Advanced resources like in WOW

[Justicebringer]

Hi!
I going to make custom resources like
Holy Power and Runes...(like in WOW)
There are no problem in the triggering,
but i dont have a clue how to display them
properly on the screen. I dont want to
show them on a Multiboard, nor instead
of the regular "lumber""gold" resource stuff.

I'd like to place icons or a diagram at the bottom,
or left edge or elswhere on the screen to show the
current amount of the resource.
Just dont know how to do it. Whith a special effect or what?
Oh and it should not couse desync.

Thnx!

 

[Almia]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/triggers-scripts-269/screen-buttons-227871/

You can also use SetUnitX/Y projecting CameraX/Y

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Using on-screen buttons is only possible when you have a camera locked on a unit in multiplayer.

Why?
Because on-screen buttons use trackables/units and move them around to appear in front of the game camera. For this, you need to use GetCameraEyePosition() and GetCameraTargetPosition() to do the vector maths.
However, GetCameraEyePosition() and GetCameraTargetPosition() are not synced in multiplayer and are not updated as frequently as in singleplayer.
This means that the only way to get synced camera data in multiplayer is by *knowing* where the camera is. And this is only possible when you use a fixed/locked camera.

long story short:
- possible in singleplayer
- possible in multiplayer with locked cam
- not possible in multiplayer without locked cam

What's wrong with using a multiboard?

Another idea is using ability buttons to show the numbers or changing the portrait model to have a number inside (requires some modelling skills though).
You could also use custom bar models like this one and attach it to the unit: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/progressbar-v2-223392/?prev=search=bar&d=list&r=20

 

[Almia]

If only DGUI was completed by Mag

 

[Justicebringer]

Oh i see. My camera is locked on a target, but it
rotates around!

Kobas' one is a neat system, but unfortunately im terribad
with jass.