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I'm a complete beginner, please help me with a simple script. My editor is giving me an error and won't open the map I created in the random generator, and then opened in the editor and added the script to. It's possible that my poorly written script is "breaking" the map, and that's why it won't open in the editor and doesn't work at all.

Basically, I need a script that will do the following:

1. When a hero visits a specific object, for example, an abandoned mine, the hero will receive 2 manticores in their army.
2. The script checks if the player has 2400 gold in their account, and if they do, it takes it away.
3. At the same time, the script should trigger every time the object is visited, not just once.
4. The standard function of the abandoned mine – receiving a random resource – should be disabled.

In simpler terms, is it possible to turn a mine into a building where you can hire Manticores?

Simply put, yes. It doesn't have to be from a mine; it can be from any accessible location on the map. I just want to use neutral creatures in my custom scenario and have them be available for recruitment near the castle, rather than simply being given to a specific hero at a specific point in time.

Wouldn't a simple new dwelling, where you can recruit Manticores at cost, be enough? I can explain how to create one.

Sure, that would be great, as long as it's not more complicated than what I described in my first post. I wanted to have dwellings for all the neutral creatures in my arsenal – manticores, mummies, phoenixes, wolves, and death knights.

Place any dwelling, go to its properties, click on Shared, then click New => Enter a name => OK => In the new window, in the Shared properties, be sure to select Model, add active and blocked tiles (for each of these tiles, configure the offset relative to the center of the object so that the hero does not walk through the dwelling; to preview the tiles, press Ctrl + B on the adventure map, active tiles will turn green, impassable ones - red).

Then go to the bottom of the Shared properties, in Type, select any, then add a new element to creatures, and in it, select the desired creature.

In MessageFileRef, add 2 new elements, in the first, create a text file for the name, and in the second, a text file for the description.

I don't quite understand how to "add active" and "blocked tiles"... In the properties, it just says null, and you can't select active. If you just type it in, nothing changes. I did everything else, but after that, the object disappeared from the map, and no recruitment happened. (I selected golems for the blacksmith and tried to put mummies in it).

 

And I didn't get to the file creation stage. What files are needed? Just regular txt files?

In the shared properties, there are "active tiles" and "blocked tiles" lines; right-clicking on them and selecting "Add" should work. It's unclear where the "null" value is coming from. Perhaps you're clicking the wrong buttons or in the wrong place. I'll try to record a video of the process and attach it here.

As a last resort, I can create such a dwelling for you myself, with the model you desire.

Whatever is more convenient for you. I'm just messing around with the "advanced" settings of Heroes 5 for the second time in my life, so it's "going slowly"...

Added after 15 hours and 25 minutes
Dear Hottabych, a little voila! I managed to create an area for recruiting neutral creatures, namely a manticore. BUT on the map, there is an empty space instead of a dwelling; I assume this is because I didn't: 1. Understand how to work with blocked tiles and active tiles. 2. Take action with MessageFileRef - they probably control the name and description of the dwelling, if I understand correctly. I'm attaching screenshots: https://ibb.co/tP6PnY0 - view on the map https://ibb.co/9VSM5f5 - in the editor

In my opinion, it's obvious. You haven't selected a model for the object in the Model, so it's not there. Also, you need to configure the active tiles; otherwise, there won't be any interaction.

I've figured everything out and managed to handle it all, thank you very much for the advice!