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Is it possible without modding starcraft to actually be able to convert text and make it do something?

Ie:

Computer: what would you like to build

Jo: Ub3r R1ne

and then the comp would automatically build a marine.

If this is possible, a new age of rpg maps are gunna hit starcraft.

EUDs. Otherwise, no.

Actually...
I'v been doing some research on this and havn't told anyone yet but here we go.
This has to do with sprites and is very slightly possible in some cases but i cannot tell how, because, i dont know how. But i have some theories on this i would like to post on SeN and will probably do so soon.

EDIT: Please don't bug me about this i can't do any thing on this yet just some small ideas and concepts.

EUD condtions can detect text.

does any editor allow for eud conditions anymore? if not that there isn't any way

Most likely it's not the editors, It's battle.net which is bugging the UEDs conditions

Thats right but im not talking about EUD anymore.

I'll have to hear about it, Cause I got stuck with advanced sprites since now i'm a modder, you do know what an advanced sprite is right?

I have no idea what an advanced sprite is. Do you mind explaing what it is?


I think you need special files with SF and MemCalc to use them.

Ok, now, last I remember, EUD conditions were still valid, weren't they? Ideally, that's all you need to perform actions based on text...

SF with a special patch could handle EUDs back in the day... I think I still have it... but now, how to look up the values that need to be tested for this to work...? Anyone who knows how those mem adresses and whatnot work upto the challenge?

I was actually looking for the exact same system, just for a slightly different purpose...

Actually, on that note, couldn't this potentially desync the game? depending on the message, which could be sent to allies, specific players, or even whispered, not all players would see the same text on their screen... wouldnt that crash everyone who doesnt see the text? (as on their system, the condition isnt fullfilled, etc, etc...)

EDIT: Looking through some of the stuff here, looks like this was already looked into... now, to delve in to make this work

well, you can't send messages with EUD conditions, so i don't know why you bothered mentioning that and i'm pretty sure it won't crash the game, if the condition isn't fulfilled, it won't fire, just like any other trigger.

yes, but in the case of displayed text, the condition may be fulfilled for certain players, and remain unfulfilled for others...

So when and if Bnet doesn't bug UED anymore, you can get a RPG to acknowledge and cast spells by typing something like... /cast storm ?

Theoretically yes, technically, it's a whole lot harder. For that matter, blizard will never reenable EUD actions. You could still use EUD conditions though to have the same effect right now. To my knowledge, they have not disabled EUD conditions. If you spent the time to get the offsets and unit deaths right, you should theoretically be able to cast spells and such using text commands. But then you come to the fact that is it easier to just use other methods of casting then messing around with EUD's?

Well, it would still be fun just to prove that EUD maps exist. Otherwise, there's little reason to go through all that trouble just to make a map.

Element-Nature, there is no other possible way to detect text without EUD.