SpecialUnitType (Civ5 Type)

This page is a part of the Lua and UI Reference (Civ5).

The SpecialUnitType pseudo-type is actually a regular integer. Pseudo-types do not exist in Lua, they only serve a documentation purpose on the wiki! Integers labeled as SpecialUnitType corresponds to the ID column of the SpecialUnits XML table.

XML: the SpecialUnits table

Here are the ID and Type columns found in this table.

ID		Type
0		SPECIALUNIT_FIGHTER
1		SPECIALUNIT_PEOPLE
2		SPECIALUNIT_MISSILE
3		SPECIALUNIT_STEALTH

Examples

Here are different ways to query the database to retrieve the ID from the type. Those examples will return and assign the integer value 0. See also GameInfo.

local id = GameInfo.SpecialUnits.SPECIALUNIT_FIGHTER.ID
local id = GameInfo["SpecialUnits"].["SPECIALUNIT_FIGHTER"].ID
local id = GameInfo.SpecialUnits{Type="SPECIALUNIT_FIGHTER"}().ID

Alternatively you could use the ID or the type to retrieve the value of the Description column. Those examples will return and assign the value TXT_KEY_SPECIALUNIT_FIGHTER.

local description = GameInfo.SpecialUnits[0].Description
local description = GameInfo["SpecialUnits"][0]["Description"]
local description = GameInfo.SpecialUnits{ID=0}().Description

Used by

bool	Game.IsSpecialUnitValid(SpecialUnitType specialUnitType)
	Game.MakeSpecialUnitValid(SpecialUnitType specialUnitType)
int	Unit:CargoSpaceAvailable(SpecialUnitType specialCargo, DomainType domainCargo)
SpecialUnitType	Unit:GetSpecialUnitType()

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Functions' signatures were either copied from the 2kgames' wiki, or infered from the Lua source files and the binaries. Errors are possible.
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