Need help with some triggers (kinda chat-based)

[furnace78]

Hello! I need some help, I'm making a map where you can name your character, so when a player types something, a floating text will be beside a character (hero to be specific,) and I also want to know how to do so the name that the player enters will appear in dialogues.Plz help!

Oh... :!: :!: :!: I just remembered, I would also like to know how to change a players name (like in DBZ tribute where the player's name changes to Goku, etc.)

Hope this makes sense...

Plz help, and thanks in advanced

EDIT: Plz,plz someone help me, I relly need to know

 

[DarkShadow]

Gonna check this one out when I'm home, be patient (if no one else already answered it)

 

[Telefragged]

For the latter, you can use the function Player - Set Name.

For the former, I guess, you can create a String variable for each player. When the player types the name, set the String to "Event Response - Entered Chat String". The problem with this method is... let me show you an example.

Player types -name Edric Storm
The hero would be named "-name Edric Storm". >.< I dunno how to remove a certain part of it.

Thus, to solve the method about the hero name, I guess you could put a BIG message on the screen saying "DO NOT TYPE ANYTHING UNTIL YOU WANT TO NAME YOUR HERO"

Just an idea, I'm sure someone can come up with a better one over this.

 

[DarkShadow]

Telefragged almost said everything. To refer to a part of a typed chat message, use the event "Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -name as A Sub String". This way the trigger will fire when Player 1 types, for example, "-name DarkShadow" (yeah, you need a trigger for every player)

The Action is a "Set Variable"-function (so you can refer to the name everytime you need it). Here I use a string-variable called "NamePlayer1":

Set NamePlayer1 = (Substring((Entered chat string), 6, 999))

"Substring" is a function that takes a substring out of any other string, here it's "Event Response - Entered Chat String". The numbers after tell the function from which letter it should start (here the 6th one so we ignore the part containing -name ) and where it should end (I used 999 so the player can type a name of any length)

Know, we create the floating text using:
Floating Text - Create floating text that reads NamePlayer1 [<- the variable] above [the unit] with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency

and so we can refer to it (NamePlayer1Float is a FloatingText-Variable):
Set NamePlayer1Float = (Last created floating text)


Ok, I guess you want the text to move with the unit, so you need to create another trigger to move the text:
Events
Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time
Actions
Floating Text - Change the position of NamePlayer1Float to [the unit] with Z offset0.00

 

[furnace78]

Telefragged almost said everything. To refer to a part of a typed chat message, use the event "Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -name as A Sub String". This way the trigger will fire when Player 1 types, for example, "-name DarkShadow" (yeah, you need a trigger for every player)

The Action is a "Set Variable"-function (so you can refer to the name everytime you need it). Here I use a string-variable called "NamePlayer1":

Set NamePlayer1 = (Substring((Entered chat string), 6, 999))

"Substring" is a function that takes a substring out of any other string, here it's "Event Response - Entered Chat String". The numbers after tell the function from which letter it should start (here the 6th one so we ignore the part containing -name ) and where it should end (I used 999 so the player can type a name of any length)

Know, we create the floating text using:
Floating Text - Create floating text that reads NamePlayer1 [<- the variable] above [the unit] with Z offset 0.00, using font size 10.00, color (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%), and 0.00% transparency

and so we can refer to it (NamePlayer1Float is a FloatingText-Variable):
Set NamePlayer1Float = (Last created floating text)


Ok, I guess you want the text to move with the unit, so you need to create another trigger to move the text:
Events
Time - Every 0.01 seconds of game time
Actions
Floating Text - Change the position of NamePlayer1Float to [the unit] with Z offset0.00

Wow you're smart :shock: :shock: anyways.. THNX SOOO MUCH :roll:

EDIT: Wow, once again, thnx. You just taught me what variables are...yay and I also made a trigger to change a players in game name.. example: my name would be furnace78 but know since I know about variables,I can change player names with triggers thnx