Dynamic tooltip - show current level

[Muhahahahaaa]

hi


i know how to add dynamic tooltips but does anyone know how to access the current level of an ability and add it into a tooltip.

http://www.galaxywiki.net/wiki/Dynamic_Text

 

[Dr Super Good]

I think I might have seen this be covered in a tutorial at SC2mapster.

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

i have rummaged the whole forum there...... nothing. just ppl facing the same problem. i think it is not possible to access any values which change during the game. Furthermore Level itself isn't a real data editor value....

 

[Dr Super Good]

The fact is that level is actually not too important. It is much better to display the correct behaviour and damage on a tooltip that to know what level you learned an ability to (as you can see that in the learn menu).

Yeh it is annoying in some ways but it is not vital to make a high quality map. WC3 only relied on it heavilly because most people could not be bothered saying more than "This spell deals damage based on level".

 

[mrzwach]

You can probably use catalog functions to retrieve the current level and then set the tooltip of the ability based on that.

I'm not entirely sure if that would work though, some things (icons in particular) won't allow any changes made with catalog functions. :\

 

[M0RT]

You could use some other dummy field (like an unused effect's damage) to reference the value, and change it through triggers.

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

after the catalog value is set the tooltip does not refresh until you have hovered over the icon once.

 

[M0RT]

Try disabling and enabling the ability after you changed the tooltip, that might refresh the tooltip (or better hide and show the ability button)

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

had already the same idea, doesnt work

 

[Rispetto]

(Sigh)
I skipped all the comments.
There is a VERY easy work around ----

Create a button and ability (link the two) for each and every level of the needed tooltip.
Give the unit all the abilities, stacked on top of each other.
Use triggers to enable and disable the abilities for the player or unit based around your own conditions.