Object Tooltips

[ShadowFlare]

Hello Hive,

So, I hate to see my tooltips look like so: Does 10*Level Damage + Intelligence*5 Damage. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I know I can't trigger the tooltips, or add variables into them.

Thanks,
Shadowflare

 

[Switch33]

I guess only display damage via an multiboard or texttag with some other kind of interface and/or only display the damages via texttags that fly off when the spell is cast.

 

[Tickles]

You could just say the damage is based on level and intelligence and not include formulas in the tooltip. Usually players just want to know what a skill does and how to increase its effectiveness. Not many people want to sit there calculating every stat change, which I know is why you hate having math formulas in your descriptions.

Example: Fireball
A powerful blast of heated energy that deals 10 base damage to a single target with additional damage based on your hero's intelligence. Each skill level increases base damage by 10.

Players will see the actual damage or effectiveness of the skill when they use it anyway, so you don't have to be too specific.

 

[ShadowFlare]

True, but my map uses a lot of other variables that come into affect...

 

[Luorax]

I had the same problem, and I came up with this:

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6310/wc3scrnshot083011162737.jpg

 

[ShadowFlare]

Yea but this is for spells. And I rather not use a multiboard because I use it for another system...

 

[Luorax]

Ignore the multiboard there. The tooltip is the important thing.

 

[ShadowFlare]

Yea, but I would like mine to actually calculate the formula I have and display it with ease for the player.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Well, you will just have to give some make-up to your tooltips to hide that.
Example: The Warden shifts the moon cycle, causing magical damage to nearby enemies. Damage is equal to multiplied combined agility of nearby heroes.
Level 1: 150% Agility in damage.
or
Level 2: 1.5 damage per 1 Agility.