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Hello! I'm too lazy to reread all the pages, so I apologize if a similar question has already been asked. Imagine this situation: There is a purple ship. How can I destroy it using scripts (triggers)? I mean not only the crew but the ship itself. I've tried the following options: 1) Battle with an invincible enemy. The ship remains empty. 2) Changing the ship to "No player" (gray color) -> Battle with an invincible enemy. The ship remains empty and gray. Options involving dynamite (I don't know if it's possible) and changing a neighboring ship to an enemy color are not acceptable. I would be very grateful for your help. I will reward you with a campaign.

Sorry if this topic has already been discussed. The question is: how do you allow a player to form alliances with enemies (the AI) and break them when creating a map? I think I've figured out the scripts, but I can't find anything about this. I've seen something similar in the excellent scenario "Korona."

Alliances cannot be formed; you simply need to have a hero of a specific color (allied) from the beginning, ensuring that they are not killed (you can hide them in a corner and surround them with rocks). After a certain event, the script for that event will change the ownership of the required towns (heroes, creatures) to the color of the ally.

Thanks, I'll try. :smile09:

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It worked, but how do I hide an ally from view in the shadows?

It worked, but how do you hide an ally from view in the shadows?

It seems like there's no way to do that.

Another question: when monsters are killed, my hero should receive +1 to the "dobro" variable. After he reaches 5, I would like a message to appear, but for some reason, I can't get it to display on the screen. Either I'm not adding new values to the variable correctly... if anyone has encountered this, please help:smile43:

It turns out it's not as simple as it seems. Can these 5 monsters, after which the message should appear, be killed in any order, or is it predetermined which one dies first?

In free order

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And another question: how can I create a battle using a trigger event? (sorry for asking so many questions, I'm just making a map for the first time).

Events -> local events -> battle

is it possible to do this using a local variable, or using a trigger event?

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Question: How to activate a trigger event if a variable reaches a certain value.

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For example: a hero kills three guards (in any order), after which a bomb should detonate.

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Oh, I already figured out how. If anyone is interested, I'll give you a hint.

Question: How to activate a trigger event if a variable reaches a specific value.

Calendar event -> repeat every day -> condition, if the variable equals "the desired number" then, sequence -> trigger event (choose the name of the desired event from the list). Remove the script. Otherwise: do nothing.

thank you, it was a good tutorial, I understood it. but can you really not create a battle using only a trigger... or can you?

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And another question: in the scenario, the hero encounters another hero (neutral), and that hero offers to join him. if the main hero doesn't agree, a battle begins, but if he agrees...: the player is given a red hero - and then, for some reason, a battle still starts. and you control both your hero and the newly joined hero.

And another question: according to the scenario, the hero encounters another hero (neutral), and the latter offers to join him. If the main hero doesn't agree, a battle begins, but if he agrees...: the player receives a red hero, and then, for some reason, a battle still starts. Moreover, you control both your hero and the newly acquired one.

Well, this is a bug in the system.

but you can't trigger a battle using a trigger... or can you?

Yes, you can, I don't remember the specifics, and I don't have the game to test it – but I'll tell you from memory:

In the Army property -> Events -> then there should be a category selection – choose trigger events -> new (name) -> choose battle, then this army -> enemies -> and what will happen after victory/defeat

Then, when the time comes, just place it in the appropriate location (City, army detection, local, calendar event, etc.) -> name of the event.

Excellent, thank you. This tutorial was helpful.