how do we know the language is called JASS?

12-26-2006, 04:55 PM	#1
Vexorian	Seriously? I've been wondering about this, also to notice that something else called JASS is out of there, "Java with assertions"

12-26-2006, 05:40 PM	#2
blu_da_noob	Perhaps someone from Blizzard used the name.

12-26-2006, 06:04 PM	#3
wyrmlord	I've seen something WE-generated that states the language is JASS2 I think, I'll see if I can find it exactly.

12-26-2006, 06:26 PM	#4
The)TideHunter(	I'v also thought that question alot, and thought if it was abreiviation, what could it be, but still no clue. I just went with everybody else calling it Jass when i learnt.

12-26-2006, 07:45 PM

shadow1500

common.j:

constant integer            JASS_MAX_ARRAY_SIZE             = 8192

Blizzard.j:

//===========================================================================
// Blizzard.j ( define Jass2 functions that need to be in every map script )
//===========================================================================

12-26-2006, 07:46 PM	#6
wyrmlord	I knew I saw Jass2 somewhere WE-related.

12-26-2006, 08:01 PM	#7
Chuckle_Brother	Would have been a lot more interesting if nobody had brought that forth and people decided to find a new name for it. Still begs the question of why they named it Jass. looks at Vexorian Note: This is your queue to provide an answer

12-26-2006, 09:49 PM	#8
PipeDream	They call it Jass and Jass2 a lot inside the binary, but hey, capslock is cruise control for cool.

12-26-2006, 11:01 PM	#9
darkwulfv	JASS (as defined in an earlier thread about this same exact topic) stands for "Just Another Scripting System". I'm goin' with that one.

12-26-2006, 11:32 PM	#10
rulerofiron99	Then surely warcraft 2 had the first 'just another script system', so war3's is the second. dont even mention warcraft 1.

12-27-2006, 12:51 PM	#11
Vexorian	I guess you made that statement randomly. The most war2 had was somekind of binary format for AI procedures. Kind of cool though.

12-27-2006, 05:01 PM	#12
Tiki	Hence why wc3 is called JASS2

12-27-2006, 05:41 PM	#13
CoDRaZieL	Wouldnt it make more sense to say that jass1 was used in starcraft, given the fact that i dont remember triggers in Wc2 world editor, but i remember basic ones in starcraft's editor

12-27-2006, 07:23 PM	#14
Hydrolisk	Probably, but I'm not too sure. I once Starcraft modded and it does use some sort of script. I'm not sure, but on Starcraft.org, you can ask around. First one to goto for help on modding is probably BSTRhino. You can find him at Warboards.org and Starcraft.org. Haven't seen him anywhere else.

12-27-2006, 07:36 PM	#15
uberfoop	Using starcrafts trigger script is just like using it's GUI except that you write it out, the helper text isn't displayed, and you write with coma'd parameters...pretty much. It barely qualifies as a scripting system. And it came out after wc2 so its not like wc2 could be Jass1. w/e Blizzard is strange, and we will never understand the inner workings.