Any ideas? (how to hide the level-up effect)

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to how I could hide the level up graphics for heroes. Importing a blank model file over the path of the special effect might work, any other ideas though?

Well, that's what I'd do, if you never wanted it to happen. Otherwise, you could fudge it a little bit and detect when the hero gets within a certain range of the new level and then Level him with the trigger (which allows you to hide the level-up graphic).

yeah thats what i did. have it so that when the hero levels up it sets the "Show level up graphics" to false, or something like that, i used it a while ago on a map where the heroes leveled to like 1500 and it was annoying so i had to figure out how to eliminate the lag-inducing effects :\

Could you elaborate a bit Octavius as to what you exactly did? I had noticed there was a level up, hiding the graphics action, but I dont know how I should go about pre-leveling my heroes. Any thoughts?

I suppose I could use a periodic that detects which heroes are close to leveling, or a trigger that runs when a unit dies, but both thoose seem to unneficent and lag prone...
I suppose I could write over the level up graphic, then display the effect manualy when a unit gains a level. How did you do it octavius?

Actually, you dont have to make a new model or anything. it can be done with a trigger and a single variable.

Try this:

LevelUP
Events
Unit - A unit Gains a level
Conditions
Actions
Set Player1Level = (Hero level of (Triggering unit))
Hero - Set (Triggering unit) Hero-level to Player1Level, Hide level-up graphics.

Player1Level is a variable

I'm sure theres an easier way, but for now this is decent way to do it.

Heh, I thougth i had tried something similar already, but thanks ^_^

Does anyone know the path of the level up SFX? I too want to remove it or at least replace it with a less glitzy thing.

Abilities/Spells/Other/Levelup/Levelupcaster.mdx