Floating text

Klann · Jun 26, 2011

I just copy this trigger from one map. i forgot the site where i downloaded, but i do have one problem, when i try to make this work like every unit has the players name. it doesn't work. the one made it gave up because he can't fix it.

Floating Text
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Floating Text - Destroy text_player[(Integer A)]
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Set text_point[1] = (Position of (Picked unit))
        
        Set text_point[2] = (text_point[1] offset by 50.00 towards 180.00 degrees)
        
        Floating Text - Create floating text that reads (Name of (Player((Integer A)))) at text_point[2] with Z offset 100.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%), and 0.00% transparency
        
        Set text_player[(Integer A)] = (Last created floating text)
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_text_point[1])
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_text_point[2])
        
        Else - Actions

millzy · Jun 26, 2011

why are u using if/then/else with no conditions

mckill2009 · Jun 26, 2011

coz your trigger is outside the loop...so basically there is no "text_point[2]"

Bannar · Jun 26, 2011

mckill2009 said:
coz your trigger is outside the loop...so basically there is no "text_point[2]"

heh not only that action..
All other code lines should be there too

mckill2009 · Jun 26, 2011

Spinnaker said:
heh not only that action..
All other code lines should be there too

I did not say that only but the trigger...oviously without text_point[2] then there's no floating text and so on...

Bannar · Jun 26, 2011

mckill2009 said:
I did not say that only but the trigger...oviously without text_point[2] then there's no floating text and so on...

You didn't get me. I know that you haven't said 'only' and for sure you knewn that all other actions should be there - thats why i said 'heh' becasue it looked funny to see all the actions outside loop.

for you.

Bribe · Jun 26, 2011

Moved to Triggers & Scripts from World Editor Help Zone.

Klann · Jun 26, 2011

@Bribe, oh sorry about that.

guys. i remove if/then/else and i put all the triggers in the loop. still doesn't work

Floating Text
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Floating Text - Destroy text_player[(Integer A)]
      - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Set text_point[1] = (Position of (Picked unit))
        
        Set text_point[2] = (text_point[1] offset by 50.00 towards 180.00 degrees)
        
        Floating Text - Create floating text that reads (Name of (Player((Integer A)))) at text_point[2] with Z offset 100.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%), and 0.00% transparency
        
        Set text_player[(Integer A)] = (Last created floating text)
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_text_point[1])
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_text_point[2])

mckill2009 · Jun 26, 2011

looks OK to me...

Untitled Trigger 001
- Events
  - Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - For each (Integer A) from 1 to 10, do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
        
        Loop - Actions
        
        Set text[1] = (Position of (Picked unit))
        
        Set text[2] = (text[1] offset by 50.00 towards 180.00 degrees)
        
        Floating Text - Create floating text that reads (Name of (Player((Integer A)))) at text[2] with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
        
        Floating Text - Change (Last created floating text): Disable permanence
        
        Floating Text - Set the velocity of (Last created floating text) to 64.00 towards 90.00 degrees
        
        Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 2.00 seconds
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_text[1])
        
        Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_text[2])

Bannar · Jun 26, 2011

Only thing i would add is the fadding age but only if you want your text to fade with time - if no leave it as done above.

ap0calypse · Jun 26, 2011

What I don't get is: why loop from 1 to 10 if you pick all units either way?
It'll be a complete chaos of text tags (every unit will have 10 player names above its head).

Additional mistakes:
1) Do not use arrays for locations if you just end up using 2 array slots either way.
2) "set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true"
3) He wants the text tags to move with the units, not appear and fade above them every 2 seconds (that's a bit sloppy).
4) You can also use "Above unit" if you don't want to use locations.

FloatingText
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set textTagHandleID = (Key (Picked unit))
      - Floating Text - Destroy (Load 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTableIf the label is not found, this function returns NULL.)
      - Floating Text - Create floating text that reads (Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))) above (Picked unit) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
      - Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Last created floating text) as 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTable

This works.
Don't forget to initialize the table though.

Demo-map attached.

