[General] Buff Length

[Aeroblyctos]

Hey,

I have always wondered; why some buffs can have longer texts than others? Sometimes I see texts ending with just few words even if there are couple of sentences written. Sometimes I see many sentences in a buff text and it's all shown properly.

So is there a logic I never understood? Or is it just random? Anyone else ever wondered about this? Is there a solution?

 

[ukn0wnD3str0y3r]

Do you mean the text of buff example
This unit has been hit by 'blablabla'; its movement speed has reduced?

If yes, you can edit it at Buff Section

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Indeed!

 

[ukn0wnD3str0y3r]

So do i helped you?

 

[Lender]

So do i helped you?

the question was NOT where to edit buff text, but why different buffs allow different amount of character lengths

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Mmm.... Yeah Lender is right.

 

[ukn0wnD3str0y3r]

the question was NOT where to edit buff text, but why different buffs allow different amount of character lengths

And again, you fixed my words xD

 

[CaptainHero]

I think you can have a max of 410 symbols/characters.
However if you color them the hexcolors syntax are also counted for the max..
So if you would write every 2nd letter yellow you could only have 100 words or something..
1|cffFFCC002|r3|cffFFCC004|r etc...

however i just treid that and apparently not every syntax is counted as a character so yeah i'm wondering too now..

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Yea it's strange that some buffs can have more words than others.

Any explanation?

 

[WaterKnight]

Maybe a comma is breaking it.

 

[Vinz]

Or maybe "Required Spell Detail".

 

[chobibo]

Waterknight is right, happened to me once when I was editing a buff tooltip.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Haha, no one knows.

Hive is finally beaten!

 

[Vinz]

Instead of commas, use ;

 

[Eagle XI]

I think its related to formatting. Check if having any double _ (blankspace) or any . being present or not within the text makes any difference. Also worth to try could be the |n's (if it functions at all in there)
And what that one guy above said.

 

[Karzama]

Can't remember what buff it was, was an original one though, that had the format of
"This unit has *buff"; it is *blah*, *blah*, and *blah*".

I've also wondered about buff descriptions!!!

 

[Aeroblyctos]

I think its related to formatting. Check if having any double _ (blankspace) or any . being present or not within the text makes any difference. Also worth to try could be the |n's (if it functions at all in there)
And what that one guy above said.

Actually not 100% sure but I start to think maybe it's because of "."

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Can't remember what buff it was, was an original one though, that had the format of
"This unit has *buff"; it is *blah*, *blah*, and *blah*".

I've also wondered about buff descriptions!!!

This is because default spells read strings from an external string table.

You can not use commas in your own descriptions. As suggested, use semicolon instead.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Yeah. Also "," stops the text. Mystery solved.

 

[chobibo]

Didn't WaterKnight already mentioned that on the 10th reply? LOL

 

[Aeroblyctos]

He said maybe.

 

[chobibo]

He said "maybe a comma is breaking it."; He didn't say "maybe a comma can break it". Still, it's good that it's solved.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

Yes, yes.

Thanks for everyone who helped!

+rep