PingMinimapEx

Parameters

x	real	horizontal world coordinate of the ping.
y	real	vertical world coordinate of the ping.
duration	real	duration of the ping in seconds.
red	integer	0-255 red color (value mod 256).
green	integer	0-255 green color (value mod 256).
blue	integer	0-255 blue color (value mod 256).
extraEffects	boolean	When true, the ping will have the appearance of a "flashy" ping. Otherwise it will be a "simple" ping (see notes).

comment

Pings a spot on the minimap.

note

"Simple" pings (GUI/blizzard.j terminology) have a default shape of a rotating circle with 4 arrows pointing inwards and periodically emitting a growing circle that fades out like a pulse. There is also a dot in the center.

note

"Flashy" pings (GUI/blizzard.j terminology) have the same shape as user-generated pings. On default, they first feature an exclamation mark and a large circle growing and fading out before going into a stable state where smaller circles are periodically emitted growing and fading out like a pulse and there is a static exclamation mark in the center.

note

Pings with red == 255 && green == 0 && blue == 0 (mod 256) have a special shape, appearing as "attack" or "warning" pings (GUI/blizzard.j terminology). On default, if extraEffects is false, it is similar to "simple" pings but the rotating arrows are flying in from outside before getting attached to the circle. On default, if extraEffects is true, it additionally briefly shows an exclamation mark when the ping vanishes (bug?).

note

There can only be 16 pings at a time. When a new one is created but there are already 16, the oldest will be deleted in favor of the new one. This includes user pings: user pings can be deleted by this function and user pings can overwrite scripted pings.

patch

1.07

Source

common.j

return type

nothing

Source code

native PingMinimapEx                takes real x, real y, real duration, integer red, integer green, integer blue, boolean extraEffects returns nothing