Finding a list of CAH subobjects

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Created:	Thursday June 10, 2010 - 6:30
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Summary:	Have no idea where to find a list of the CAH subobjects? Problem solved!

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Note: Some of this might be very obvious to you who have discovered this already. This is just for those who don't know about it.

Ok, I don't know about you, but I have recently been very frustrated about getting the names of CAH subobjects right. No one on any websites seemed to know a list of them.

However, I recently stumbled upon a file located in data/ini/object/createahero called createaheroweaponupgrades.inc. This file contains a list of "upgrades" CAHs get when they get a weapon. A typical block in the file might look something like this:

Code

Behavior = SubObjectsUpgrade WizardSword_Upgrade7

    TriggeredBy               = Upgrade_CHW07

    ShowSubObjects           = WizardStaff01 

    HideSubObjectsOnRemove = Yes

    FadeTimeInSeconds      = 0.0

End

Notice this line:

Code

ShowSubObjects = WizardStaff01

This is the same line you use when you are editing the visible subobjects on your heroes containing CAH subobjects. And the name after that field is the name of that specific subobject. Voila! You now have a complete list of CAH subobjects in createaheroweaponupgrades.inc!

A typical section of the file would look like this (this being the wizard staff section):

Code

//-------------------------------------------------------------

// Wizard Staff    1 Weapon upgrade.

//-------------------------------------------------------------

WeaponSet

    Conditions               = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_07        //CLOSE_RANGE     CONTESTING_BUILDING

    Weapon                   = PRIMARY CreateAHeroBasicMeleeWeapon

    AutoChooseSources       = PRIMARY FROM_PLAYER FROM_SCRIPT FROM_AI

End

Behavior = WeaponSetUpgrade Create_A_Hero_Weapon7

    TriggeredBy               = Upgrade_CHW07

    WeaponCondition           = WEAPONSET_CREATE_A_HERO_WS_07

End

Behavior = SubObjectsUpgrade WizardSword_Upgrade7

    TriggeredBy               = Upgrade_CHW07

    ShowSubObjects           = WizardStaff01 

    HideSubObjectsOnRemove = Yes

    FadeTimeInSeconds      = 0.0

End

Behavior = SubObjectsUpgrade WizardSwordFX01_Upgrade7

    TriggeredBy               = Upgrade_CHW07

    ShowSubObjects           = WizStaff01_FX01

    HideSubObjectsOnRemove = Yes

    FadeTimeInSeconds      = 0.0

End

Behavior = SubObjectsUpgrade WizardSwordFX02_Upgrade7

    TriggeredBy               = Upgrade_CHW07

    ShowSubObjects           = WizStaff01_FX2

    HideSubObjectsOnRemove = Yes

    FadeTimeInSeconds      = 0.0

End

Behavior = SubObjectsUpgrade WizardSwordFX03_Upgrade7

    TriggeredBy               = Upgrade_CHW07

    ShowSubObjects           = WizStaff01_FX3

    HideSubObjectsOnRemove = Yes

    FadeTimeInSeconds      = 0.0

End

Behavior = SubObjectsUpgrade WizardSwordFX04_Upgrade7

    TriggeredBy               = Upgrade_CHW07

    ShowSubObjects           = WizStaff01_FX4

    HideSubObjectsOnRemove = Yes

    FadeTimeInSeconds      = 0.0

End

There you have it, short and simple. Happy modding!

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