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Tutorial for Battle for Middle-earth II BFME 2

Ridder Geel

Category:	Code
Level:	Intermediate
Created:	Saturday February 9, 2008 - 8:20
Updated:	Thursday December 15, 2011 - 14:27
Views:	18778
Summary:	About Weapons, Weapon 'Leveling' and how to make a 'MorgulBlade' weapon effect.

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'MorgulBlade' effect
This Tutorial will show you how to make your own MorgulBlade!
In this tutorial 'myhero' will be Jack (once again) and he is going to use the MorgulBlade that makes a chest of gold appear when he kills a unit!

NOTE
If you are going to do this then I do expect you to know what you are going to do and that you have a fairly good understanding about coding.
This tutorial will not teach you how to understand everything I'm doing here, but if you read other tutorials about the INI's that are listed down there then you should be able to have a basic idea about what im doing.
One last thing, you should know how to add commandsets and buttons and experiencelevels since I wont be telling that.

INI's Needed:
-'Myhero'.ini *the hero you are editing
-Upgrade.ini
-Weapon.ini
-Objectcreationlist.ini

-'Myhero'.ini-

Add this code to your hero's special power area:

Code



    ;--------- Kill For a chest of gold -------------------------------------------------------

    Behavior = UnpauseSpecialPowerUpgrade ModuleTag_BlackRiderMorgulBlade

        SpecialPowerTemplate = SpecialAbilityBlackRiderMorgulBlade

        TriggeredBy = Upgrade_JackChest

    End



    Behavior = SpecialPowerModule ModuleTag_BlackRiderMorgulBladeStarter

        SpecialPowerTemplate        = SpecialAbilityBlackRiderMorgulBlade

        UpdateModuleStartsAttack    = Yes

        StartsPaused                = Yes

        InitiateSound                = FellBeastVoiceAttack

    End



    Behavior = WeaponFireSpecialAbilityUpdate ModuleTag_BlackRiderMorgulBladeUpdate

        SpecialPowerTemplate    = SpecialAbilityBlackRiderMorgulBlade

        SkipContinue            = Yes



        UnpackTime                = 150 ;250

        PreparationTime            = 1

        PersistentPrepTime        = 250 ;500

        PackTime                = 50 ;100

        

        AwardXPForTriggering    = 0

        StartAbilityRange        = 15.0

        

        SpecialWeapon            = Jackschestofgold ;EvilMenBlackRiderMorgulBlade

        WhichSpecialWeapon        = 1

    End



    Behavior = AutoAbilityBehavior ModuleTag_MorgulBladeAutoAbility

        SpecialAbility    = SpecialAbilityBlackRiderMorgulBlade

        ForbiddenStatus = INSIDE_GARRISON

        AllowSelf        = No

        Query            = 1 MORGULBLADE_OBJECT_FILTER

    End

Im going to explain what I changed from the original 'MorgulBlade' power:

1st
TriggeredBy = Upgrade_JackChest
Its the upgrade needed to do the power...

2nd
SpecialWeapon = Jackschestofgold
The Weapon he uses when doing the power...

Moving On...

-Upgrade.ini-

Add this code at the bottom of upgrade.ini:

Code



Upgrade Upgrade_JackChest

  Type                = OBJECT

End

This is the upgrade you will need to add to the experiencelevels.INI yourself, and it will be used later!
~if you do not know how to do this then you did not read my note on the top of the page!~

-Weapon.ini-

Add this code at the bottom of the file:

Code



Weapon Jackschestofgold

    LeechRangeWeapon = Yes

    AttackRange                = 30.0

    MeleeWeapon                = Yes

    ;FireFX                    = FX_BlackRiderMorgulBladeTempAudio        ;FX_BlackRiderMorgulBlade

    DelayBetweenShots        = EVILMEN_BLACKRIDER_DELAYBETWEENSHOTS

    PreAttackDelay            = EVILMEN_BLACKRIDER_PREATTACKDELAY    ; 1467 is the prep time for archer.

    PreAttackType            = PER_SHOT ; Do the delay each time we attack a new target

    FiringDuration            = EVILMEN_BLACKRIDER_FIRINGDURATION     ; Duration of the archer firing shot is 500ms.



    DamageNugget                        ; A basic Nugget that just does damage

        Damage        = 2000

        Radius        = 0.0

        DelayTime     = 0

        DamageType    = MAGIC

        DamageSubType = BECOME_UNDEAD ;<- This seems like it has nothing to do with a chest when he dies...

