Ok, lets get the tutorial on the road. I am maTt540, giving pointless tips in map making that no one even pays attention to...saying that these are importaint. Read on, Narlicals! (ok, forget the last sentence.)
1. Hero levels.
Q. How do change hero level at the start of the game?
A. 1. Go to object manager.
2. Go to the unit who you want to change level with.
3. Right click and select edit unit properties (you can also add items at the start to the hero here)
4. Select level, and type what the starting level of the hero would be.
Q. How do I change heros max level?
A. ...Yes, this is the annoying question I see more than any thing on this site. "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" ARRGHH!!
1. Go to Advanced at the top toolbar.
2. Go to gameplay constants.
3. Scroll down to hero
4. srcoll down to hero maximum.
5. Scroll down to hero maximum level.
6. Click on hero maximum level, and chage it to whatever you want to max level to be (limit in Wc3 tft editor is 10000)
Q. How is it that the hero you use is weaponless?
A. YOu'll see once you get to attachments.
Now then...hmm...
Lets now do...
Color codes
Q. Why is the title like that?
A. To make it interesting. Color codes are used in many maps in many ways! And It looks nice
Q. Ok...Give me examples of color codes!
A. ...say it.
Q. Abrakadabra?
A. ...
Q. Open seseme?
A. Moo.
Q. Kamehameha?
A. ...
Q. Please...
A. Ok then!
Color codes basiclly are great ways to spice up the game. Color codes are determined by what you put in them. All start with a |c then it varies what you put in next. Its a 8 letter/diget combination that can include 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,a,B,b,C,c,D,d,E,e,F, or f.
Next after all of that comes the text. You put in whatever you want. After that is |r
Color codes are in this format (thanks to n00bystance for the adjustments)
Color code is composed of:
|c - defines color code start
xx - transparency (hexadeximal value - min. 00, max ff or FF; ff = not transparent)
xx - red (like above)
xx - green (live above)
xx - blue (like above)
<TEXT> - text that has to be colored
|r - return to standard color
|cxxxxxxxx<TEXT>|r
As you see, color codes are coded in RGB schema. This mostly works like tinting unit in object editor, but instead of 0-255 you have it in hexadecimal variant (00-FF).
Some examples of often abused color codes:
Green: |cff32cd32Text|r
Red: |cffff0000Text|r
Orange: |cff995500Text|r
Yellow: |cffffcc00Text|r
Light Blue: |cff7777aaText|r
If i typed |cff995500This tutorial so far isnt funny I guess...|r
It would appear as This tutorial so far isnt funny I guess...
A site with alot of examples of color codes is:
http://users.rcn.com/giant.interport//COLO...rSpecifier.html
Importing!
Q. OMFG!! DUDE!!THISONEGUYHASSOAWESOMESTUFFTHATNEVERAPPEARSINTFTTHATSINHISMAPANDNOTINMINE!!
A. 1. No caps locks, please.
2. He imported them. Importing models, skins, etc is how you get neat stuff in games. Be careful though, because some of the files (mainly music) take up MASSIVE SPACE!!!
3. YOUREALLLYSOUNDMATUREANDSMARTERTHANEVERYONEHEREINALLCAPSLOCKSANDNOSPACES!
Q. What can be imported anyway?
A. If you got it from an internet site, you need to unzip it first. Then, in the file is what you need. The following documents are catigorized in Wc3 WE as these:
Image/texture (icons, skins, pictures, etc):
blp, tga (correct me please if im wrong, ill adjust.)
Model: Mdx, Mdl
Text: txt
Music/sound: Mp3
Hope this helps!
Q. The thing wont load properly!
A. Either:
1. you did not follow the given path.
2. You didnt download all skins.
3. You used / instead of \
4. The file is non existant.
Q. Ok, When I download, I see two colors of text for the skin paths, what are they?
A. They are included and not included skins. The darker colored ones are already in the game and dont take any space. The brighter colored are in the file, adding extra room.
Q. This music file is to big!
A. Music takes up the most space in a map. What do you expect?
Q. Is there any way to shorten it?
A. Not that I know of...
Q. I found a neat thing i want to post it on the site!
A. DONT!!!! thats called model theft. Its an instant IP ban.
Attachments!!
Q. What are attachments?
A. Attachments are basiclly what makes the hero have a sword, shield etc in his hands, a helm on his head, etc.
Q. What are some attachment points please?
A. You people vex me...
Q. What does Vexing you have to do with Warcraft 3? And Why does it vex you?
A. Vexing is to annoy one or pester one with a distrubing manner. Basiclly, you people are pesticides. It has to do with the tutorial since this is probibly the question I see more than any in any section of the site. I had to learn on my ow-
Q. I said "please!"
A. ...Very well. I will list all attachment points I know in this format.
______________________________________________________
body part 1
body part 2 (for hand attachments)
Where it goes
______________________________________________________
*ahem*
______________________________________________________
hand
right
Attaches model to right hand
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
hand
left
Attaches model to left hand
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
head
Attaches model to head (helms and junk like that)
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
overhead
Attaches model to the very top of it (good for things like items horses have showing people are riding them)
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
chest
Attaches model to chest area
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
origin
Attaches model to origin of unit; useful for auras.
