Module:Abilities

Overview

The Abilities module provides functions for retrieving data about hero abilities and their upgrades.

• The function get_ability_name references Data:AbilityCards.json to link a hero and ability slot to an ability's display name.
• The functions get_ability_prop and get_ability_upgrade_prop reference Data:AbilityData.json to get specific stats from an ability's base data or its upgrades.

Examples

get_ability_name

To get the localized display name of a hero's ability (numbered 1 to 4):

{{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_name|hero_atlas|1}}

Returns: Siphon Life

Function can be passed with lang parameter to override the current language to a specific language code.

{{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_name|hero_atlas|1|lang=ru}}

Returns: Siphon Life

get_ability_prop

To get a property from the base stats of an ability. You can use the ability's key (e.g., "ability_afterburn") or its proper name (e.g., "Afterburn").

{{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_prop|Afterburn|BurnDuration}}

Returns:

You can also retrieve nested properties by using dot notation to drill down into the data structure. For example, to get a value nested inside a Scale table:

{{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_prop|Lycan Curse|MaxRage.Scale.Value}}

Returns:

get_ability_upgrade_prop

To get a property from a specific upgrade of an ability.

{{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_upgrade_prop|Afterburn|3|DPS}}

This example gets the DPS value from the 3rd upgrade for the ability "Afterburn".

Returns:

Another example, getting the `DamageAmplificationPerStack` from the 2nd upgrade of "Marksman":

{{#invoke:Abilities|get_ability_upgrade_prop|Marksman|2|DamageAmplificationPerStack}}

Returns:

Submodules

Abilities - Simple functions. Eg. getting ability name

Abilities/utils - Common internal functions that are shared amongst any Abilities/ modules

Abilities/card - Generates hero ability cards

Abilities/icon - Functions for retrieving ability and attribute icon data

Abilities/details table (WIP) - Generates details table to show raw ability data

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local data = mw.loadJsonData("Data:AbilityCards.json")

local p = {}

-- returns the table of a specific item
function get_ability(hero_key, ability_num)
	local ui_data = data[hero_key]
	if(ui_data == nil) then return "Hero Not Found" end
	return ui_data[tonumber(ability_num)]
end

--{{#invoke:AbilityData|get_ability_name|HERO_NAME|ABILITY_NUM}}--
p.get_ability_name = function(frame)
	local hero_name = frame.args[1]
	local ability_num = frame.args[2]
	
	local ability = get_ability(hero_name, ability_num)
	if(ability == nil) then return "Ability Not Found" end
	return ability.Name
end

return p