[General] What do the "x, y" in DisplayTextToPlayer do?

[SanKakU]

native DisplayTimedTextToPlayer takes player toPlayer, real x, real y, real duration, string message returns nothing
so, looking at that function, how do we figure how the real x and real y work?

i just supposed you move around the text...but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't...more than that...the text seems to sometimes drag other text along with it. and sometimes it makes the text disappear. i'm pretty confused since i've been getting results that don't make sense when experimenting with those reals.

ohh....everytime you call the function it moves ALL the text from every call of that function.

 

[mckill2009]

I believe that it's the coordionate of the map, so test it that way...

 

[Maker]

They are not coordinates of the map

Usually values around 0.5-1.0 give you an idea where the text is going.

 

[Vizel]

Isn't that the position of the floating text relative to the unit? So then 0 would be like on the unit in a weird way, and 0.5 would be directly above, 1.0 would be a bit of a distance above the unit, if I'm remembering correctly?

 

[Maker]

It is not a floating text, it is a chat message

 

[mckill2009]

My bad, its a coordinate of the screen...

 

[Vizel]

Oh. Ignore me, lol.

 

[Magtheridon96]

Yeah, it's a screen coordinate.
The values are quite low.
For example, (0.52, -1) would give you the position of Error messages (The ones like "Inventory Full.", "Cannot target Ancients.", etc...)