Floating Text in JASS not working

[Spellbound]

So I'm not sure why, this doesn't create any floating text:

set udg_SP_ChargeFloatText[id2] = CreateTextTag()
call SetTextTagVisibility(udg_SP_ChargeFloatText[id2], true)
call SetTextTagText(udg_SP_ChargeFloatText[id2], "• • • ", 6)
call SetTextTagPos(udg_SP_ChargeFloatText[id2], x, y, 30)

If I do this, however:

set udg_SP_ChargeFloatText[id2] = CreateTextTagUnitBJ( "• • • ", udg_SP_Pyxis[id], -10.00, 6, 100, 100, 100, 0 )

Works like a charm. Ordinarily I'd settle for that, but I'm also using substrings to update the text and changing said text with SetTextTagText is deleting the floating text for some reason. I thought maybe I was using substrings wrong, so I tried call SetTextTagText(udg_SP_ChargeFloatText[id], "test", 6) but that still failed.

Halp

 

[IcemanBo]

The formula in the BJ for size is: "size * 0.023 / 10"
So normal size "10" in BJ is "0.023" in the native.
It might be that it exists but is just too big that you can see it.

 

[Spellbound]

...

I'm sure there's a logical explanation for that, but what the Hell, Blizz???

Anyway, thankye for you help The text shows up now... if not for the fact that I might be using substring wrong after all Will come back later if I can't fix that new conundrum.

+rep

 

[Wietlol]

There is a maximum size for floating texts.
When you set the value higher than that, it wont display as it has invalid values.
If I recall correctly, it is 0.345 ... but it could be a bit more or less.

Also be aware that there is also such a calculation in SetTextTagVelocity.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Floating text size I believe is relative to screen size. So 1.0 would be full screen. This is how graphics work so it would make sense from that perspective.