Getting a chosen hero name next to a player's name in chat

[bugbear]

A while ago, I saw in a map (perhaps DOTA) where the player's chosen hero was in parentheses next to the player's name when they typed a message. For example it'd say:

Bugbear (Warrior): heya

I know how to determine which hero the player has, but changing the player name in the chat like that I'm not sure how to do. Thanks in advance.

 

[blooman]

• Melee Initialization
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Sells a unit
  • Conditions
    • ((Sold unit) is A Hero) Equal to (==) True
  • Actions
    • Player - Set name of (Owner of (Buying unit)) to ((Name of (Sold unit)) + (Name of (Owner of (Buying unit))))

Edited

 

[Danis[h]]

A while ago, I saw in a map (perhaps DOTA) where the player's chosen hero was in parentheses next to the player's name when they typed a message. For example it'd say:

Bugbear (Warrior): heya

I know how to determine which hero the player has, but changing the player name in the chat like that I'm not sure how to do. Thanks in advance.

What I would do..

I would have an array of corresponding strings for the hero names stored, then when a hero is picked, I'd check which hero it was, then just append the array number to the player name..

Example.

Player 1 picks hero 5 (I've set the point value of hero 5 in the object editor to 5)
Set Player 1 name to HeroName[Pointvalue picked unit] + Name of player 1 // which in this case is 5
//now lets say HeroName[5] = teddycrusher

then I'd be Teddycrusher Danis[h] now

 

[blooman]

What I would do..

I would have an array of corresponding strings for the hero names stored, then when a hero is picked, I'd check which hero it was, then just append the array number to the player name..

Example.

Player 1 picks hero 5 (I've set the point value of hero 5 in the object editor to 5)
Set Player 1 name to HeroName[Pointvalue picked unit] + Name of player 1 // which in this case is 5
//now lets say HeroName[5] = teddycrusher

then I'd be Teddycrusher Danis[h] now

You don't really have to do that

 

[Danis[h]]

You don't really have to do that

but its what I would do regardless, like if I wanted the heroes displayed name in the chat to be something different than the proper name. Or if there is more than one proper name available, people might get confused since it changes all the time?