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In my opinion, the talkbox still doesn't work in version 3.1. The game also doesn't recognize it as a command.

In my opinion, the talkbox still doesn't work in version 3.1. The game also doesn't recognize it as a command.

Really, it doesn't work? Here's the confirmation: :smile08:

The console displays "value was nil when getting global with name TalkBoxForPlayers".
This means the game doesn't recognize it as a command. But I'm using version 3.1.

share your code snippet - because it looks like your script is poorly written

TalkBoxForPlayers(1, "face_Dugal", "kuzn_might", "otv", 0, "mes", GetMapDataPath().."mes2", 2);

TalkBoxForPlayers (PLAYER_1,face_Dugal,bio_Dugal,nil,nil,'TALK',0,name_Dugal,GetMapDataPath().."names_and_desc/q000.txt",1,GetMapDataPath().."dialogs/derin001.txt");
Now let's play a game of 'find five differences':smile09:

I'm an idiot!!!!! I have version 3.0!!!:smile35:

I'm an idiot!!!!! I have version 3.0!!!:smile35:

Not very strong in combat scripts. I also encountered a similar problem, but I somehow managed without solving it. In general, I think it's better not to change the victory conditions in battle; nothing good will come of it anyway. For example: on the developers' map (campaign 6, mission 5, by the way, it's best to look at combat scripts there, as there were no more complex scripts in the entire game), the "banishment" spell allowed you to end the battle as soon as your hero's turn came, which is, to put it mildly, imbalanced.

The command EnableAutoFinish() doesn't work for me. I set it to nil, but the battle ends when unsummoned creatures are destroyed... Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

So, it just didn't work ;)
Put it in the Start() function.
As for the function that handles creature death, it's simple: it's called when the creature is already dead – you give it the task to attack, and it's immediately considered dead. But the computer doesn't have time to play the animation, and it doesn't look good visually :smile18:
It's better not to use sleeps at all – they're not very useful in combat. I haven't encountered any problems with wait. :)

Well, it doesn't really help; without them, you can't cast spells properly (for example)... So, I decided on the function and logically implemented it using a delay:

function AttackerCreatureDeath(creatureName)
	if GetCreatureType(creatureName) ~= 36 then
		AttackerDeathCount = AttackerDeathCount-1;
		count = GetCreatureNumber(creatureName);
		spawnCount = count/3;
		if spawnCount ~= 0 then
			local x, y = GetUnitPosition(creatureName);
			sleep(50);
			removeUnit(creatureName);
			sleep(5);
			SummonCreature(ATTACKER, 36, spawnCount, x, y);
		end;
	end;
end;

But sleep(50) is a whole 10 seconds, and all this happens in 2 seconds... What could be wrong here? Maybe I messed something up :smile39: ?

Added 7 minutes later
By the way, while browsing the common scripts, I came across a function that isn't mentioned in any guide (or maybe I just didn't look hard enough): showMessage(parameter, some number)

If I understand correctly, this command can be used to send a message to the combat log (where it shows who hit whom and for how much).