Posts from Current questions and answers regarding the map editor.

How do you place dead and attacking units in the editor?

I recommend reading the FAQ by Jack_of_Shadows! Place the unit, remove the "skirt," and set the desired animation using PlayObjectAnimation(sName, sAnimName, nRepeatType).

You can also create a new AdvMapStaticShared static object, specify the creature's model as the model; in AnimSet, create a new one using the New button, in the properties animations=>right-click=>add=>name=idle00, anim — choose the BasicSkelAnim of the desired animation of the same creature!

Using a script is generally more convenient. Firstly, it allows for creating complex animations. For example, if you need a goblin chopping down a tree, simply setting an infinite attack will look unnatural. Instead, you can start a thread, create random intervals between attacks, and it will look much better. Secondly, if you need to place, for example, one hundred decorative corpses in different parts of the map, you don't need to manually configure each one. Just place them, give each one a name like corpse1, corpse2, etc., and then simply iterate through all the names in the script. You could say that almost all script functions were not created just so that we could later create elaborate maps, but only because they were needed in a specific Campaign to implement the authors' ideas.

Go to the data folder of your game, open the a2p1-data.pak archive (for Tribes of the East) or data.pak, take the index.bin file from the root of the archive, and put it in the data folder next to the archives. This file is responsible for displaying the file system links within the editor, so no objects are displayed – a broken index.bin with a size of 1 kilobyte remained from one of the maps. In the original, there were links for 32 KB 🙂

If the question is only about adding "decorative" non-combat units, then it's not difficult. We create a new object in the editor and specify the necessary geometry/texture/animation for it... (I think this has already been explained without me).

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Did I understand correctly that this is the mechanic that was used in the Campaigns (original, starting with the DLCs)? When mobs on the map could play different animations. Or are scripts also needed for that? Especially if you need to create a sequential animation. For example, an Archer shoots, waits, stands, looks around, shoots again, rejoices... and repeats.

What if the creature is an NCF file? Can you explain it with screenshots, because I don't know where to find these things?

It depends on what you're interested in. I have a mod for the creatures of the Unicorn Empire, as I have the campaign of the same name installed. I suggest you go to the forum thread for this campaign, download the NCF_EU_Creatures.pak file, and take a look inside. All files related to the new units are inside.

Hello everyone, please tell me how I can create a bot (without installing mods) using the map editor, so that it has one hero, but can re-hire him if he is lost in the tavern (I assume that if I simply disable taverns in cities, his hero will be a one-time use hero, right?). I found a script called AllowHeroHiringByRaceForAI on page 355, but I don't know where to enter it. The goal is to create a map with a bot that has one (or a limited number of) heroes, but with the ability to revive him. I understand that prisons are also one-time hires.

I was looking for where this folder is, and accidentally gave the wrong NCF model to a creature, and before that, I broke a gnoll. Where is this folder located?