Posts from Current questions and answers regarding the map editor.

This doesn't exist in the game.

And in the World of Enroth map, there was a cloud hanging in one place. Moreover, it didn't react to being selected.

In the World of Enroth map, there was a cloud hanging in one place. And it didn't react to being selected.

I don't know about the cloud, but you can make it rain. It's one of the map's lighting effects. It's called something like "...foggy...", I don't remember exactly.

didn't help :mad:. but I'm interested in "fog_light_level"..level, true, time
it seems like you need to specify the path to the lighting, and where does "level" come from?

It seems like you need to specify the name, not the path. And in the editor, you assign this name to the desired lighting (MapPropertiesTree - there are tabs with lighting at the beginning).

Clouds are possible, but they don't produce rain. In principle, you can create rain, but you need to model it. -------- Well, it's fog after all... But okay, if it's really there, that's good.

Well, it's just fog...

but in reality, raindrops are falling...

In general, the lighting turned out to be very simple:

1) Extract the desired AmbientLight into the map folder (as a new object, name it).
2) Enter the path to it in map.xdb

to

<item href="/path to the file (in your map)/file name.xdb#xpointer(/AmbientLight)">

3) Then, write a script, something like this:

function function()
    some magic
    ...
    SetAmbientLight(0, "File Name in Map (here only the file name without the format and everything after the . example: LightHeaven.xdb, in the script it will be: "LightHeaven")", true, 10);
end;
Trigger(REGION_ENTER_AND_STOP_TRIGGER, "region", "function");

The same applies to the underground, but you need to specify the path in UndergroundAmbientLights.

leading question: how do you make clouds? Is it lighting? Or an effect?

I already wrote that I don't know about clouds. And I haven't seen any like that :cool:

fog... fog (you started talking about clouds :)) how do you make fog? For example, on the map: Druid Island, I explored the Bay of Shipwrecks and still couldn't figure out how the fog is made there.

fog... fog (you started talking about clouds :)) how do you make fog? example map: Druid Island, I searched and explored the Bay of Shipwrecks, but I couldn't figure out how the fog is made there.

Ah, it happens :smile04:
Look at the 'lighting' of the maps - it should be there. Or, as a last resort, create your own 'lighting' - you can create the fog in it. ('lighting' is AmbientLight for the map).
If that's the kind of fog you need.

This issue has become tiresome, but it still remains unresolved: I'm creating a map, it's 1 KB in size, but the editor won't launch it (the map is filled with content).

I save the map, but it stops working; the editor won't open it. After saving, it's 22 bytes in size. What should I do?

"There are two possible causes for the problem:
1) The path to the map or the map's name contains Cyrillic characters. To avoid this problem, replace all Cyrillic characters with Latin characters.
2) The path to the map is too long (e.g., C:\Program Files\Nival Interactive\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Maps). Solution: shorten the path as much as possible."

I've rechecked, and these problems don't exist. I have the Gold Edition installed. :smile45:

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The issue is resolved. I downloaded the Russian editor; huge respect to the developers. :smile54: I'm working on a decent single-player map (at least, that's what I think).

I don't know about the cloud, but you can create rain. It's one of the map lighting options. It's called something like "...foggy...", I don't remember exactly.

And how do you set it up?

How do I set it up?

In the map properties. Either in MapProperties or in MapPropertiesTree. By default, you should have HeavenLight(Grass) on the surface when creating a map.

either I'm doing something wrong, or... In short, as I understand it, you need to copy Light into the map using ZipMaster, then specify it in map.xdb:

<item href="/path to file (in your map)/file name.xdb#xpointer(/AmbientLight)">

and then write a script. It seems to work fine when I specify it in map.xdb. If I put <item href="/path to file (in your map)/file name.xdb#xpointer(/AmbientLight)"> in the first place, that lighting will be applied initially. But I can't figure out what to do next.

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:smile03: :smile03: :smile03: :smile03: :smile03: Hooray! The editor seems to be forgetful, so I had to copy the lighting twice.
Thank you all!

Hello everyone. I know there might be a topic about this already, but could someone share if they know of a map with the largest possible size that has been created?

In one line, you set their type (something like CREATURE_PEASANT), in the other two, the initial and maximum quantity, and in the last one, a flag indicating whether they will grow.