Incorrect Values in Tooltips

[CaptainRandom]

Hello All!

I've just recently started playing around with the Wc3 editor, and have run into a bit of a problem while working on tooltips for custom heroes.

When selecting a hero from the hero tavern, I want the tooltip to display data similar to DotA, where you can see the starting stats (str, agi, int, movement speed, etc) in the tooltip.

I obviously want to avoid hard-coding in these values, so this is the type of code I've been using to try and get the tooltip to display the values:

Strength - <H000, STR> + <H000, STRplus>

According to the raw data, the name of the hero in the treeview is "H000:Hpal".

But when I run the game, the tooltip displays all values as 0. I've tried changing the H000, the STR, and a bunch of other whacky stuff, but I can't seem to figure out why the values aren't being displayed correctly

So basically if anyone can let me know what (probably obvious) mistake I'm making, I would be glad to hear it!

-CaptainRandom

 

[Steel_Stallion]

Well, if its choosing it from a shop I don't see why you need the rawcodes int he first place. Just input the preset value (Starting str: 17...)

 

[CaptainRandom]

Well, my main theory behind wanting to use raw values is for balancing.

Eventually I'll get to the point of having to go back and tweak values like starting attributes, and rather than having to edit both the values and the tooltips, it would be a lot easier to only have to edit the values and have the tooltips update accordingly.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Not too sure this is possiable. Make sure the syntax and field values you are using are correct. It probably only works for abilities thou so hard coding is probably the only way to go.

 

[Greenwhy]

I just tried doing this exact same thing the other day and had the same result (obviously). From what I can tell it's not possible, I plan on hard coding it once I'm done balancing but the problem is if you miss something you generally wont notice by testing it in game, you have to double check everything in the editor which is gonna be painful.

 

[CaptainRandom]

Bah, alright, hard coding it is... *grumbles curse words*

Anywho, thanks for the quick replies, you guys are great!