[Solved] Custom Expiration Timer

[Tzi]

€dit: I found a solution

Hi!

I've got a question about the possibilities of expiration timers. (No expirience with JASS)
I made a little test:

I created this simple actions

• Einheit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing 270.00 degrees
• Einheit - Add a 60.00 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)

and a copy of a random Expiration Timer Buff (e.g. Water Elemental)
It got the ID "B000".

Now I converted the Trigger into text:

    call CreateNUnitsAtLoc( 1, 'hfoo', Player(0), GetRectCenter(GetPlayableMapRect()), 270.00 )
    call UnitApplyTimedLifeBJ( 60, 'BTLF', GetLastCreatedUnit() )

I just changed the code of the Generic Expiration Timer (BTLF) to "B000".
It still uses the text of the Generic Expiration Timer. Is it impossible to make your own custom expiration timer with Custom Script or did I something wrong?

 

[ShadowFlare]

BTLF just means if it is Generic or not.
Sorry no

 

[Bribe]

What solution did you find?

 

[Tzi]

A really simple solution^^

I just edited one of the existing types (Force of Nature, Water Elemental etc.) in the Buff Editor. This affects all the units that get a expiration timer of such a type.
The only thing I wanted is to remove the text in the lasting line of the expiration timer.

 

[HandsOfficial]

anyone know how to change the generic expiration timer of a unit's NAME (the blue timer bubble box on the unit that drains before it's removed from the game)
mine just says "Timed Life"
i want to change it to maybe "60 seconds"

 

[Harold Grey]

@HandsOfficial, I know this is a somewhat older post, but in case its useful, I got "Timed Life" with the Disease Cloud buff too, but the Healing Ward buff is one where if you change its name, it shows on the expiration label.