SC2Mapster

Try to keep it as simple as you can, how can i make a unit health bar that update when changed? Or how can i for example update a label with the unit life in numbers?

I'm very new to dialogs and just need some basic knowledge how to go on.

@Sherlia: Go

If you must have a dialog for health, do something along the lines of:

Health dialog = No Dialog <Dialog>
Health dialog item = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
Unit = Marine [67.94, 65.63] <Unit>

These are the variables, now time for the creation trigger:

create dialog
    Events
        Game - Map initialization
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        Dialog - Create a Modal dialog of size (200, 200) at (0, 0) relative to Top of screen
        Variable - Set Health dialog = (Last created dialog)
        Dialog - Hide the background image of Health dialog
        Dialog - Create a label for dialog Health dialog with the dimensions (200, 50) anchored to Center with an offset of (50, 50) with the text ("Health: " + ((Text((Unit Life (Current))) with Any Precision decimal places) + ("/" + (Text((Unit Maximum Life (Current))) with Any Precision decimal places)))) color set to White text writeout set to False with a writeout duration of 2.0
        Variable - Set Health dialog item = (Last created dialog item)
        Dialog - Set (Last created dialog item) size to parent layout True for (All players)
        Dialog - Show Health dialog for (All players)

And now the loop trigger:

Check
    Events
        Unit - Unit Life changes
    Local Variables
    Conditions
    Actions
        Dialog - Set Health dialog item text to ("Health: " + ((Text((Unit Life (Current))) with Any Precision decimal places) + ("/" + (Text((Unit Maximum Life (Current))) with Any Precision decimal places)))) for (All players)

This will lag your game pretty bad though, for health I suggest boss bars. They work the same and take MUCH less effort both for you and your map.

@Yaksmanofage: Go

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Because the vanilla boss bars are extremely rigid.

Unit - Unit Life changes

Is it the event it self that make the game lag or the actual action?

@Sherlia: Go

It's the event. If your unit has regeneration, it fires 16x per second (Not including any events that occur if your unit is getting damaged x times per second). Any subsequent actions cause it to start lagging like mad. It's better to have a while loop that checks the health of the unit every x seconds, as it doesn't place an event in the processing stack.

@FuzzYD: Go

A+!

I was wondering if there were mods for boss bars, then I realized I was too lazy. :(

@Sherlia: Go

Like Fuzzy said, but also, the reason I didn't put a while loop or "wait 1.0 game time seconds" is to simulate a boss bar, more or less. Having a wait can get a little confusing especially for units with a health regen of 1.1+ and I could never figure out a way to simulate the actual regeneration better than a wait of 1 seconds.

Thanks to your post i have come a long way with dialogs :)

I now have made dialogs that show all players current minerals and vespene gas.

I'm however a bit stuck, when a player leave i want to remove the current dialog and reconstruct it but i dont know how to remove it to start over. Any tips on how to remove teeh old dialog and all its content?

@Sherlia: Go

Dialog - Destroy (your dialog)
OR
Dialog - Destroy (your dialog item)

Then do like you did before.

It's not a problem. I am glad to help anyone who needs my help when I can. :)

Yes thanks again. I'm all into making dialogs now, lol :P