Changing Loading Bar Text

[cooldud3]

Loading Bar Text Guide

This is a quick guide on how to change the text in the loading bar. By default its set as "L O A D I N G", "Press any key to continue" and finally "Waiting for other players".
Because the map has to load before these changes can be made, the L O A D I N G will not change until players play another game.

1. Open notepad, or any other word processing program.
2. Copy and paste the following:

[FrameDef]
LOADING_LOADING=Text Here
LOADING_PRESS_A_KEY=Text Here
LOADING_WAITING_FOR_PLAYERS=Text Here

3. Replace "Text Here" with your own text. By default, the text is centered.
4. Save the file as "war3mapSkin.txt". (Note the capital S - it's important)
5. Import to your map and make the custom file path "war3mapSkin.txt".
6. Enjoy!

Any questions or comments relating this guide should be forwarded to [email protected] or my in box on the hive.

 

[Jaakko]

lol cool

 

[Devine]

cool xP

 

[shamanyouranus]

Very very interesting indeed. And indeed rep-worthy.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

i never even knew you could :O

 

[niika]

yeah very cool and it might be useful +rep

 

[cooldud3]

thanks for all the feedback!, any way a mod could approve this for the tutorial section?

 

[Wallshadow]

It could be useful for map-makers.

 

[Traxamillion]

Very Cool, no idea it was possible.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Nice, never knew you could do that.

 

[Pyritie]

1) Use

,

, and

tags for titles
2) Remove the colored text, use italic/bold/underline instead.
3) Put the part you need to copy in

 tags
4) Remove your signature from the post
5) An example map would be nice, but is optional.

 

[Deaod]

damn, you overcomplicate things. Just change the game interface constants. No need to import anything.

 

[cooldud3]

Deaod you cant to it via interface its not there trust me.

 

[Mechanical Man]

I can't see that in game interface neither, so this tutorial makes sense. And that file takes only few bytes, which is nothing.

 

[Deaod]

JNGP v5b with UMSWE5 enabled on top of a 1.21b installation.

And, if i may add: this tutorial overwrites any existing changes to the interface.

 

[Pyritie]

I fixed up some of your grammar. Now it's approved.

 

[TheBlooddancer]

Even though what Daeod said will be way more usefull?

 

[Pyritie]

Even though what Daeod said will be way more usefull?

That stuff won't have an affect until after the game has started, at which point it's rather pointless.

 

[Deaod]

Guess what: if you change something in the game interface menu you create a war3mapSkin.txt . So if this works as expected then why shouldnt my method work as well?

 

[Zombie007]

Thanks

wow goood, useful... +Rep

 

[Dinah]

This delets all the changes I've done in game interface D:

 

[sF.ThisIsGay]

i don't see them any were in the interface so this is a very helpful tut

 

[Mechanical Man]

JNGP v5b with UMSWE5 enabled on top of a 1.21b installation.

And, if i may add: this tutorial overwrites any existing changes to the interface.

Some of us don't like to use 3rd party tools with the editor. D:

 

[Jaakko]

LOADING_PRESS_A_KEY=Text Here

I don't know why but this part does not seem to work.

 

[bboy-tiger-]

How you find out about that ? And how to change other interfaces then, like Computer(Easy) at menu before game starts, player room.

 

[Jaakko]

I don't know why but this part does not seem to work.

oops I ment this LOADING_LOADING=Text Here it does not work

 

[cooldud3]

If you read the top part you would know why Jaakko.

Because the map has to load before these changes can be made, the L O A D I N G will not change until players play another game.

 

[cooldud3]

bboy-tiger- the majority of the interface like the computer is in the Game interface but a few things like this the loading screen and changing the default font etc... are not in there and have to be scripted in.

 

[Bartimaeus]

Rather than doing EITHER methods, I would open the war3mapSkin.txt using an MPQ editor, such as MPQMaster, or MPQEditor, etc, open the war3mapSkin.txt, and put this under [FrameDef] -

LOADING_LOADING=YARR-HARR, FIDDLE-DEE, BEING A PIRATE
LOADING_PRESS_A_KEY=IS ALRIGHT TO BE! DO WHAT YOU WANT, BECAUSE
LOADING_WAITING_FOR_PLAYERS=A PIRATE IS FREE: YOU ARE A PIRATE.

You still have to fiddle with Third Party programs, but it is better than using Unlimited that can destroy your map.

 

[Flame_Phoenix]

Somehow this doesn't work at all...
Deaod is right.

 

[Avex]

That stuff won't have an affect until after the game has started, at which point it's rather pointless.

Thing is this wont apply untill the map you play again, just like Zerg Infestation, the race names will be there if you go from Zerg Inf to Dota. Human will say Terran and undead will say Zerg.

 

[MaryuZ]

Thank you...this trick is verry nice...it makes the map diffrent from most maps

 

[kaninhot]

oh it's so very very cool, thanks for good tutor !

 

[Jaakko]

I have though noticed a bug with the system. After saving game with the text file your game interface custom settings get messed up but it should be easy to fix since after saving and reopening editor if you remove the text file the new text actually stays in the loading screen and after that you need to edit the custom interface again.

 

[cooldud3]

Yes Jaakko I have found that an issue as well, but as you say it only happens once, my advice while making a map b4 any interface changes do this, save it then remove it and your good. Oh and thanks for all the rep guys

 

[Flame_Phoenix]

You can risk losing your entire interface, or, as suggested before, use UMWSE ....

 

[Tassadaritze]

cool! thx for help!

 

[Anti_Bodies]

This destroyed every single game interface change i had. Please put some sort of warning at the head of the tutorial, because this really screwed me -_-

 

[xXGuillermoXx]

didnt work for me..

 

[ipw3n]

is there a game interface on ROC?

or is that something exclusively for TFT.

i looked all over the advanced command tab and cant find it!

 

[Anti_Bodies]

is there a game interface on ROC?

or is that something exclusively for TFT.

i looked all over the advanced command tab and cant find it!

if you have any interest in making warcraft 3 maps its pretty much a necessity to get the expansion pack anyways. it will open up the world editor to so much. and no i don't *think* their is a game interface in ROC.

 

[ipw3n]

to clarify i do have TFT, but i lost the disk and the computer it was installed on crashed...
so i am stuck editing on ROC... which sucks.

its not like i am going to buy ANOTHER FTF, i already bought 3 copies of ROC and 2 FTFs over the years. (i just always wind up losing those pesky disks)

 

[Warnerd7]

Good work

 

[Ungerbla]

Deaod i cant find this in the newest version. and the .txt dosent work either

 

[Dr.Who_4400_GR]

That rocks!

 

[WarMasterR]

Doesn't need something to inport or to BEEP up some filles...

I have patch 1.23blabla(some numbers)
and my WE has the "Game Interface" and i use the blizzard one (normal)
And i think all the versions have it... or + patch 1.18


Heres my TUT LOL ....

Bigger

Bigger

 

[cooldud3]

WarMaster you dumb hick gtfo. This is not how to change an interface value. this is how to change a value that is not there...

 

[PlayerName]

The "Loading" text dont work with me :/

 

[kikicamkd]

cooldud3,it dont works
can u send me screenshots how do u work on this on [email protected]?
pls send me screenshot how u do this!

 

[xXMephistoXx]

You should include a waring in your orignal post that this overwrites all changes you've made to the Game Interface, and that it also removes all the changes, so it's hard to get back.
That would've been nice 10 minutes ago...