War3:Source

Hi guys,

Is there a way to change the description of a Coolodown messaging, without changing the skill description?

I have a skill as such:
SKILL_START = War3_AddRaceSkill(thisRaceID,"Start Menu","Start the menu (+ultimate)",false,1);

This spawns a menu, where the client chooses an option.  One of the options in the menu has a cooldown associated for it, however the cooldown messaging will then say "Start Menu is not ready yet".  Whereas i want it to say something else - like "Respawn is not ready yet".  What's the best way to do this please?

I had tried using a new skill altogether, with 0 levels in it (as the respawn checks off the SKILL_START level), which works great, except that you still see that skill in the skill description menu - which i don't actually want it to....  I had also just tried defining the new skill and NOT using the AddRaceSkill function for it, however this then doesn't produce any cooldown messaging at all.

So my questions are:
1 - Is there a way to change the skill description ONLY in the cooldown messaging, OR
2 - Is there a way to create a 'blank' skill with a description, but have it NOT appear in the skill description menu?

Thanks for any help you can give

Sorry Ownz,

Yep i know how to turn off the default messages - and i know i can use similar to below:

new SKILL_RESPAWN;

// Rest of code check here
if(SkillAvailable(client,thisRaceID,SKILL_MENU,false,true,true))
{
FormMenu(client);
}
else
{
new TimeLeft = War3_CooldownRemaining(client, thisRaceID, SKILL_RESPAWN);
PrintHintText(client,"This skill isn't ready yet - %i seconds remaining",TimeLeft);
}

But i was thinking along the lines of how can i get a message to automatically pop up to say that the skill is ready, if i use a blank skill (without the War3_AddRaceSkill)?
And also what's the best way to get a 5 second countdown on the cooldown, like the cooldown manager already has?


I had also looked at using the War3_CreateGenericSkill function, as i thought this might serve my needs - however i can't find any clear indication as to what this is, what it actually does, or how to properly use it....

I thought maybe someone else would have done something similar to what i'm trying to achieve, and there might have been a native function for it....

Thanks Ownz,

Makes sense - only thing i need help with please is exactly how to forward that particular function...

Using this wouldn't compile:

public OnCooldownExpired(client,thisRaceID,SKILL);
{
   if(raceID == thisRaceID && skillnum == SKILL_MENU)
   {
      PrintHintText(client,"Your Cooldown has expired");
   }
}

(sorry if that's a stupid question)

Oh God, it must have been late lol.

Looking again this morning it all makes sense:

public OnCooldownExpired(client,raceID,skillNum)
{
if(raceID == thisRaceID && skillNum == SKILL_MENU)
{
PrintHintText(client,"Menu is now ready");
}
}
This works correctly - thanks Ownz