Jass globals in textmacro's (lua)

[dudeim]

Hey,

I'm currently bussy with textmacro's and I wanted to know how you can use a jass global inside a textmacro like this:

globals 

integer TestGlobal = 1

endglobals

//! textmacro TestGlobals //dunno if this is how it calls but just think it is correct<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />
//! textmacroextend extend lua = blabla whatever goes here // no WE open so dunno the correct names
//! i TestGlobal = 5 //now the global I created above should be 5 is this the correct way?
//! endextendedtextmacro
//! endtextmacro

So would this work?

Thanks

 

[dudeim]

Bump

 

[PurgeandFire]

You can't access JASS globals through lua. (as lua is ran during compilation, not ingame) However, you can create your own variables in lua, as such:

//! i lulu = 5 -- this is a global variable
//!i i local luluz = "hi" -- this is a local variable

 

[dudeim]

Ok but can I later set the lua variable to a jass global? Or in anyother way acces the global anytime I want later in a diffrent function (that can be called whenever I want it to)?

 

[dudeim]

Bump

 

[Dirac]

You can't access JASS globals through lua.

LUA runs at the editor, dosn't run at game so you can't set JASS to LUA because the JASS script runs ingame and LUA dosn't

 

[dudeim]

Hmm well I'm currently creating 5 abilities which need to go into a global array so that I can switch the abilities out. So how would I go do that then?

 

[Dirac]

Please be more specific about your idea, you can always switch what the abilities do through triggers adding and removing conditions.

 

[dudeim]

No thats not what I mean I want to switch them on the unit's command board.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Why do you need lua for that?

Are you sure you are not trying to make a normal textmacro?

 

[dudeim]

I got it working now thanks for the help though!

 

[Nestharus]

Well, I was going to say that if you were generating 5 abilities dynamically via Lua, there is a way to get those dynamic ids to the JASS script via Lua. This is better than hard coding as it allows dynamism.

 

[dudeim]

Well it's a system for personal use and the id's used are not common so it will work this way thanks for posting though

 

[Nestharus]

Ok then, well for future reference.


If you are using Lua object creation stuff, then it auto imports the variable you assign to the object.


For LUA_FILE_HEADER, there is a writejass function that allows you to write jass script, meaning that you can write a JASS variable with the id in it.