Showing All Players Hero Icons

[enyeas]

Hello all,

I've noticed in some RPGs (like the Diablo 3 RPG) that it shows all the players hero icons at the top left corner. I was assuming that this was some sort of trick that has to do with Ally Properties and Forces, and after some research and looking through code, I am pretty sure I am on the right track.

I've dabbled around with code (much more familiar with jass/vjass than gui) but I still can't seem to get the proper results :/ I have tried adding players to forces and all those fun things to do with shared control. Would anyone happen to be able to tell me, like in a list, the things that need to be done for this and then I could try to write code for each step? I would much rather learn how to write this than to just copy and paste a code snippet, but at this point I am not even sure how this is done in these games.

Thanks
-enyeas

 

[Bribe]

Yeah, turn Advanced Shared Unit Control to "on". Of course, you'll gain control of your allies' heroes that way.

 

[enyeas]

Yeah, I know that much but that's not the result I want. In the games like Diablo 3 RPG it shows the icons without giving shared access of units. So I am trying to find a way to... negate that? Without doing something like "if a player clicks on another players unit, select somethin else"

 

[Bribe]

In d3 RPG, if you double-click on an allied hero, does the camera center on that unit as well?

 

[M0RT]

The easiest way is to turn "advanced shared units" on, then turn "shared units" off. That way you won't be able to control them, but you will still have working hero icons.

EDIT: this is what I mean:

• For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)
  • Loop - Actions
    • Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Player - For (Picked player), turn Full shared units On toward (Player((Integer A)))
        • Player - For (Picked player), turn Shared units Off toward (Player((Integer A)))

 

[enyeas]

Thanks, I will try that out now

Edit: Awesome! That works, but it also puts a Team Resources multiboard up, is there a way to get rid of that?

Edit2: I meant, besides the "hide all multiboards" thing. I may use multiboards later in my map. I tried hiding the last created multiboard immediately after but it didn't seem to work.

 

[M0RT]

Just create new multiboard, show it and hide it immidiatelly. Since you can only have 1 multiboard, it will destroy the current one. You will be able to create a multiboard anytime later.

 

[enyeas]

Oh Okay, good to know! Multiboards are kind of that last thing on my list of things to learn so i'm a little apprehensive and don't understand too much about them.

Thank you!

 

[Bribe]

Oh Okay, good to know! Multiboards are kind of that last thing on my list of things to learn so i'm a little apprehensive and don't understand too much about them.

Thank you!

Yeah, I never got into multiboards, either. To me it just doesn't fit in with the overall WarCraft 3 interface (not aesthetically interesting). I like StarCraft 2's millions better.