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Apollo's Ultimate Intermediate Tutorial

Elric

Category:	Code
Level:	Intermediate
Created:	Sunday January 23, 2011 - 19:36
Updated:	Sunday June 16, 2013 - 19:51
Views:	9990
Summary:	Almost all you need to know about intermediate coding...

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Adding Spellbook Powers To Heroes

Note- Have your hero.ini ready!

Ok, To start off I want to congratulate you in getting to the half way mark on your Intermediate Coding Adventure! Now to do this you will your system.ini located Here: Mod-> Data-> ini-> Object-> System. Open it up. Now look for your powers behaviors such as Earthquake or flood even sunflare. For this tutorial ill use Sunflare. Ok, once i found sunflares behavior which looks like this:

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Behavior = OCLSpecialPower ModuleTag_Sunflare

        SpecialPowerTemplate             = SpellBookSunflare

        OCL                              = OCL_SpecialPowerSunflare

        CreateLocation                   = CREATE_AT_LOCATION

        AvailableAtStart                 = No

        AttributeModifierAffects        = ANY +INFANTRY +CAVALRY +MONSTER -HERO ENEMIES

        ReEnableAntiCategory            = Yes

        AttributeModifierWeatherBased    = Yes            

        WeatherDuration                    = SPELL_SUNFLARE_DURATION

        ChangeWeather                    = SUNNY

        RequirementsFilterMPSkirmish = SPELL_BOOK_REQUIREMENTS_FILTER

        RequirementsFilterStrategic = SPELL_BOOK_REQUIREMENTS_FILTER_STRATEGIC

    End

I copy and paste it in my heroes behaviors section.

Now replace SpellBookSunflare with SpecialAbilitySunflare.

Now you need to take out this piece of code ALWAYS.

Code:

Code





                RequirementsFilterMPSkirmish = SPELL_BOOK_REQUIREMENTS_FILTER

        RequirementsFilterStrategic = SPELL_BOOK_REQUIREMENTS_FILTER_STRATEGIC

and if you want an upgrade take (AvailableAtStart = No) out and place this above the behavior:

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Behavior = UnpauseSpecialPowerUpgrade ModuleTag_SunflareEnabler

        SpecialPowerTemplate        = SpecialAbilitySunflare

        TriggeredBy                    = Upgrade_Sunflare

    End

After all the editing it should look like this:

Code



Behavior = UnpauseSpecialPowerUpgrade ModuleTag_SunflareEnabler

        SpecialPowerTemplate        = SpecialAbilitySunflare

        TriggeredBy                    = Upgrade_Sunflare

    End



Behavior = OCLSpecialPower ModuleTag_Sunflare

        SpecialPowerTemplate             = SpecialAbilitySunflare

        OCL                              = OCL_SpecialPowerSunflare

        CreateLocation                   = CREATE_AT_LOCATION

        AttributeModifierAffects        = ANY +INFANTRY +CAVALRY +MONSTER -HERO ENEMIES

        ReEnableAntiCategory            = Yes

        AttributeModifierWeatherBased    = Yes            

        WeatherDuration                    = SPELL_SUNFLARE_DURATION

        ChangeWeather                    = SUNNY

    End

Now you can save and go to upgrade.ini and make the new upgrade.

Code



Upgrade Upgrade_Sunflare

Type = Object

End

Then place the upgrade in the experience levels hero (Upgrades =) Spot.

After all of this go to Commandbutton.ini and place this new command button at the top or bottom:

Code



CommandButton Command_Sunflare

    Command                = SPECIAL_POWER

    SpecialPower        = SpecialAbilitySunflare

    Options                = NEED_TARGET_POS

    TextLabel            = CONTROLBAR:Sunflare

    ButtonImage            = SBGood_Sunflare

    ButtonBorderType    = ACTION 

    DescriptLabel        = CONTROLBAR:TooltipSunflare

    RadiusCursorType    = SunflareRadiusCursor

    CursorName            = AttackObj

    InvalidCursorName    = GenericInvalid

    InPalantir = Yes

End

Add the command to your heroes commandset then go to specialpower.ini
and in there paste this piece of code and notice the differences between it and the regular sunflare.

Code:

Code





;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SpecialPower SpecialAbilitySunflare

    Enum                    = SPECIAL_SPELL_BOOK_SUNFLARE

    RadiusCursorRadius        = 300

    ReloadTime                = SPELL_RECHARGE_TIME_TIER_4 ; in milliseconds

    InitiateAtLocationSound    = SpellSunflareMS

    ViewObjectDuration        = 10000

    ViewObjectRange            = 200

End

Then go to game and test!!!!!

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wesleypicard - Monday July 23, 2018 - 2:15

rate it a 10 but i am confused on one thing on page 3 where you explain how to increase horde size. i understand part of it. do i have to change the initial payload as well or leave that alone? and what about the rohirram? do you do the same with them as with the elven warriors?

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elric thanks so much for this tutorial i am finally able to increase horde sizes thanks to this.

Radspakr Wolfbane (Team Chamber Member) - Sunday August 14, 2011 - 6:10

In the FX ParticleSystems Shader refers to the type of Shader used these can be Alpha which reads the Alpha channel,Additive which reads Black as transparency and of course you can choose not to have them.

Zues - Saturday August 6, 2011 - 15:07

Pretty Clear could use a little improvmennt

Elric - Saturday August 6, 2011 - 9:53

@newbkiller: what do you mean choice 2. i need a page number to help you?

newbkiller.williams - Saturday August 6, 2011 - 4:26

could you explain choice number 2 aswell please , because i dont know how to put a new models/textures into the game

Poseidon - Tuesday January 25, 2011 - 16:43

I really think that this article follows up clanks in quite a few ways. I can't wait until this whole article is finished! This will be very helpful to me in some map.ini coding and maybe modding once i think i am ready for it...

Elric - Tuesday January 25, 2011 - 16:23

Please Comment and Rate. I would release this whole tutorial in one go but i wanted to release half first and then half later. Just in case I never finished it so at least people will have 1 half of it...

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