Initializing Arrays

[Kitt]

I havn't really looked into JASS yet, though I'm sure I could figure it out (I know C++ after all); I simply havn't found the time for it yet, and I can't wait to get working on triggers again =3

At any rate, for whatever reason, you cannot initialize an array under the global variables editor in the GUI with more than a single value. One would think that creating an array would imply you want more than one value stored in it...

At any rate, I currently have a really clumzy function that fills a skill array with each skill manually upon game initialization. I don't like this, and would love a more elagant way to do it. I'm sure JASS could with something like a simply for loop, but I don't know JASS or it's capabilities....

I thank any for their help!
Meow =3

 

[PurgeandFire]

Are you trying to make different arrays store skills, but have them set to more than one value. Unless you overwrite, which will still not give the effect, I don't think there is a way. If you want to store arrays to skills quicker, I don't think there is a loop possibility in JASS because of the raw coding, and from GUI, the selection is still a problem, so you cant store it through a loop...

 

[Kitt]

Not quite. So, what I have is an array that holds a series of similar skills. The game needs to be able to cycle through them, in order, moving up and/or down the list form one skill to the next. So, when I want to go up a skill I have I remove SkillArray[currentSkill] and give them SkillArray[currentSkill + 1]. Well, sicne the skills are all different, I'm currently manually filling each slot in that array with each skill.

What I'm looking for is a systamatic way to do that. I have each skill named as "Skill00, Skill01, Skill02" etc. So, instead of 12 lines of code, 3 lines. Or, even, just have the Array filled with that without having a trigger doing it. Does anything like this even exist?

Mreow.

 

[PurgeandFire]

I don't think so, yet again, I still don't quite understand, could you speak in simpler terms less confusing so I can understand?

 

[lordpredator]

i never work with skills variables in MUI... but if they are called skill01 skill02... maybe you can make a concatenate string and convert the string to the skill... if can´t be done that way... you will have to assign each array index a value... manually.

LP

 

[Duwenbasden]

Not possible.

 

[Chocobo]

Not Possible as Duwenbasden said, because each ability has it's own abilityId, which is ever differant, and we can't detect if an ability is a hero one, unit one, or an item one. And according each value to it's index, it's pretty imposible.
Setting 300 values manually, won't make sense, but works the best.

 

[Kitt]

Eh, not quite what I wanted to hear, but thanks for the info =3 I guess I'll just have to hide them in their own triggers to keep my main initialization looking tidy.

Meow!