A textmacro issue

[Rllulium]

I've ran into an annoying little problem. The following:

    //! textmacro Test takes PLAYER, NR
    call SelectUnitForPlayerSingle( gg_unit_n202_00$NR$, Player($PLAYER$) )
    call SetCameraTargetControllerNoZForPlayer( Player($PLAYER$), gg_unit_n202_00$NR$ , 0, 0, false )
//! endtextmacro
//! runtextmacro Test("0","23")

does not do anything, where as:

call SelectUnitForPlayerSingle( gg_unit_n202_0023, Player(0) )
call SetCameraTargetControllerNoZForPlayer( Player(0), gg_unit_n202_0023 , 0, 0, false )

does. They compile to the same code, so I have no idea why.

 

[Rushhour]

I'm not sure this is your problem, but you should know that these direct unit-variables like "gg_unit_n202_0023" are first created when clicking on the unit from a GUI trigger (for example Remove unit- and selecting the unit with the mouse oneself)
Even if you see the end-"number" of the unit when you put the mouse on it the variable isnt yet created^^

 

[Rllulium]

I'm not sure this is your problem, but you should know that these direct unit-variables like "gg_unit_n202_0023" are first created when clicking on the unit from a GUI trigger (for example Remove unit- and selecting the unit with the mouse oneself)
Even if you see the end-"number" of the unit when you put the mouse on it the variable isnt yet created^^

Actually, they seem to automaticlly create themselves when the map is closed and reopened.

 

[Troll-Brain]

Actually, they seem to automaticlly create themselves when the map is closed and reopened.

Hard to believe.
Last time i checked it worked like Rushhour said.

Maybe you closed the map without save it and the gui action was there ?

 

[Rllulium]

Hard to believe.
Last time i checked it worked like Rushhour said.

Maybe you closed the map without save it and the gui action was there ?

More specificlly, I write the code that contains the variables, I close the map, I reopen it, I save it and then there are no compile errors and the code functions properly. But yeah, it doesn't exactly generate the variables for GUI use.

 

[Anachron]

Why do you create units in world editor then? Create them on map initialisation, and it will fix your problem.

Can you also please write the textmacro call?

 

[Rllulium]

Why do you create units in world editor then? Create them on map initialisation, and it will fix your problem.

Can you also please write the textmacro call?

This is not really an issue that has to be resolved anymore, as I decided to just write the code instead of using the macro. I was mostly fishing for some sort of confirmation of whether preplaced units cannot be called in textmacros.

 

[Anachron]

They cannot, and so is your answer.
Btw, preplaced units are really bad.