Floating Text Questions

[Wasabee]

Hello Hive!
I have some questions regarding floating texts.

1. Does floating text above a unit leaks?
2. Is there a limit of floating text in a game?
3. If there is a limit can I show the floating text when the player is pointing at the unit? (Note: I have 134 cities in my map.)
4. How do I show the floating text? I can't make it work.

• Floaters
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 2.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Floating Text - Create floating text that reads London above Capital 0005 <gen> with Z offset 0.00, using font size 15.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
    • Floating Text - Show (Last created floating text) for (All players)
    • Floating Text - Change the color of (Last created floating text) to (0.00%, 100.00%, 0.00%) with 0.00% transparency
    • Floating Text - Create floating text that reads Wales above City 0006 <gen> with Z offset 0.00, using font size 15.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
    • Floating Text - Show (Last created floating text) for (All players)
    • Floating Text - Change the color of (Last created floating text) to (0.00%, 100.00%, 0.00%) with 0.00% transparency

 

[BloodDrunk]

1. Idk
2. 100
3. That is a good idea, but I'm not quite sure how to achieve that. You might need to use trackables.
4. Use color codes instead. Leave those percentages at 100% all three. I used to play with them and they (imo) are bugged.

 

[Flux]

1. Idk
2. 100
3. That is a good idea, but I'm not quite sure how to achieve that. You might need to use trackables.
4. Use color codes instead. Leave those percentages at 100% all three. I used to play with them and they (imo) are bugged.

I don't think they are bugged.

Answering apcrab's question
1. Yes but adding lifespan or destroying them fixes this problem
2. Idk
3. BloodDrunk's suggestion is already good.
4. Strange, I don't know. I use Jass when using Floating Text and it works fine to me.

 

[BloodDrunk]

I meant to say those percentages are bugged...

 

[Wasabee]

I thought if I can show the capitals permanently and the other cities will show if the player selects them.

 

[Dr Super Good]

1. Does floating text above a unit leaks?

Floating text cannot leak because at most 100 can exist at any time. After 100 are in existence it recycles the last one.

However it might not be desirable for a floating text to persist longer than a certain time. This is to prevent you running into the limit and having to recycle the last one.

3. If there is a limit can I show the floating text when the player is pointing at the unit? (Note: I have 134 cities in my map.)

Yes you can and should. In your case periodically test where the player is viewing and if nearby a city then show it. This is how Skibi Tower Defense did the one mage builder.

 

[Wasabee]

I can't still make the floating texts show is there anything wrong with my trigger?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try enabling permanence, or disabling it and setting fade point to a reasonable value.

 

[Wasabee]

I've tried enabling it but still I can't make them show.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try not changing the colour after creation? Otherwise copy them from another map where they do show.

 

[Wasabee]

Changing the color makes the floating texts disappear.
I wanted them to have colors base from the player color.