Using common.ai functions in normal JASS

09-04-2006, 08:08 PM	#1
moyack	Hi: The title say it all. Is it possible to use functions from common.ai in normal JASS scripting?? and in the other way, is it possible to use normal JASS functions in JASS AI??

09-04-2006, 08:09 PM	#2
PipeDream	Try it

09-04-2006, 08:26 PM

MeanMachine

Some work and some don't . Though in order to use them, you have to import a custom common.j/ai which includes these functions. For example by putting this line in the common.j :

JASS:

function GetUnitGoldCost takes integer unitid returns integer

you can use GetUnitGoldCost in triggers. (don't you just love Blizzard for not including GetUnitGoldCost ,GetItemGoldCost and the wood equivallents in the first place). Though sometimes when you save the map it may give an unknown function error. Just save again.

09-04-2006, 10:00 PM

moyack

Quote:

Originally Posted by PipeDream

Try it

Actually, I tried, and I get a mistake :(

The reason to make this queston is: JASS AI is that, JASS, you use the same syntax, language grammar and the same data types, but they're not compatible. So I though there should be a way to do that (as MeanMachine explained me). I'm not sure if it's safe to modify common.j so I prefer not to touch that. Thanks for the comments.

09-04-2006, 10:08 PM	#5
PipeDream	Mucking with common.j is safe, but you can't do much. Besides the couple natives, you can add types which return bug to integers for some quick and dirty fake type safety.

09-04-2006, 10:28 PM	#6
MeanMachine	It's perfectly safe don't worry. I use it on two of my current projects and no erros whatsoever. (except the save thing i mentioned. but that's no big deal)

09-05-2006, 11:22 AM

blu_da_noob

Quote:

Originally Posted by PipeDream

Besides the couple natives, you can add types which return bug to integers for some quick and dirty fake type safety.

You can add handle extensions? That should be fun :P

09-05-2006, 01:29 PM

Vexorian

Is it really safe? As in even safe for multiplayer? If so we can try to have auto return bug.

Would it work?:

type handle extends integer
type integer extends handle
type integer extends unit

Should try it asap

Edit: nah you can't use type (name) for an already declared name, I guess JASS has handle, integer, real and stuff already declared. And you can't extend a non-handle type

Edit II: It would be cool to rename all the type names into short ugly names, would be the ultimate obfuscation, but it would require custom blizzard.j as well

JASS:

function c1 takes a1 C2 A1 c3 returns a2
 local a1 c4
   ....
endfunction

09-05-2006, 01:32 PM	#9
The)TideHunter(	Whao! This could be great, new handle types that blizz dident create, like projectiles! =o

09-05-2006, 01:43 PM	#10
Vexorian	sure JASS: type cscollisionmissile extends unit type cstable extends handle But notice how impractical would this be, we would have to import the kinda huge common.j besides of the need to make even more return bug exploiters.

09-05-2006, 01:53 PM	#11
blu_da_noob	Common.j is only ~14kb after MPQ compression.

09-05-2006, 02:01 PM	#12
The)TideHunter(	It might increase filesize, but would extremely help. EDIT: If we changed GUI like WEU, we could have seperate folders with things like tables, projectiles, etc whith custom functions, they would have their own id (or would they).

09-05-2006, 06:23 PM

#13

PipeDream

I don't think it helps in practice at all. if you want custom types the way to do it is something that compiles down to JASS. if that's just typing then it's fairly trivial transformation (just substitution)

You can't change existing type names because they are registered with their full names like "Hplayer". you would have to modify warcraft. I don't know if you can get away with extending and using the sub type. it won't help with compression because repeated patterns will already be going into the dictionary. obfuscation is useless.