i cant figure out how to label individual beacons. do i need a different editor to do this. i want to label each individual beacon so that people can click on it and read what it is there for. Starcraft Campaign Editor doesnt seem to have this capability. so if anyone knows how to do this please let me know. thanks.
There are only 6 beacons you can change the name of, so if you have more than 6 beacon choices in your map I'd recommend using one of the beacons and naming it "Select" or something along those lines, and then placing a building or unit with the name of what it does close to it. So say you had a potion shop, you'd have one beacon with a barracks named "Buy Health Potion - 50 gold" behind it, then to the right of that you'd have another beacon (named the same) with a command center behind it named "Buy Mana Potion - 100 gold."
He's saying you can't do that with vanilla staredit which is true. Just get starcraft x-tra editor, its just a highly enhanced version of staredit. Good for the newbie =).
QUOTE(Sniper @ Sep 9 2005, 06:21 PM)
He's saying you can't do that with vanilla staredit which is true. Just get starcraft x-tra editor, its just a highly enhanced version of staredit. Good for the newbie =).
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Are you saying that I can't change beacon name on vanilla staredit?
ehhh.....Wrong, I have been using it for 3 years and you can change the name of beacon.
use sc x-tra editor and rename the vespene orbs and mineral pieces and put them by the beacons
Keep in mind you cannot spawn those things.
it's totaly impossible. you can only use the minral chunk/ vespane orb method.
QUOTE(Toothfariy @ Sep 9 2005, 03:48 PM)
it's totaly impossible. you can only use the minral chunk/ vespane orb method.
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what is that supposed to mean??
labeling the vespane orb's. like changeing it's name to like "buy marines" or somthimn like that. there is no way to have beacons with all different name's except if they are only 6 beacons you need, but it wouldn't look "professinal". or uniformed.
As Fairy said, u can only label six of them, as their are only six beacons altogether, but a simpler thing would to place a beacon, labeled BUY! and a unit behind it, which is what your buying, and then a mineral/gas orb thingy, labeled the price of the unit.
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As Fairy said, u can only label six of them, as their are only six beacons altogether, but a simpler thing would to place a beacon, labeled BUY! and a unit behind it, which is what your buying, and then a mineral/gas orb thingy, labeled the price of the unit.
I suppose if you wanted to spend a long time and get slightly less than perfect results, you could place sprites over the beacons as to make them appear to all be the same beacon, but, as I said earlier, it wouldnt work well at all.
Also, you'd need scmdraft2/starforge to do that, and seeing as you're using staredit, I doubt you have/know how to use either of those.