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
foot
left
Attaches model to left foot of the unit
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
foot
right
This attackes to the right feet of the units
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
Hero making!
Q. How is that one peasant a hero while the palidin isnt?
A. Its the work of an object editor.
Q. Whats that?
A. It lets you adjust how the units look and attack, what items do, how abilities work, etc.
Q. How do I get items to have cool funttions?
A. Like explained in the attachment section, the things items do are abilities. You need to make them from the ability section and pick them out for it.
Q. Thanks!
A. (no more please!!!)
Q. Can I ask you a few more things?
A. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Leaderboards
Q. What are those thing that show scores in maps?
A. Leaderboards. (OK!?)
Q. What are they?
A. (help me someone...)
*ahem*
Leaderboards are a very simple score board for players to keep track of their kills or points. You don't need any tools or other programs to make one. Leaderboards can only keep track of two columns; a name and a value. If you need more than two columns, you need to create a multiboard. However, leaderboards are a lot more simple to create.
Leader boards can only keep track of two columns.
The left side is the players' label, and the right is the player value.
When laying out your leaderboard, remember that they accept the standard Warcraft color codes and characters. You can use a color coding program to create a nice title, and space it out on different lines as shown. You can also later modify the title and properties of the leaderboard contents. All you need to create a leaderboard is two triggers. One to create the board, and one to keep score.
Things to know!
This is an example of how to make a leader board
Ok, that concludes this tutorial.
Thanks to thehelper.net for the leaderboard info.
Thanks to n00bystance for color code info and attachment points.
Thanks to ramza for the feet points.
Thanks to Me for learning most of this alone!
1. Hero levels.
Q. How do change hero level at the start of the game?
A. 1. Go to object manager.
2. Go to the unit who you want to change level with.
3. Right click and select edit unit properties (you can also add items at the start to the hero here)
4. Select level, and type what the starting level of the hero would be.
Q. How do I change heros max level?
A. ...Yes, this is the annoying question I see more than any thing on this site. "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" "how do I change max hero level?" ARRGHH!!
1. Go to Advanced at the top toolbar.
2. Go to gameplay constants.
3. Scroll down to hero
4. srcoll down to hero maximum.
5. Scroll down to hero maximum level.
6. Click on hero maximum level, and chage it to whatever you want to max level to be (limit in Wc3 tft editor is 10000)
Q. How is it that the hero you use is weaponless?
A. YOu'll see once you get to attachments.
Now then...hmm...
Lets now do...
Color codes
Q. Why is the title like that?
A. To make it interesting. Color codes are used in many maps in many ways! And It looks nice
Q. Ok...Give me examples of color codes!
A. ...say it.
Q. Abrakadabra?
A. ...
Q. Open seseme?
A. Moo.
Q. Kamehameha?
A. ...
Q. Please...
A. Ok then!
Color codes basiclly are great ways to spice up the game. Color codes are determined by what you put in them. All start with a |c then it varies what you put in next. Its a 8 letter/diget combination that can include 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,a,B,b,C,c,D,d,E,e,F, or f.
Next after all of that comes the text. You put in whatever you want. After that is |r
Color codes are in this format (thanks to n00bystance for the adjustments)
Color code is composed of:
|c - defines color code start
xx - transparency (hexadeximal value - min. 00, max ff or FF; ff = not transparent)
xx - red (like above)
xx - green (live above)
xx - blue (like above)
<TEXT> - text that has to be colored
|r - return to standard color
|cxxxxxxxx<TEXT>|r
As you see, color codes are coded in RGB schema. This mostly works like tinting unit in object editor, but instead of 0-255 you have it in hexadecimal variant (00-FF).
Some examples of often abused color codes:
Green: |cff32cd32Text|r
Red: |cffff0000Text|r
Orange: |cff995500Text|r
Yellow: |cffffcc00Text|r
Light Blue: |cff7777aaText|r
If i typed |cff995500This tutorial so far isnt funny I guess...|r
It would appear as This tutorial so far isnt funny I guess...
A site with alot of examples of color codes is:
http://users.rcn.com/giant.interport//COLO...rSpecifier.html
Importing!
Q. OMFG!! DUDE!!THISONEGUYHASSOAWESOMESTUFFTHATNEVERAPPEARSINTFTTHATSINHISMAPANDNOTINMINE!!
A. 1. No caps locks, please.
2. He imported them. Importing models, skins, etc is how you get neat stuff in games. Be careful though, because some of the files (mainly music) take up MASSIVE SPACE!!!
