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Troll-Brain · **on:** September 13, 2012, 05:26:57 PM

Sometimes the unit interface needs to be refreshed in order to be displayed correctly.

For example, try to change the xp of an unit like every 0.05 s without refreshing the ui, and with it.

Code: jass

library RefreshUI
 
    globals
        // just make sure you define an ability which will be never used
        private constant integer DUMMY_ABILITY = 'AImo'
    endglobals
 
    function RefreshUI takes unit u returns nothing
        call UnitAddAbility(u,DUMMY_ABILITY)
        call UnitRemoveAbility(u,DUMMY_ABILITY)
    endfunction
 
endlibrary

Purgeandfire · **Reply #1 on:** September 13, 2012, 07:29:32 PM

Nice snippet.

I remember I used to have those problems and someone told me to kill a unit to refresh the UI. iirc it worked, but it was a long time before I found out I could simply do this.

Troll-Brain · **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2012, 06:14:05 AM

So you mean that if i kill a random unit every units' UI are refreshed ?!

Purgeandfire · **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2012, 10:06:31 PM

After some time, I digged around and found it:
http://www.thehelper.net/threads/update-ability-tooltip.57197/

But apparently it is also unit specific, so no it is not better in any way.