Rects

[pladams9]

I've seen references to "rects" - which I assume is short for rectangles - in topics about JASS code, and (I believe) WEU adds GUI actions, etc. for them. What are they?

They seem to be like regions. Are they one and the same?

 

[MasterOfABCs]

from what my experiances (im not 100% sure but almost) yes thier thier the same.

 

[Heptameron]

Simple explanation: regions and rects are one and the same.

Complex explanation: there are two types in Jass, "region" and "rect." Regions are not the regions we're used to; they can have shapes that aren't rectangles. For whatever reason, Blizzard decided not to add them to GUI and instead gave rects a more user-friendly name.

 

[Prometheus]

but for some things you need a region and theres a trigger
edit: convert rect to region
thats used for the event
unit enters region
i think thats mostly used in maze maps

 

[Heptameron]

but for some things you need a region and theres a trigger
convert region to rect
thats used for the event
unit enters region
i think thats mostly used in maze maps

...what? There's no Conversion - Convert Region To Rect action in the standard world editor.

 

[kinley]

but for some things you need a region and theres a trigger
edit: convert rect to region
thats used for the event
unit enters region
i think thats mostly used in maze maps

WEU there is a event like this unit enters rect. So why convert it??

 

[xPheRe]

As far as I know, a region is a group of rects.
Rects are rectangle-shaped, thus a region could be of any shape, combining different rects from different coords.

 

[pladams9]

Whoah, cool. Thanks for the info guys!