Multiple Units of the Same Name

Duke Guillermo · Post by **Duke Guillermo** » January 17th, 2006, 10:34 pm

Is it possible to have multiple units of the same name? If so, how can I do it?

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » January 17th, 2006, 10:44 pm

yes.

[unit]
type=Elvish Fighter
x=2
y=2
side=2
[/unit]
[unit]
type=Elvish Fighter
x=2
y=2
side=2
[/unit]

and voila! two units with the same (empty) name!

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » January 17th, 2006, 10:48 pm

or you could try.

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[unit] 
type=Elvish Fighter 
description=andy1
user_description=andy
x=2 
y=2 
side=2 
[/unit] 
[unit] 
type=Elvish Fighter
description=andy2
user_description=andy
x=2 
y=2 
side=2 
[/unit]

because user_description is the name as it appears, so as long as they have different descriptions (the bit you don't see) then you should be fine.

Post by **turin** » January 17th, 2006, 11:09 pm

Or you could just do

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[unit] 
type=Elvish Fighter 
description=andy
x=2 
y=2 
side=2 
[/unit] 
[unit] 
type=Elvish Fighter
description=andy
x=2 
y=2 
side=2 
[/unit]

Descriptions do not have to be unique.

(However, I don't know what will happen if you try to have a message with description=andy. It probably won't work. So, if you want two characters with the same name, you should do what ranger m said. However, if all you want is a generic name, like "conscript", to give to a bunch of created units, mine will work.)

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » January 17th, 2006, 11:28 pm

turin wrote:However, I don't know what will happen if you try to have a message with description=andy. It probably won't work.

it will - it uses the one to the top left.

Duke Guillermo · Post by **Duke Guillermo** » January 18th, 2006, 9:24 pm

I was actually refering to when creating custom units, sorry for the confusion.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » January 18th, 2006, 9:39 pm

so long as the id is different then they can have the same name.

Duke Guillermo · Post by **Duke Guillermo** » January 18th, 2006, 9:40 pm

Thank you! That worked perfectly.