Note: there can only be 100 texttags (floating texts) in a map at a time! This is a limit in Wacraft's coding.
You have to make sure that you can never exceed this limit, otherwise you'll have to drop this idea.

Edit: I just noticed how sloppy Blizzard added the hashtable stuff in GUI... they actually accidentally merged a part of the action's comment with the action's name (see the "destroy floating text" part).
Lazy Blizz...

Klann · Jun 27, 2011

thanks ap0calypse +rep

btw, does adding color to the floating text for every player going to make the trigger complicated? like player 1 red, then player 2 blue. if not please show me how to do it. thanks. ... if yes, hahaha i don't want to make much trouble, you guys already have solved this problem. : )

ap0calypse · Jun 27, 2011

It's not really difficult ^^
First you have to set up some variables at map initialization, like this:

Initialize Colors
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - -------- Color Codes --------
  - Set Color[1] = |c00ff0303
  - Set Color[2] = |c000042ff
  - Set Color[3] = |c001CE6B9
  - Set Color[4] = |c00540081
  - Set Color[5] = |c00FFFC01
  - Set Color[6] = |c00FE8A0E
  - Set Color[7] = |c00FE8A0E
  - Set Color[8] = |c00E55BB0
  - Set Color[11] = |c00106246
  - Set Color[12] = |c004E2A04

Then you just have to show: playerColor[player number of (Owner of (Picked Unit))]" + (name of player) + "|r" in the floating text.
Or something, I don't actually have the world editor at hand right now.
Well, I hope you understand the idea behind it

Klann · Jun 27, 2011

thanks, i'm going to test it right now.

and lol. you're making triggers without a world editor??? you must be a pro : )

{EDIT}
lol.. i suck in editing.

FloatingText
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set textTagHandleID = (Key (Picked unit))
      - Floating Text - Destroy (Load 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTableIf the label is not found, this function returns NULL.)
      - Floating Text - Create floating text that reads (Color[(Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit)))] + ((Name of (Triggering player)) + |r)) above (Picked unit) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
      - Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Last created floating text) as 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTable

can't find the "player"Color and (name of "player") .. trigger does not work now..

--how do i remove the floating text for player 16 (neutral) ??
--how do i remove the floating text for dead units

millzy · Jun 27, 2011

in the pick unit add matching unit is dead = to false and matching unit is owned by neutral = false

Klann · Jun 27, 2011

FloatingText
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area) matching ((((Matching unit) is dead) Equal to False) and (((Matching unit) is in (Units owned by Neutral Passive)) Equal to False))) and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set textTagHandleID = (Key (Picked unit))
      - Floating Text - Destroy (Load 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTableIf the label is not found, this function returns NULL.)
      - Floating Text - Create floating text that reads (Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))) above (Picked unit) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
      - Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Last created floating text) as 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTable

thanks, +rep. how about the color?

--i can't find this condition "matching unit is owned by neutral = false".. lol.
i used this instead "(((Matching unit) is in (Units owned by Neutral Passive)) Equal to False)))" or is it the same??

{EDIT}
((((Matching unit) is dead) Equal to False) "does not work."

ap0calypse · Jun 27, 2011

Here is some typical Blizzard stupidity:
"Is unit alive == true" calls "Is unit dead == false", "is unit dead == false" calls "is unit HP greater than 0 == true".

So in the end, you should just use a real comparison: check whether the HP of the unit is greater than 0.405

(Life of (Matching unit)) Greater than or equal to 0.40

And I'm sorry, I was kind-of switching a few variable names, the "playerColor" should just be "Color".
Although the general variable naming conventions states that variables should start with a lower-case letter and every word behind it must begin with a capital letter, such as: "thisIsAnExample", or "dialogButtons", or "playerColor".
Well, that's just so you know

