How to use [floating_text]

[Enderlook]

I'm trying to make a floating text but it seems that it isn't working for me. My idea is to make a floating text similar to the healing one (camera is moved to location, text is spawned, healing sound is played, text is unspawned), but it isn't working, the [scroll_to_unit] and [floating_text] aren't working.

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[event]
	name=side turn
	(....)
	[scroll_to_unit]
		x,y=$units[$index].x,$units[$index].y
		immediate=yes
		for_side=$side_number				
	[/scroll_to_unit]
	[sound]
		name=gold.wav
	[/sound]
	[floating_text]
		x,y=$units[$index].x,$units[$index].y
		text="<span color='#cccc33'>" + $(round($units[$index].abilities.dummyminer.value*{MULT})) + "</span>"
	[/floating_text]
	[gold]
		amount=$(round($units[$index].abilities.dummyminer.value*{MULT}))
		side=$side_number
	[/gold]
[/event]

It doesn't do nothing.

[SFault]

Does this work?

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 text="<span color='#cccc33'>" + _ "$(round($units[$index].abilities.dummyminer.value*{MULT}))|" + "</span>"

[Enderlook]

Does this work?

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 text="<span color='#cccc33'>" + _ "$(round($units[$index].abilities.dummyminer.value*{MULT}))|" + "</span>"

Sadly no . What does "|"?

[SFault]

| separates the variable from the following string e.g. "you found 10 $weapon_type|s"

Is the [gold] working alright? It looks like you are doing multiplying with *. I'm no pro but I think you need to store your dummyminer.value into variable and the use multiply={MULT} on it (assuming it's some macro for a number) and then use that variable in the string.

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[set_variable]
  name=dummyminer_value
  multiply={MULT}
[/set_variable]

[Enderlook]

The multiplying is working because [gold] works (I get the gold each turn). But the floating text doesn't.

[WhiteWolf]

What is "round()"? Is it a variable you also want to multiply with...? Or you just want the value to be rounded? It doesn't work this way, if you want to round it, you first need to calculate this value in a WML variable, then use the ceil/floor attributes of the [set_variables] tag.

Or just leave it, why do you expect non-integers? I think this should work without problems:
Also, make sure the variable is inside "" with the text attribute, you don't need to concut it with + signs. (this could also be the problem).

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	[floating_text]
		x,y=$units[$index].x,$units[$index].y
		text="<span color='#cccc33'> $($units[$index].abilities.dummyminer.value*{MULT}) </span>"
	[/floating_text]

[Ravana]

round() is https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Wesnoth_Formula_Language#round

[WhiteWolf]

Oh, silly me then
I still think it should be between ""-s though, maybe that solves it?

[Enderlook]

Oh, silly me then
I still think it should be between ""-s though, maybe that solves it?

Sadly, It keeps not working . The text doesn't appear.

[zookeeper]

You haven't said whether [floating_text] doesn't work, or whether only one very particular complicated way to use [floating_text] doesn't work. There's kind of a huge difference between those two.

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[event]
   name=side turn
   first_time_only=no

   [floating_text]
      x,y=5,5
      text="testing123"
   [/floating_text]
[/event]

Does that work? If it does, then the tag works all right, and you're just using it wrong, somehow. My guess: with very high likelyhood the mistake is in the code you excluded.

[Enderlook]

You have right, if I put your code it works, but if I use [floating_text] in my code, it doesn't .
But I don't understand why it wouldn't work. The [gold] tag is below the [floating_text] and works, and the [message] tag (just for testing) is above the [floating_text] and also works. The only two tags that aren't working are [floating_text] and [scroll_to_unit].

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#define GET_GOLD MULT
	[if]
		[variable]
			name=units[$index].attacks_left
			greater_than=0
		[/variable]
		[then]
			[message]
				message=$(max(floor($units[$index].abilities.NE_miner.value*{MULT}),1))
			[/message]
			[scroll_to_unit]
				x,y=$units[$index].x,$units[$index].y
				immediate=yes
				for_side=$side_number				
			[/scroll_to_unit]
			[sound]
				name=gold.ogg
			[/sound]	
			[floating_text]
				x,y=$units[$index].x,$units[$index].y
			    text="<span color='#cccc33'>$(max(floor($units[$index].abilities.NE_miner.value*{MULT}),1))</span>"
			[/floating_text]
			[gold]
				amount=$(max(floor($units[$index].abilities.NE_miner.value*{MULT}),1))
				side=$side_number
			[/gold]
		[/then]
	[/if]	
#enddef

Where $units is:

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				[store_unit]
					[filter]
						side=$side_number
						ability=NE_miner
						[filter_location]
							terrain=Mm,Md,Ms,Hh,Hhd,Hd,Ha,*^Vu,*^Vud,Uh,*^Dr,*^Es
						[/filter_location]
					[/filter]
					variable=units
				[/store_unit]	
				{FOREACH units index}

[Enderlook]

I discover I can use [unstore_unit] to make a text appear... and it's works. Shall I use this instead??

[Enderlook]

Note: I update Wesnoth to 1.13.10 and now [floating_text] works .