Make a unit type "Hold" a variable(s)?

[uncleshelby]

Is there any way to make a unit "hold" a variable, so that e.g., when it is killed the results of an event is determined by the variable? I'm thinking about making an RPG where the unit can drop an item when it dies, and I want the items to be by type.

Thanks, Uncleshelby

[zookeeper]

Yes, you can store arbitrary keys and tags in a unit. Put them in mystoredunit.variables.

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{VARIABLE mystoredunit.variables.mycustomkey "foo"}

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[filter]
    [filter_wml]
        [variables]
            mycustomkey="foo"
        [/variables]
    [filter_wml]
[/filter]

[uncleshelby]

Dang. Sorry, I meant under the [unit_type] tag.

[Anonymissimus]

*I think* you can do [unit_type][variables]<wml as if in [set_variables][literal] (no variable substitution performed)> to give unit types wml variables for their way.

[uncleshelby]

How would I access these variables?

[JaMiT]

Couldn't you just check the unit type and decide what to drop based on that?

[uncleshelby]

Yeah, I geuss I could. How would I check the unit type? From a single unit filter variable, or would I have to store the unit?

[Ceres]

Since the killed unit in a die/last breath event is auto-stored in unit, you can use [switch] on unit.type's value.