Floating Text Problem

04-10-2006, 10:25 PM

Well, seems like it would be easy to just make some floating text..but it's not working. At all. I'm just trying to make a function CombatText which shows a string I want at target location. I'll use it for things like 'Block', 'Parry', etc, and once I get it to appear I'll modify it so it looks better. However, right now it simply doesn't show up. After running tests the string is right and the location is right, so it's a problem with the floating text. Here it is:

JASS:

function CombatText takes location l,string s returns texttag
    local texttag c = CreateTextTag()
    call SetTextTagText(c,s,12)
    call SetTextTagPos(c,GetLocationX(l),GetLocationY(l),100)
    call SetTextTagColor(c,100,100,0,0)
    call SetTextTagAge(c,1)
    call SetTextTagFadepoint(c,0.5)
    call SetTextTagVelocity(c,50,50)
    call SetTextTagLifespan(c,1)
    call SetTextTagVisibility(c,TRUE)
    return(c)
endfunction

This is incredibly annoying, it seems like I've tried everything, and it's a simple task..but it doesn't work =\. Thanks for any help.

Edit: Oh and btw I've tried commenting out the Age, Fadepoint, Velocity, and Lifespan parts just to see if it worked at all. No luck.

04-10-2006, 10:39 PM	#2
MysticGeneral	Try doing JASS: local texttag c call CreateTextTag() set texttag c = GetLastCreatedTextTag() Not too familiar with floating texts, so I dun exactly know if it's "GetLastCreatedTextTag()"

04-10-2006, 10:58 PM	#3
shadow1500	Youre setting alpha to zero: call SetTextTagColor(c,100,100,0,0) The colors also need to be converted from % format to 255, like this: call SetTextTagColor(c,255,255,0,255)

04-10-2006, 11:07 PM	#4
Meanie	Haha, i do not think he feels better now when he knows its such an misstake he did....too bad i had the same problem long ago so some empathi i have

04-10-2006, 11:26 PM	#5
TaintedReality	Argh ok. I was just basing it off the GUI functions, and when I converted those it would show up as 100% being 100, and transparency of 0% being 0 (but those were bj functions). Thanks.

04-11-2006, 12:05 AM

mmx2000

Quote:

Originally Posted by TaintedReality

Argh ok. I was just basing it off the GUI functions, and when I converted those it would show up as 100% being 100, and transparency of 0% being 0 (but those were bj functions). Thanks.

Yeah, the GUI uses SetTextTagColorBJ() which uses the calls PercentTo255() to convert the 100's into values out of 255.

04-11-2006, 12:38 AM	#7
TaintedReality	Meh..still doesn't show up at all. Tried your idea Mystic (although why that would do anything rather than slow it down I dunno =P), that didn't change anything either. Any other ideas?

04-15-2006, 09:05 AM	#8
Freakazoid	Why don't you leave it in GUI? I never had a problem with it,..

04-23-2006, 08:12 AM	#9
BertTheJasser	GUI sucks! It's slow and .. bah! Put GUI to the graveyard! Forever!

04-23-2006, 08:22 AM

#10

blu_da_noob

Ok, I think I know what your main problem is (with a couple of others).
Firstly:

JASS:

    call SetTextTagText(c,s,12)

12 is a huge size for a texttag. To give a comparison, the text for normal 'miss' and critical hit messages is 0.025. I think that may be the reason it's not showing up (if you fixed the alpha problem). To convert from the GUI 'size' to the correct size, multiply it by 0.0023 (gives 0.0276 in your case).

The alpha problem has already been pointed out, so I'll assume it's been fixed.
The last thing is, it would appear you want the text to fade out (like 'miss' etc does). It won't do that unless you add:

JASS:

    call SetTextTagPermanent(c,false)

04-23-2006, 04:15 PM	#11
TaintedReality	Oh, yea it's the font size that's doing it. I ended up just making it in GUI then converting to custom text and using that. The BJ functions make me cry though, so this is good. Thanks.