Hitpoints Show all the time

[sionts]

Anyone know got the code to have hitpoints show over the character at all times? Just like when you press "alt" and hitpoints show above the units.

 

[SFilip]

you dont really need jass for that. just make a pernament floating text and every 0.1 seconds move it and set its text.

 

[Evan1993]

I think he meant health bars.

 

[SFilip]

well thats not so possible...
but you could make a floting text like this
||||||||||||||------
it wont be so pretty but it would probably do the trick.
i can give you the code, just tell me what exactly do you want.

 

[Rabarber]

How about IIIs coloured red or green?

 

[Doomhammer]

I've seen that in some TD map (don't ask me which) for displaying a permanent mana-bar - It doesn't look great, but gives you some idea.

 

[Rinpun]

I wasn't able to figure out how it did this, but there was some system in the Bomber Commanders map (made by Blizzard) for showing a permanent blue bar.

 

[Vexorian]

You can do this with dummy units and a special model. Or with special effects, kinda like the progress ones in the bomber command blizzard map

Edit: When I started typing rinpun's post wasn't there

 

[Rinpun]

How is that done with special effects? I looked around in that map a while ago and I don't -think- I saw any custom models or special effect things, but maybe I wasn't looking in the right place.

 

[AceHart]

Bomber Command uses "SetTextTagText" (Floating text).

"Train Plane / Train Plane Functions", there's a couple "training bar" functions of interest.

 

[phyrex1an]

Wasn't there some limit in how may texttags you can have at the same time?

 

[Vexorian]

I don't look at maps' code. By the time I played I was telling the guys that make project revolution that they should use models for the protoss shields' bars they agreed and all but whe I played this map I though they were models.

Wasn't there some limit in how may texttags you can have at the same time?

100

 

[Jazradel]

I tried it out and I was damn sure I could only create 99.