How to create "crit"-like floating text?

[morganxl]

Hey, I want to create floating text that looks like the ones after blademaster's critical strikes.
I'm having troubles with making such texttags. Can anyone help?

 

[Pharaoh_]

• Actions
  • Set Point1 = (Center of (Playable map area))
  • Floating Text - Create floating text that reads ((String((Random integer number between 500 and 8000))) + !) at Point1 with Z offset 0.00, using font size 13.00, color (100.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%), and 0.00% transparency
  • Floating Text - Set the velocity of (Last created floating text) to 64.00 towards 90.00 degrees
  • Floating Text - Change (Last created floating text): Disable permanence
  • Floating Text - Change the lifespan of (Last created floating text) to 4.00 seconds
  • Floating Text - Change the fading age of (Last created floating text) to 3.00 seconds
  • Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point1)

Test Map:

 

[defskull]

A triggered critical strike (trick by using "Floating Text") is harder than to do the easy one (adding Critical Strike at the right moment (% occur on hit) and remove Critical Strike ability immediately after hitting an enemy)
You can of course hide first this Critical Strike skill in a SpellBook and disable
By using this, you can't actually see the ability on UI but it is there
One of the example a creator using this method is IceFrog, which he made a hero named Tuskarr, his ultimate, Walrus Punch.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

He only said he wanted to make text like critical strike, he never really said the implications of it - it's actually not really all that difficult to trigger it really anyway.

 

[defskull]

Pwnies.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You can get the settings of the critical strike floating text from the one file. The file also controls the maximum and minimum terrain raise which is very wierd.

 

[morganxl]

Pharaon's version worked fine.
I made some modifications - reduced font size (13 -> 10) and set zOffset to 100, so the text appears just above the unit.

I also wondered if floating text can be displayed only for specific player(s), here's what I found:

function ShowTextTagForceBJ takes boolean show, texttag tt, force whichForce returns nothing
    if (IsPlayerInForce(GetLocalPlayer(), whichForce)) then
        // Use only local code (no net traffic) within this block to avoid desyncs.
        call SetTextTagVisibility(tt, show)
    endif
endfunction

Ok Thanks everyone for the replies =)

 

[Pharaoh_]

You can use this:

• Actions
  • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
    • Loop - Actions
      • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
        • If - Conditions
          • ((Picked player) is an ally of (Owner of (Triggering unit))) Equal to True
        • Then - Actions
          • Set Player = (Player group((Picked player)))
          • Floating Text - Show (Last created floating text) for Player
          • Custom script: call DestroyForce (udg_Player)
        • Else - Actions

The condition is a Boolean comparison, Player - Player belongs to an ally of player.
Player variable is of type "Player Group".

 

[Axarion]

Well Texttags can be created for a single Player only and theres a limit of 100 texttags per player. Basically you can use everything Texttag related with an GetLocalPlayer() comparision.

 

[morganxl]

Well Texttags can be created for a single Player only and theres a limit of 100 texttags per player.

So no more texttags will appear if the limit is achieved?
Does it count text tags that weren't destroyed using Jass, but already disappeared (lifespan thingy etc)?

 

[Dr Super Good]

The limit is 100 active texttags. Texttags created after 100 are active will keep recycling the 100th texttag (the last created one).

Texttags that fully faded will be freed (no longer exist).
Texttags that are destroyed manually will be freed.

I do not know about nulling local texttags though.

 

[defskull]

But be warned, wrong method of using GetLocalPlayer() may cause your game to server split and desync, will probably cause disconnection.