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Overlapping Unit Names
Apr 2 2009, 2:34 am
By: Pinky  

Apr 2 2009, 2:34 am Pinky Post #1



http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=42cf17e2a1;wiki=129

After perusing the aformentioned wiki I have begin experimenting with overlaping unit names but faily miserably.

Mainly because I can only put in so many characters into the text box before the comp starts beeping at me. (you know when its full) SO is there anyway to fix this? I am using SCMDraft2



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Apr 2 2009, 2:36 am stickynote Post #2



Type what you want to in notepad then copy and paste.



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Apr 2 2009, 2:38 am Pinky Post #3



f*cking genius.



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Apr 2 2009, 4:55 am Falkoner Post #4



Also, you can try the Overlap Generator on my website.



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Apr 3 2009, 6:13 pm Pinky Post #5



Hey guys this just in: I just discovered that copy pasting doesn't work :( :(

Also the overlap generator worked without colours but when I try putting in colours and then generating it fails :( :( :(

Anyway around this?



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Apr 3 2009, 6:22 pm Pigy_G Post #6



First, make the unit name custom so it appears in the string editor. Then open the string editor and manually edit it there, there's even a list on the right of the colors. Use string editor.



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Apr 3 2009, 6:25 pm Falkoner Post #7



Yeah, don't generate with the colors in it, change the color codes later, after the basic generation.



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Apr 3 2009, 6:29 pm Pinky Post #8



aah i found the problem guys:

i was using this <14> <12> etc. instead of these:  

this way i can fit it all in the txt box.

EDIT: um the overlap generator doesn't work when my unit name has spaces aka demon master

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Apr 3 2009, 7:38 pm by Pinky.



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Apr 3 2009, 9:50 pm NudeRaider Post #9

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

To circumvent the small size of the unit name textbox name the unit to anything short, then go to the string editor and paste the full name there.
This is another thing I'll recommend to SI to change in his next ScmD version.




Apr 5 2009, 8:34 am Pinky Post #10



ok ive manged to do that but the overlap generator fails when my unit has spaces "aka Demon Master". How do I bypass this?



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Apr 5 2009, 9:53 am NudeRaider Post #11

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

Manual trial and error




Apr 5 2009, 2:58 pm Morphling Post #12



This works for me and it works when you add colors to it.



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Apr 5 2009, 3:32 pm Vi3t-X Post #13



Quote from Pigy_G
First, make the unit name custom so it appears in the string editor. Then open the string editor and manually edit it there, there's even a list on the right of the colors. Use string editor.




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Apr 5 2009, 3:52 pm stickynote Post #14



What does the @@@@@@@@.... and the WWWWWWWW.... mean?



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Apr 5 2009, 5:36 pm Falkoner Post #15



Those are used in order to make the overlap work, they just take up space, the text color for them is set to invisible.



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