Array - Detecting level abilities.

I'm working on a.. well, a custom hero map. I'm planning to create a Necromancy spell that basically takes the target 'dead' unit, creates a copy of it (and stopping other necromancy spells from being cast on the unit) and giving it to the caster. For the most part this isn't a huge problem, but one thing I'm not able to implement is the correct level of all abilities for the hero.

I have a variable that stores all five abilities for all ten players efficiently, as well as one for just about anything else. One thing I need to implement for this system to work is a variable which stores the levels of all abilities for all players. After that I'll just add the ability and set the level.

I've looked at it, and the closest event that I found to what I need (hero increases level of ability) is 'Unit - A unit learns a skill'. I haven't been able to verify if that would work for what I need because of problems later on, so if someone would tell me if there's a better way for that.

The real problem is the 'Action'. My Ability array (stores all abilities) is divided into 5 abilities per player. Basic formula is (((Player Number + 1) times five) + # of ability for that player). I need a way, while deciding on the index of the abilitylevel array, to compare the ability that was learned to the Ability array (with the player number available), take that number, and use it while deciding on what index to edit.

I should be able to use this information to also set it to the correct number (the second problem, before I saw this, was that it only allowed me to use 'level of ability being cast', and not 'level of ability learned').

Big thank you in advance - I really wanna get this spell working.

Oh, and on a misc note - What's the relationship between 'within a range of x of point' and 'Area of Effect'? Is Area of Effect the area of that range?

A JASS-based response is fine, since I usually convert GUI spells to JASS to slightly optimize them.

There is a native which seems to give you 'level of ability learned'

To range vs area, yeah you're right there 'within a range of x of point' describes the area by its radius.

I'll try to help you further later, but know I have to go to school ^^

Thanks. I have virtually no idea how to about solving it. I looked in all the 'integer' detector thingies (for the index of the variable), and I couldn't find any that allows me to compare it to another integer.

This seems to be more difficult than I thought, I only found a quite messy way yet. You could use this function to store all levels for all abilities on a unit.

But there should be a less messy way to do what you want.

Use Gamecache. It makes sense in this situation:

I hope you understand what that is supposed to do... the only reason it looks a bit convoluted is because GUI treats abilities and integers as separate variables, when abilities are just integers in JASS. Thus, the fooling of the GUI.

These variables are needed for this:

Very interesting.. a GameCache tutorial and fixing a big problem in one. Thanks! Working on implementing it.

Was about to post a bug report when I realized that the Ability and AbilityLevels (2 & 4) were actual strings rather then variables.

EDIT: Well, after figuring things out and implementing them, I created the ability, add everything, modified, etc. I got the ability to the correct targetting, and even though I think everything besides that is working, the temporary undead hero version isn't being created. Here's a basic ability-adding trigger. The sub-ultimates and ultimates are almost the same, but without the loop and with a set ability number. The regulars can be 1, 2, or 3, hence the loop:
Here's the hero death trigger. This may force some reason mess with the 'resurrection':
Here's the skill leveling trigger:
And, last but not least, the spell trigger itself:
Now, this is a lot of triggers, but so far I haven't gotten further then making the spell take effect (the triggers don't fire, though). The unit doesn't appear, which means that for some reason the condition to the above trigger isn't firing. Probably just a custom value issue, though I have no idea what's wrong. I'm playing as Player One(red). Any help greatly appreciated.

Oh, and here's a list of my variables:
AbilityCache - Game Cache
AbilityID - Integer
AbilityIdAbility - Ability
AbilityIdString - String
AbilityLevel - Integer

Bump.

Well... Centeri, I could try to help you, but I never learned GUI. Ever. It would be entirely in JASS. Do you suppose that would be a problem? If it isn't, I can take a look-see and play with it, but no guarantees.

Well, I know basic JASS. Use it for optimization. If you find the part that's malfunctioning and give me a JASS replacement, that's great. If all you can do is create a system from scratch in JASS, it would be much harder to replicate and adjust to fit my map, though I suppose it's possible.

Where I am kind of jumping in on this, I'd rather not have to pore over every line of each post here. Also, while this is actually a good and legitimate use for the gamecache, preferably I'd rather not use it. The code required for gamecache is long and tedious in my opinion. Where you don't know in-depth JASS, I don't want to use structs, either.

To say it simply, I guess I'd rather not do it. I could do it, but then you don't really learn from it. It would be a lot of learning for someone of your knowledge before it all made sense. When I do things for people, I try to make it on their level with 1 step up, meaning it isn't the most advanced code, but something more advanced than what they have. This way I can teach a quick concept and they get something out of it. I don't believe this particular spell can be done practically without more advanced techniques.

I'm dreadfully sorry for getting your hopes up, mate.

Edit: on second thought, if you attached what you have to a post here, I might be able to sort it out through GUI. Again, no guarantees, but I'll at least give it a look.

My current preferred way of doing this is using unit groups. You create an array of them (one per level), find out which group the hero is in (none=0) and move it to the next group. It's not necessarily efficient, but heroes don't pick a new abilities 10 times a second.

I suppose in GUI the unit group arrays would clutter up the variable editor, though.