Zero and Minus Stat

[Tal'Rarity]

As most likely know, it is difficult to obtain zero or minus white stats however apparently the GUI function fails and the jass/custom script one works quite well.

[trigger=Zero Stat]
Untitled Trigger 003
Events
Player - Player 1 (Red) skips a cinematic sequence
Conditions
Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by Player 1 (Red)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set i = 0
Set u = (Picked unit)
Custom script: call SetHeroAgi(udg_u,udg_i,true)
[/trigger]

[trigger=Minus Stat]
Untitled Trigger 003
Events
Player - Player 1 (Red) skips a cinematic sequence
Conditions
Actions
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units currently selected by Player 1 (Red)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set i = -99
Set u = (Picked unit)
Custom script: call SetHeroAgi(udg_u,udg_i,true)
[/trigger]

It might seem and look simple, but I was sure surprised by the number of mapmakers who didn't know this. Hope this'll help people who want zero and minus white stats outside of shift + enter in object editor.


Edit: If you set the strength in object editor too high as a minus that health goes below zero/0, it will crash the game before being able to finish loading the map.

 

[Chaosy]

Since you use jass I assume it does not work with the GUI default function?
edit: apparently you wrote that.
That's quite interesting. I have tried to do this in the past if I recall.

 

[WaterKnight]

It simply has a bounds check like a lot of the GUI's function wrappers. Probably Blizzard considered it unreasonable/unstable.

 

[Dr Super Good]

If you looked at the BJ it is kind of obvious...

function SetHeroStat takes unit whichHero,integer whichStat,integer value returns nothing
    if (value <= 0) then
        return
    endif
    if (whichStat == bj_HEROSTAT_STR) then
        call SetHeroStr(whichHero, value, true)
    elseif (whichStat == bj_HEROSTAT_AGI) then
        call SetHeroAgi(whichHero, value, true)
    elseif (whichStat == bj_HEROSTAT_INT) then
        call SetHeroInt(whichHero, value, true)
    else
    endif
endfunction

Specifically...

    if (value <= 0) then
        return
    endif

 

[neo_sluf]

Wow this new found knowledge is useful. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Wietlol]

"new found knowledge"
where?