
    • Set Ability = Flame Strike
    • Custom script: set udg_Integer = udg_Ability
    • Set Value = 100
    • Hashtable - Save Value as 0 of Integer in Hashtable
    • Set Ability = Banish
    • Custom script: set udg_Integer = udg_Ability
    • Set Value = 200
    • Hashtable - Save Value as 0 of Integer in Hashtable
    • Set Ability = Siphon Mana
    • Custom script: set udg_Integer = udg_Ability
    • Set Value = 300
    • Hashtable - Save Value as 0 of Integer in Hashtable

• Load
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Ability = (Ability being cast)
    • Custom script: set udg_Integer = udg_Ability
    • Set Value = (Load 0 of Integer from Hashtable)
    • Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String(Value))

What I did there is saving an Integer value to the respected abilities.
And upon cast, it loads the value and show it as Game Message to see if it actually works, and it is.

 

[CoLd Bon3]

Aha, i got it! Thanks a lot, Skrillex!

EDIT : It works perfectly!!!