Purchase Item Text

[Karzama]

Hi,

I've made a building which randomizes an "item of the day" every so often. There are loads of items it can choose from as there are loads in my map.

However I've hit a rather large problem. My items use the rarity colours (white, green, blue, purple, orange) to define how good they are. However even with the BB code in the purchase item text the colour isn't shown. This is verrryyy problematic as some items of the same class use the same pictures (some have similar names) so it's difficult to work out without these colours... Any thoughts?

 

[Flux]

Adding items via trigger removes the text color in the tooltip so I guess you have no choice but to actually place the rarity in the tooltip name or better, change the icon for each rarity but that depends on the no. of items in your map.

Is your map singleplayer? If yes, I may have some workarounds.

 

[Karzama]

Unfortunately no it is not singleplayer! I will probably just add text to show the colour. How difficult would it be to change the colour of icons which are already ingame? (Exporting and such)

EDIT: Just finished doing colours and stuff. Cheers for the idea

 

[Ardenian]

Even if this is solved, BB Code ? Try using hex code, recommended with the WC3 Colourizer.

If you have many items to design, maybe take a look on this tool:
WC3 Item and Skill Designer

It is quite handy.

 

[Kakerate]

You could try using dummy units. Just remove them when they are bought and create the item and give it to the buyer.

 

[Karzama]

Hex colour is what I meant. (Don't really know the difference) Dummy units isn't a bad idea but when I probably have 100+ items it's not so great. I've just tinted the icons and it works alright. Thanks anyway