3. YOUREALLLYSOUNDMATUREANDSMARTERTHANEVERYONEHEREINALLCAPSLOCKSANDNOSPACES!
Q. What can be imported anyway?
A. If you got it from an internet site, you need to unzip it first. Then, in the file is what you need. The following documents are catigorized in Wc3 WE as these:
Image/texture (icons, skins, pictures, etc):
blp, tga (correct me please if im wrong, ill adjust.)
Model: Mdx, Mdl
Text: txt
Music/sound: Mp3
Hope this helps!
Q. The thing wont load properly!
A. Either:
1. you did not follow the given path.
2. You didnt download all skins.
3. You used / instead of \
4. The file is non existant.
Q. Ok, When I download, I see two colors of text for the skin paths, what are they?
A. They are included and not included skins. The darker colored ones are already in the game and dont take any space. The brighter colored are in the file, adding extra room.
Q. This music file is to big!
A. Music takes up the most space in a map. What do you expect?
Q. Is there any way to shorten it?
A. Not that I know of...
Q. I found a neat thing i want to post it on the site!
A. DONT!!!! thats called model theft. Its an instant IP ban.
Attachments!!
Q. What are attachments?
A. Attachments are basiclly what makes the hero have a sword, shield etc in his hands, a helm on his head, etc.
Q. What are some attachment points please?
A. You people vex me...
Q. What does Vexing you have to do with Warcraft 3? And Why does it vex you?
A. Vexing is to annoy one or pester one with a distrubing manner. Basiclly, you people are pesticides. It has to do with the tutorial since this is probibly the question I see more than any in any section of the site. I had to learn on my ow-
Q. I said "please!"
A. ...Very well. I will list all attachment points I know in this format.
______________________________________________________
body part 1
body part 2 (for hand attachments)
Where it goes
______________________________________________________
*ahem*
______________________________________________________
hand
right
Attaches model to right hand
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
hand
left
Attaches model to left hand
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
head
Attaches model to head (helms and junk like that)
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
overhead
Attaches model to the very top of it (good for things like items horses have showing people are riding them)
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
chest
Attaches model to chest area
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
origin
Attaches model to origin of unit; useful for auras.
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
foot
left
Attaches model to left foot of the unit
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
foot
right
This attackes to the right feet of the units
------------------------------------------------------
______________________________________________________
Hero making!
Q. How is that one peasant a hero while the palidin isnt?
A. Its the work of an object editor.
Q. Whats that?
A. It lets you adjust how the units look and attack, what items do, how abilities work, etc.
Q. How do I get items to have cool funttions?
A. Like explained in the attachment section, the things items do are abilities. You need to make them from the ability section and pick them out for it.
Q. Thanks!
A. (no more please!!!)
Q. Can I ask you a few more things?
A. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Leaderboards
Q. What are those thing that show scores in maps?
A. Leaderboards. (OK!?)
Q. What are they?
A. (help me someone...)
*ahem*
Leaderboards are a very simple score board for players to keep track of their kills or points. You don't need any tools or other programs to make one. Leaderboards can only keep track of two columns; a name and a value. If you need more than two columns, you need to create a multiboard. However, leaderboards are a lot more simple to create.
Leader boards can only keep track of two columns.
The left side is the players' label, and the right is the player value.
When laying out your leaderboard, remember that they accept the standard Warcraft color codes and characters. You can use a color coding program to create a nice title, and space it out on different lines as shown. You can also later modify the title and properties of the leaderboard contents. All you need to create a leaderboard is two triggers. One to create the board, and one to keep score.
Things to know!
- Leaderboards can only keep track of a name, and a value.
- Leaderboards can use the common Warcraft color codes.
- Leaderboards can be assigned a variable, to show and hide them easily.
- A leaderboard cannot be created at map initialization.
- A leaderboard is a lot more simple than a multiboard.
Code:
Leaderboard
Events
???? Time - Elapsed game time is 5.00 seconds
Conditions
(None)
Actions
???? Leaderboard - Create a leaderboard for (All players) titled (Your Title Here)
???? Custom script:?? set bj_wantDestroyGroup=true
???? Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
???????? Loop - Actions
???????????? If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
???????????????? If - Conditions
???????????????????? ((Picked player) controller) Equal to User
???????????????????? ((Picked player) slot status) Equal to Is playing
???????????????? Then - Actions
???????????????????? Leaderboard - Add (Picked player) to (Last created leaderboard)
???????????????????? with label (Name of (Picked player)) and value 0
???????????????? Else - Actions
???????????????????? Do nothing
???? Leaderboard - Show (Last created leaderboard) (Must come last)This is an example of how to make a leader board
Ok, that concludes this tutorial.
Thanks to thehelper.net for the leaderboard info.
Thanks to n00bystance for color code info and attachment points.
Thanks to ramza for the feet points.
Thanks to Me for learning most of this alone!
