creating new units in unitdefs_post.lua

[knorke]

I want to create new unitDefs in unitdefs_post.lua

Just doing this:

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newunit.name  = "testunit"
newunit.objectname  = "cube.s3o"
newunit.script = "empty.lua"
UnitDefs["testunit"] = newunit

does not work:
/give testunit
testunit is not a valid unitname

If I add something on top to copy every tag from an existing unitdef like this:

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newunit = {}
ud = UnitDefs ["tpthulsa"]
for key,value in pairs(ud) do
	Spring.Echo(key,value)
	newunit[key]=value
end
newunit.name               = "testunit"
newunit.objectname         = "cube.s3o"
newunit.script = "empty.lua"
UnitDefs["testunit"] = newunit

Then it works.

So I thought that maybe name, objectname & script alone are not enough to define a valid unitDef.

But this unitdef works, when saved as units\cube.lua:

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local unitName = "cube"
local unitDef = {
	name = "Cube Unit",
	objectName = "cube.s3o",
	script = "empty.lua",
}
return lowerkeys({ [unitName] = unitDef })

Notice it also only uses name, objectname & script.

So what is going on there?
Are the rules for unitdefs_post just more strict?
Or something else?

[quantum]

It looks like it adds the "filename" field. You can check here: https://github.com/spring/spring/blob/m ... itdefs.lua

[smoth]

Look at gundam's feature def pots there is a bare minimal unit defined when I create units from features

[knorke]

thanks, adding
newunit.filename = "xxx"
makes it work. seems like a bug that spring requires the filename to be present even if the unitdef is created in unitdefs_post?

[smoth]

Filename?

[knorke]

yes.

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newunit.name = "testunit"
newunit.objectname  = "cube.s3o"
newunit.script = "empty.lua"
newunit.filename = "blabla nonsense blablabla" <- is required due to how unitdefs are read
UnitDefs["testunit"] = newunit

[smoth]

honestly dunno.