        DamageFXType  = MAGIC

        DeathType     = NORMAL

    End



    AttributeModifierNugget

        AttributeModifier        = BlackRiderMorgulBlade

        DamageFXType             = SWORD_SLASH

        SpecialObjectFilter      = MORGULBLADE_OBJECT_FILTER

    End

End

You might have seen the Note in the codebox,
Its true the BECOME_UNDEAD might seem like a joke but I'm sure you'll understand:
Become_undead just spawns a wight when the dude dies... so you could change the OCL so it drops a chest or another creature instead when it dies!

I also removed the poison damagenugget from the code, you can just get it back from the original morgulblade weapon if you want...

-Objectcreationlist.ini-

Find this code:

Code



;--------------------------------Become Undead----------------------------

ObjectCreationList OCL_BecomeUndead

    CreateObject

        ObjectNames                = BarrowWight_Summoned ; ;

        Count                    = 1

        FadeIn                    = No

    End

End

And change it to:

Code



;--------------------------------Become Undead----------------------------

ObjectCreationList OCL_BecomeUndead

    CreateObject

        ObjectNames                = BarrowWight_Summoned ; ;

        Count                    = 1

        FadeIn                    = No

        ForbiddenUpgrades = Upgrade_JackChest

    End



    CreateObject

        ObjectNames                = TreasureChest1 ;; BarrowWight_Summoned ; ;

        Count                    = 1

        FadeIn                    = No

        RequiredUpgrades = Upgrade_JackChest

    End

End

Now Jack should get a chest of gold when he kills someone with his power!

Note
You still have to add the upgrade Upgrade_JackChest to the experiencelevels.ini and add the command Command_BlackRiderMorgulBlade to your hero's commandset

With this code you should be able to make another unit appear after killing a unit with the power I have tested this myself and it worked, so it should work for you!

I hope this tutorial helped you alot.

Please put a comment if the power does not work, I tried it myself and it worked but who knows...

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Comments

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Sauron-the-Deciever - Thursday December 1, 2011 - 3:10

Flank bonus means the bonus for attacking units from behind

modboy451 - Friday November 12, 2010 - 10:34

Excellent Article!
Thanks, Im using different forms of morgul blades now (that give me different thing)
i was wanting to know how to put poison and flame onto my heros weapons too, thanks!

Ridder Geel (Staff) - Saturday July 4, 2009 - 11:56

In weapon.ini....
change this line:
Damage = GLORFINDEL_SWORD_DAMAGE
to a different value...
Simple...
Next time ask this in the forums.

elvenlord95 - Thursday July 2, 2009 - 8:19

e...how can i make a hero's weapon(for example glorfindels) making more damage?
"the sky has fallen"

Ridder Geel (Staff) - Thursday April 30, 2009 - 7:23

1. Good idea ;)
2. Reformat, will do that later.
3. I didn't click on it alot. I usually do check the tutorial for replies or comments and such once every day, and i think that maybe because of this tutorials subject some people open the tutorial more than once to check out some things about some nuggets and such. I sometimes even go here to check some of the nuggets ;)

Behavior? do you mean all the things from in the "Engineering" part of the "Unit" or "Structure"? If thats the case then I will consider making that later.

Sulherokhh (Team Chamber Member) - Wednesday April 29, 2009 - 1:33

1. How about you list any changes on page 1?
2. Don't you think a reformat would help reading? (like removal of empty space, etc.)
3. How long did it take you to click on the tutorial so it would appear in the top ten popular section? ;-)

Can you answer those questions? I might give it a 4 instead of 3. :)

Otherwise, this is just what is needed, a very thankful job indeed.
Now a comprehensive listing of 'Behavior'-modules with a listing of all toggles would be nice indeed ... in an additional tutorial.

Masterbadeend - Wednesday April 29, 2009 - 1:05

I think Flanking Bonus is this: When the unit flanks (yellow lightning bolt) an another unit then he gets for example +50% extra damage to that other unit.

Zarmoz - Tuesday March 10, 2009 - 2:44

You are the best of the best. good job!

I have made Aragorn have a Poisonous sword, Gandalf with Flame sword, Legolas with magic bow, Frodo with poisonous dagger and create a heros have flame if they're swordsman or poison if they're archer. ;)

dethwaker3 - Monday October 27, 2008 - 21:36

I am definitely gonna use the get healed by attacking units!!!!

Lurtzy - Tuesday June 10, 2008 - 14:11

Helped me get started a while ago, good tutorial!

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