SC2Mapster

Is there a way to make HP bars smaller?

@jcraigk: Go

yes... data > unit actors

@jcraigk: Go

If you are taking about making them have more or fewer little green squares (in the way that the siege tank has like 12 and the zergling has 3 or 4) I know there's a way. Under the Actor tab, it's UI: Bar Width. Note that each unit doesn't equal one little health "square" so it will take some tinkering.

Also, making this value zero is also a good way, I find, to disguise the health bars of doors to make them seem more like pieces of the environment.

Thanks guys. Any way to change this during runtime instead of making permanent Data changes?

@jcraigk: Go

Hmm if you're talking about making it so a unit gets a powerup then suddenly has more HP boxes or something like that, the easiest way would be to just create a duplicate actor that has that a different value for UI: Bar Width and do the old switcheroo mid-game.

@Bilxor: Go

Okay I'll look into that...what trigger function would I use to make the switch on a given unit (or across all units)? Thanks!

Send actor a message via triggers to replace actor x with actor y

@sigmapl: Go

I've used that before to replace the Actor of a Unit, but how do I specifically get at the HP bar actor of a unit?