How to edit or hide in-game floating text above harvested worker???

[0.to.the.9]

Hello!

Can anybody tell me how can i catch and change the floating text, that appears above worker? (+10 or else...)

Or hide that text for current unit?

Is it possible???

Creating an unknown number of abilities in object editor (for N different values) obviously is not possible. Changes in game constants is not suitable too.

May be it possible using GUI, may be Custom Script or JASS - no matter. Thanks to everybody for any information!

 

[Chaosy]

I am sorry to say that it's impossible, this is done within the game files somewhere. I got an idea for an potentional workaround but that would likely require triggering on an fairly advanced level. If you think it's worth the time I will see if I can try something.

 

[0.to.the.9]

I trying to make an ability for stealing enemy resources from main building or lumbermill. So i decided that easiest way for it is adding the harvest ability to casting unit and catching the moment when stealed minerals returned. I can show size of theft using floating text above unit, but the main text +10 still shows. Ability is work - i don't like only graphic side, so i don't think that its worth time.

BUT...
May be there is another way to make that ability?
If You had any ideas, will bw glad to hear it ...

 

[LordDz]

Just use a custom ability based on shadow strike, or any other target spell with its duration set to 0.01, and then trigger the gold steal and the floating text?

 

[Chaosy]

something like this?

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Lumber Mill
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Town Hall
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Keep
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Castle
  • Actions
    • Player - Add -100 to (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Current lumber
    • Player - Add 100 to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Current lumber

 

[0.to.the.9]

Yeah, something like this - initialization... realized with GUI... not one trigger, but several...

And I thought only in that way first time - instantly get resources and simply use any target ability too, but i need it look like a real theft. Hero model has animation tags 'gold' and 'lumber', so i want hero get minerals on his back and bring them back to main building or lumbermill to increase player resources.

Seems like triggers working correct, but after few tests i get a FATAL ERROR))...

May be I post them here? But i dont know how ...

EDIT: Fatal Error appears when enemy resources removed, and, may be, enemy worker get build order...

EXCEPTION: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION)
Memory could not be read...

 

[IcemanBo]

something like this?

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Lumber Mill
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Town Hall
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Keep
    • (Unit-type of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Equal to Castle
  • Actions
    • Player - Add -100 to (Owner of (Target unit of ability being cast)) Current lumber
    • Player - Add 100 to (Owner of (Triggering unit)) Current lumber

These Unit-type comparissons need to be in an Or-Conditions block, else it's never true.

In actions an If/Then/Else would ne good, to check if the player even has 100 lumber.

@0.to.the.9, yes you can post your code: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/miscellaneous-tutorials-456/how-easily-post-triggers-163285/

 

[0.to.the.9]

What order string identifies the minerals return to town hall or mill?

'resumeharvesting' - is an order to return. (begin return)

Return complete identifies by 'harvest'???

For some reason it doesn't work...


EDIT: I just need End Harvesting order string (mine crash).
Does it exist?