Retrieving Unit-Type Name?

01-08-2006, 04:51 AM	#1
PCPharaoh	How can I retrieve the name of a type of unit? The only functions I can find return the name of a specific unit. I could make a workaround with creating a temp unit of the type I want, but I really don't want to do that. Note - I'm not trying to retrieve the A001 code, I'm trying to retrieve 'Footman'.

01-08-2006, 05:52 AM	#2
Immoralis	I may not completly undestand your question but is this what you are looking for? Trigger: Game - Display to (All players) the text: (Name of Any_Unit) Any_Unit = unit variable

01-08-2006, 05:58 AM	#3
PCPharaoh	I know about that function. What I'm trying to do is: Game - Display to (All Players) the text: (Name of unit-type(MyUnitTypeVariable)) The problem is I can't find a function that says that.

01-08-2006, 06:09 AM	#4
noctune	You could try getting a function that returns unit type and then convert it to a string. Not sure that's possible though.

01-08-2006, 06:10 AM	#5
Immoralis	Trigger: Actions Set MyUT = Footman Game - Display to (All players) the text: (String(MyUT)) There you go. MyUT=unit type variable

01-08-2006, 06:18 AM

PCPharaoh

Quote:

Originally Posted by noctune

You could try getting a function that returns unit type and then convert it to a string.
Not sure that's possible though.

No idea what you're talking about, elaborate please.

Immoralis: What are you using to convert to string? 'Conversion - Convert Unit-Type to String'? That was what I originally was using, but for some reason it returned "custom_A001" or something along those lines. What I want to be returned is "Footman", etc.

01-08-2006, 06:20 AM

Immoralis

hmm havent test that out accually ill get back to it

edit: just test it works, it says footman,

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01-08-2006, 07:15 AM	#8
Jacek	Because you are using normal foot. Try using custom unit and it will be custom_a024

01-08-2006, 07:29 AM

Immoralis

You guys keep making it more complex.

Trigger:

Melee Initialization

Events

Map initialization

Conditions

Actions

Set My_UT = fatman

Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Random 1 units from (Units of type My_UT)) and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Game - Display to (All players) the text: (Name of (Picked unit))

same as the last trigger, cept fatman is a footman called fatman...
the accual unit has to be on the map tho, cuz you have to pick it to find the name and it works

01-08-2006, 07:32 AM	#10
Jacek	Isn't ForGroupBJ leaking?

01-08-2006, 08:02 AM

#11

Immoralis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacek

Isn't ForGroupBJ leaking?

i dont care, its 3 am and im going to sleep, good day!

01-08-2006, 08:37 AM	#12
Jacek	what are u talking about? it is 10:37 AM :P

01-08-2006, 10:38 AM	#13
Extrarius	The problem is that the GUI system uses the function 'UnitId2String' (which, as far as I can tell, exists for no purpose), while the function you need is 'GetObjectName' (which takes an id # just like UnitId2String, but gets the actual name field for anything that has one).

01-08-2006, 10:57 AM	#14
Vexorian	What Extrarius said: Trigger: Melee Initialization Events Map initialization Conditions Actions Set typevar = Footman Custom script: set udg_stringvar= GetObjectName(udg_typevar) Game - Display to (All players) the text: stringvar Much better in JASS: JASS: GetObjectName('hfoo')

01-08-2006, 12:07 PM	#15
Jacek	Well, Extrarius deserves rep, I needed that func