Getting unit icon?

12-07-2007, 05:52 AM	#1
zen87	well im trying to do something like this JASS: function GetUnitIconPath takes unit u returns string .... endfunction well all i want is to get a unit's display icon path from the unit for displaying in multiboard. Is this possible? or is there any native for this?

12-07-2007, 05:58 AM	#2
Pyrogasm	No native. The only way would to be use a global array with pre-stored values or just a big if/then/else block.

12-07-2007, 06:04 AM	#3
zen87	Oh crap, guess I need to do the hard way out... thanks anyway >_<

12-07-2007, 06:05 AM	#4
Ammorth	Or game-cache. This is the thing GC is perfect for. stored info that doesn't have to be retrieved every 0.01 seconds.

12-07-2007, 08:19 AM

Malf

JASS:

Storing..

    set somestringarray[someinteger] = "youricon"
    call SetUnitUserData(yourunit,someinteger)

Retrieving..

    function GetUnitIcon takes unit u returns string
        return somestringarray[GetUnitUserData(u)]
    endfunction

You could also use a UserData-extending system, like PUI or mine.

Here's mine:

library Tags

struct Tag
    integer array Slot[16] //Array size can be changed.
    static method Create takes unit from returns Tag
    local Tag t = Tag.allocate()
        call SetUnitUserData(from,t)
        return t
    endmethod
    static method Get takes unit from returns Tag
    local Tag t = Tag(GetUnitUserData(from))
        if integer(t) == 0 then
            set t = Tag.Create(from)
        endif
        return t
    endmethod
endstruct

endlibrary

Usage
    function Wtf takes nothing returns nothing
    local unit u = GetTriggerUnit()
  -- Either this--
    local Tag t = Tag.Create(u)
  -- Or this one--
    local Tag t = Tag.Get(u)
        Do something with the slots, like:
       set t.Slot[5] = 0
    endfunction

It was meant for storing multiple structs, and I happen to do so with alot of systems in my map.

12-07-2007, 02:53 PM	#6
zen87	yes i understand, (due to the fact im lazy) i was searching for some method that don't need to pre-store the stuff and retrive it, and it seems the answer is a no lol, thanks for all who helped :)