Init
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Visibility - Disable fog of war
  - Visibility - Disable black mask
  - Hashtable - Create a hashtable
  - Set textTagTable = (Last created hashtable)
  - -------- Color Codes --------
  - Set playerColor[1] = |c00ff0303
  - Set playerColor[2] = |c000042ff
  - Set playerColor[3] = |c001ce6b9
  - Set playerColor[4] = |c00540081
  - Set playerColor[5] = |c00fffc01
  - Set playerColor[6] = |c00fe8a0e
  - Set playerColor[7] = |c001fbf00
  - Set playerColor[8] = |c00e45aaf
  - Set playerColor[9] = |c00949596
  - Set playerColor[10] = |c007dbef1
  - Set playerColor[11] = |c000f6145
  - Set playerColor[12] = |c004d2903

FloatingText
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set textTagHandleID = (Key (Picked unit))
      - Floating Text - Destroy (Load 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTableIf the label is not found, this function returns NULL.)
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Life of (Picked unit)) Greater than or equal to 0.40
        
        (Owner of (Picked unit)) Not equal to Neutral Hostile
        
        (Owner of (Picked unit)) Not equal to Neutral Passive
        
        ((Picked unit) is hidden) Equal to False
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Floating Text - Create floating text that reads (playerColor[(Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit)))] + ((Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))) + |r)) above (Picked unit) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
        
        Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Last created floating text) as 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTable
        
        Else - Actions

That should work.

Klann · Jun 28, 2011

Init
- Events
  - Map initialization
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Hashtable - Create a hashtable
  - Set textTagTable = (Last created hashtable)
  - Set playerColor[1] = |c00ff0303
  - Set playerColor[2] = |c000042ff
  - Set playerColor[3] = |c001CE6B9
  - Set playerColor[4] = |c00540081
  - Set playerColor[5] = |c00FFFC01
  - Set playerColor[6] = |c00FE8A0E

FloatingText
- Events
  - Time - Every 0.03 seconds of game time
- Conditions
- Actions
  - Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
  - Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
    - Loop - Actions
      - Set textTagHandleID = (Key (Picked unit))
      - Floating Text - Destroy (Load 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTableIf the label is not found, this function returns NULL.)
      - If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        
        If - Conditions
        
        (Life of (Picked unit)) Greater than or equal to 0.40
        
        (Owner of (Picked unit)) Not equal to Neutral Hostile
        
        (Owner of (Picked unit)) Not equal to Neutral Passive
        
        ((Picked unit) is hidden) Equal to False
        
        Then - Actions
        
        Floating Text - Create floating text that reads playerColor[((Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit))) + ((Integer((Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))))) + (Integer(|r))))] above (Picked unit) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
        
        Hashtable - Save Handle Of(Last created floating text) as 0 of textTagHandleID in textTagTable
        
        Else - Actions

doesnt work.

ap0calypse · Jun 28, 2011

My version:

(playerColor[(Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit)))] + ((Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))) + |r))

Your version:

playerColor[((Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit))) + ((Integer((Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))))) + (Integer(|r))))]

I don't even know how you managed to convert "Name of {player}" to an integer, but apparently you did. (And "|r" is also an integer in your trigger?)

Klann · Jun 28, 2011

ap0calypse said:
My version:

(playerColor[(Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit)))] + ((Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))) + |r))

Your version:

playerColor[((Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit))) + ((Integer((Name of (Owner of (Picked unit))))) + (Integer(|r))))]

I don't even know how you managed to convert "Name of {player}" to an integer, but apparently you did. (And "|r" is also an integer in your trigger?)

T_T..... there is no choices "Player - Player Name" without converting to integer. lol. @_@ confused...

ap0calypse · Jun 28, 2011

Klann said:
T_T..... there is no choices "Player - Player Name" without converting to integer. lol. @_@ confused...

Woah, I understand where you went wrong...
You put the entire string in the array! Only the player number is meant to go inside it...

You have to use concatenate strings, set the first value to playerColor[(Player number of (Owner of (Picked unit)))] and use concatenate strings on the second value again.

Klann · Jun 28, 2011

oh lol!! now i seeee : )) huge mistake. sorry

{EDIT} now working. lol, i can't give rep right now, need to spread some more : ))

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