Lua Game Objects/GameInfo
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GameInfo can be used to query different information from database. There are several ways to use it.
For additional information about the game database, see Gameplay Database Overview.
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Listing all values
To list values of a particular table (like resources), use GameInfo.TableName() as method.
for resource in GameInfo.Resources() do
print(resource.ID, resource.Type, resource.AIStopTradingEra)
end
Conditions can also be passed in to filter out rows of the table.
-- Raw SQL conditions
for row in GameInfo.Units("Combat > 10") do
print(row.Type);
end
-- Table of key/value pairs which represent column/value conditions that are AND'd together
for row in GameInfo.Units{PrereqTech = "TECH_FLIGHT", Cost = 150} do
print(row.Type);
end
Retrieving some values
To get particular values in some table, use
local id = GameInfo.Units.UNIT_WORKER.ID local cost = GameInfo.Units.UNIT_WORKBOAT.Cost
It works, because in lua, it is equivalent to:
local id = GameInfo["Units"]["UNIT_WORKER"]["ID"] local cost = GameInfo["Units"]["UNIT_WORKBOAT"]["Cost"]
Basically, GameInfo is a table of all existing tables, each table's items are accessible over item Type, and item values can be retrieved as table. All tables contain a string index if they contain a column "Type" and an integer index on the column "ID". For tables which contain one or the other or neither, they must be iterated via a for loop.
Reference of common tables
- Resources -- Different types of resources available
- Civilizations
- Units
- Buildings
- Features
- Improvements
- Leaders
- Resources
- Terrains
- Worlds -- Map sizes
Other tables match XML files or tables in the database. See XML Reference.
