New DLL callbacks - any requests?

[AI_Unit]

How about using some DLL Callbacks in AIP format? Like Patrolling and Defending Units? Would save a lot of time, plus might improve AI performance

This might be a good Example:

[Plan 1]
planType = "Patrol"
planPriority = 999
planCondition = "Exists"
planConditionClass = "PATROL_UNIT"
planConditionCount = 2
planConditionClassProvided = true
planCompare = "<="
patrolType1 = "PATROL_UNIT"
patrolPath1 = "PATH_NAME"
buildIfNoIdle = 1

[Red Spot]

I'm afraid that would just cause problems as good coding dictates you check what you do before you do it. How are you going to check the existance of a path from the AIPs? You'll still need the dll, afaik.

[AI_Unit]

I'm afraid that would just cause problems as good coding dictates you check what you do before you do it. How are you going to check the existance of a path from the AIPs? You'll still need the dll, afaik.

The same way that the Hold does and the Basebuildminimus in 1.3 AIP code. That allows the path to be missing or if it's there, it uses it. E.G.

planCondition3 = "PathExists"
pathpointsCanBeMissing = true

[Red Devil]

that doesn't work very well, so use the Lua functions for checking pathpoints.

[AI_Unit]

I'm just looking for a simpler way lol. It took me about 6 hours to figure it out, with TONS of help too xD

[Zero Angel]

I'm trying to locate/troubleshoot a bug where damage will sometimes fluctuate when it's not supposed to (a so-called 'random damage' bug).

Could a DLL callback be implemented that can get the damage value of any given weapon/explosion, and possibly output it to a DLL/logfile if the DLL supports that? It might help with bug testing and I can test custom DLLs with others through the vsr-alpha program.

[Nielk1]

I'm trying to locate/troubleshoot a bug where damage will sometimes fluctuate when it's not supposed to (a so-called 'random damage' bug).

Could a DLL callback be implemented that can get the damage value of any given weapon/explosion, and possibly output it to a DLL/logfile if the DLL supports that? It might help with bug testing and I can test custom DLLs with others through the vsr-alpha program.

Get the damage from the ODF of the weapon probably, though you will need a little bit of logic to dive through the files right, as well as calculations on explosion damage. Track all handles you care about in a big array and all their healths in a 2nd big array. Basically...

[General BlackDragon]

A Get parallel to DLLEXPORT void DLLAPI SetWeaponMask(Handle me, long mask); would be nice.

DLLEXPORT long DLLAPI GetWeaponMask(Handle h);

[General BlackDragon]

Thought of another useful get. A parellel to:

DLLEXPORT void DLLAPI SetGroup(Handle h, int group);


DLLEXPORT int DLLAPI GetCurGroup(Handle h); // Returns which int Group the unit is currently in. (0-9)

[General BlackDragon]

Found that classlabel = "assaulthover" returns GetObjInfo Get_GOClass of CLASS_UNKNOWN. I don't see a CLASS_ASSAULTHOVER in the class list in script utils.

[AI_Unit]

Thought of another useful get. A parellel to:

DLLEXPORT void DLLAPI SetGroup(Handle h, int group);


DLLEXPORT int DLLAPI GetCurGroup(Handle h); // Returns which int Group the unit is currently in. (0-9)

Might actually come in useful when the DLL tells a unit to do something first priority, or when a new unit is added to the game.

[General BlackDragon]

ATM there is an IsPerson call. It'd be nice to have other similar functions, like IsBuilding and IsVehicle (Craft?), IsWeapon, etc...

[mase]

char objclass[64];
GetObjInfo(h,Get_GOClass,objclass);

Already does that

[General BlackDragon]

That returns each individual classlabel. There is Get_EntityType though, but it I see that certain types are seperate, like Craft and Vehicle are separate.

I suppose I could write a helper function that does similarly.

[General BlackDragon]

Thought of a really good and probably easy one:

DLLEXPORT const char*DLLAPI GetAIP(int Team); // Returns the current AIP in use by the specified Team. Returns NULL if Team is invalid, or no AIP is running on that team.