Hiding the Health Bar

[FireBladesX]

My #1 favorite zombie map, Night of the Dead, does this. Their units don't have their health bars shown when they burst out of the trees.

The marines, however, do, I believe.

Options:
Black mask cinematic filter at 99% transparency
Problem: If "show health bars always" is checked, phantom health bars zip around the screen.

Change the selection size to -1
Problem: No selection circle, and I kinda need that. Troublesome getting it back, yet apparently manageable. Must investigate further.

Give the unit Locust
Problem: They aren't selectable, and still have a health bar.

Remove the model for the health bar in the Game Interface
Problem: I can't find the right field. So far it turns the bar green no matter how hurt you are, and that's it.

So, I'd love suggestions.

 

[XeNiM666]

maybe locust?

 

[FireBladesX]

Not exactly, for that also makes it unselectable, invulnurable, and turns off collision. I would like to apply this to normal units.

I brought this up with my friends a few days ago, and one of them said that you can do it with a cinematic or a filter or something. My memory is lacking.

 

[AceHart]

Locust has a chance to work though.

Unit - Add Locust
Unit - Hide
Unit - Remove Locust
Unit - Unhide

Unverified with the latest patch, but, on previous instances, that presumably worked.

 

[XeNiM666]

a filter i think.

the white one. just set it to 1%,1%,1%

one thing i know about filters is that you cannot see health bars, names and other things

 

[FireBladesX]

Strangest thing.

I can't find locust.

Load (Ships)
Load Whisp
Magic Defense

bummer.

 

[XeNiM666]

thats the wierd thing.

use this:

call UnitAddAbility(GetTriggeringUnit(), 'Aloc')

call UnitRemoveAbility(GetTriggeringUnit(), 'Aloc')

 

[AceHart]

Custom script: call UnitAddAbility(<unit>, 'Aloc')
Custom script: call UnitRemoveAbility(<unit>, 'Aloc')

Assuming filters worked, they would do so for everything you see...

 

[FireBladesX]

I don't know jass, but is picked unit EnumUnit?

 

[ManyTimes]

Yes, as in:
Custom script: call UnitRemoveAbility(GetEnumUnit(), 'Aloc')

 

[XeNiM666]

yup

 

[FireBladesX]

Ty.
Worked too well, but not for my purposes. All units are unselectable, and have health bars.

I did a pick every unit thing, by the way.

 

[XeNiM666]

wierd....

try the filter thing

 

[FireBladesX]

I did, and that worked. Only it's a black mask, not a white one. + rep anyways. I guess my players will have to learn to deal with not having health bars for their heroes. But...


Ugh, curses. It worked at first, but I had the units on locust while the filter was on, so I didn't see it, but the health bars still appear. They just look out of place, like ~100 units randomly to the left of any unit that I mouse over.

 

[FireBladesX]

I'm gonna go to sleep now, cause even tho tomorrow's saturday, I still have to get up early
Well, that's life eh <3

EDIT: zomg oops double post
Blessing in disguise?
Read my above post, because I edited it.

 

[Accname]

you only want to hide the hitpoint bar? its VERY easy... change the selection size of your unit to -5 and the health bar will be completly invisible. The selection circle will also be completly invisible but i dont think thats such a bad.

 

[feedME]

easy.. just go to gameplay constant search for the health bar image then change it's image to ".blp" -w/out the quotes..

 

[Sevion]

Change the selection size (Or something like that) to -1.

 

[Viikuna]

easy.. just go to gameplay constant search for the health bar image then change it's image to ".blp" -w/out the quotes..

Does this really work? If it does, it would be awesome !

 

[saw792]

But... that works for all units, not just some.