Floating Texts...

[jacobemslayer]

OK well this hasn't worked for me.. for as long as I've been trying to do it... Here's the trigger

TRIGGER

• Actions
  • Floating Text - Create floating text that reads What ever above (Unit) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
  • Floating Text - Change the fading age of (Last created floating text) to 2.00 seconds

That might not work but even when I switched it to this

TRIGGER

• Actions
  • Floating Text - Create floating text that reads What ever above (Unit) with Z offset 0.00, using font size 8.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
  • Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 2.00 seconds

... It just never works for me, what am I doing wrong? If I am doing anything wrong it has to be something obvious... +Rep to who ever can help me get it to work well!!!

P.S What doesn't work (LOL I forgot to say what doesn't work) is that it never dissapears.

 

[sPy]

• Rawr
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Floating Text - Create floating text that reads Hes da King above Paladin 0000 <gen> 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 - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 2.00 seconds

It works for me if I make it like this.

 

[Skycraft]

Use this

• Base
• Time - Time Elapsed is 1.00 Seconds
• Floating Text -Create Floating Text (blahblahblah you know whats here)
• Wait 5 Seconds
• Floating Text - Destroy (Last Created Floating Text)

Hope this helped o:

 

[jacobemslayer]

I'll test sPy's out, but stevienicks that doesn't work if there is more than one text up. And in my map there is definitely more then one text up at a time...

 

[Skycraft]

If there is more than one text up, then put Wait and Destroy at the end of each Floating Text.

Like this

• Base
• Time - Time Elapsed is 1.00 Seconds
• Floating Text - Creating Floating Text
• Wait - Wait for 5.00 seconds
• Floating Text - Destroy (last created Floating Text)
• Floating Text - Creating Floating Text
• Wait - Wait for 5.00 seconds
• Floating Text - Destroy (last created Floating Text)

If they are on more than one trigger, you should put wait for how long you want it up then destroy it. Simple as that.

 

[jacobemslayer]

I have the trigger starting by giving the picked unit experience and gold, then I want it to display text for people whose characters are within range? How would I do that?

If they are on more than one trigger, you should put wait for how long you want it up then destroy it. Simple as that.

OK, but what if I wanted to use only 1 trigger, and then there were 12 texts up and they all had velocity... The first text would go up really far and would take too long to be destroyed.


EDIT: Nvm I found out a way to do what I wanted... +Rep to both of you, sPy for making it work, and to stevienicks for trying so hard.

 

[sPy]

Okay if you wan velocity and fading, you could just use this:

• Rawr
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Floating Text - Create floating text that reads Hes da King above Paladin 0001 <gen> with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency
    • Floating Text - Set the velocity of (Last created floating text) to 36.00 towards 90.00 degrees
    • Floating Text - Change (Last created floating text): Disable permanence
    • Floating Text - Change the fading age of (Last created floating text) to 2.50 seconds
    • Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 5.00 seconds

Tested and it works HOWEVER, its not guaranteed to be leakless or such

Edit: oops, didn't see your edit lol

 

[Skycraft]

First thing is like this -

• Funk
• Unit - A unit enters Region 000 <gen>
• ((Triggering Unit) is A Hero) Equal to True
• Floating Text - Create Floating Text
• Wait - Wait for 5.00 (or however long you want to put it)
• Floating Text - Destroy (last created Floating Text)

And just so you know, by destroying the text you make it leakless.

 

[jacobemslayer]

sPy and stevienicks, Yeah I got it, took me a while but I got it ... Thanks for all the help!!!!!!!

 

[Skycraft]

Anytime sunshine