Hero Names - The Hive Workshop

The_Taxidermist · 05-03-2005, 10:14 AM

Is it possible to change the name of a hero to the name of the player controlling him on battlenet?

**Ralle** · 05-03-2005, 12:14 PM

I think so!
But not the hero type.
You know, heros have different names. I think it's possible to change that. I will see when I am allowed to use my computer. "At school"

Anonymous · 05-05-2005, 11:30 PM

It is possible to change the name of the hero in the "proper names" section of the hero, it is just below the very last number you see, which actually indicates how many names the hero "cycles" through.

Also you can make it so that when players type a message the name displayed is that of a particular pre desiganted name. An example would be when purple types the screen says "Tau: Hi guys" instead of "Malufa: Hi guys" if that makes sense.

No, it is not possible to my knowledge to go in and make the variables so that it would have the proper name of the hero that was chosen by the player as their "proper" name in the main text. It might be concievable with heavy JASS enscripting, but I doubt the result would be worth the effort.

I hope this helps clarify things for you, if not please indicate thus.

The_Taxidermist · 05-06-2005, 11:30 AM

Thats fine. Shame though.

I think it would add a personal touch to have the hero youre controlling named after you. It would make you feel more involved in the game world as oposed to someone lokking down on the landscape.

**Ralle** · 05-06-2005, 12:59 PM

Yeah it could be a cool detail!

SilverSong · 07-11-2005, 06:15 AM

... I've seen this done actually in a few games I've tried while playing on a friends' computer that can run FT.

I'm not certain if the unit itself was name changed but all references to the player name were changed.

This was done in believe it or not: Star Wars Dogfight.

The game itself was a bit shoddy when played and wasn't actually 3d, only 2d.

basically the game code would say: SilverSong has been shot down! Everytime my dogfighter got killed.

then I was able to do this: name R2D2
Then it would message that R2D2 got shot down.

The_Taxidermist · 07-11-2005, 12:42 PM

Yes, player names can be retrieved using the editor, however it seems that there is no trigger that can change a heroes proper name (The Name above the EXP bar).