I was considering making a mod that added Warcraft 3 races (slowly, of course) but I am at a total loss on how to make things like a new race appear under dropboxes all over the place in the editor.
Any good tutorials for making a race from scratch? I am hoping some of the AI categories I see on units will allow the computer to use them, but if not it will still work for player vs player.
I have no clue if this will help with what you want, but there is a Races entry under the advanced section of the data editor, check the dropdown that lists all of the data types.
It is definitely possible, I tried copying one of the present races in the data editor and it was chooseable in the lobby immediately. Just modify the starting units and you are set. The hard thing will be modifying the assets like UI, Cursor Graphics, Alert sounds etc.
Choosing a custom race in the lobby hasn't been implemented yet (Or just doesn't work properly) But actually creating it is straightforward. Though Kueken, if you've found a way to implement custom races in the lobby please share, I know several people, including myself have been trying to get them selectable since the game launched. It still only displays the basic races. How much did you change?
Well, I did this a while ago, and unless my memory is somehow absolutely incorrect, I am pretty sure, I could choose my custom race in the lobby. I will try it again and see if I can get it to work again.
€ seems, I was remembering incorrectly (or I was dreaming o_0), it does not even let me publish the map when I set a new race, so its highly unlikely it will work (maybe it was possible but at some point Blizzard implemented this variant/attribute check? There were some patches to the variants and attributes after all).
Sorry for rising your hopes for no reason :( Maybe Blizzard will implement it some day.
We did this a looong time ago in the beta.
It is possible but you just can't select them.
If you created a custom race the only way you had to use it was praying that it showed up on random.
But like I said, this was a long time ago blizzard could've implemented something for them to be selectable in lobby, hell, custom races might not even work anyway. Was a long time ago. Try making a quick test race and play random several times to see if it shows up
Custom races can be used in game, just not selected from the lobby. They can even be set through the editor, so player 1 would be terran custom, player 2 would be protoss custom etc... In the lobby they would show up as random, and as long as you don't change that, you'll begin as that custom race. It's still not ideal, as player don't get to choose which race they go, and they will be allocated as they join, so even if they move around in the lobby, they'll still be player 1, 2 3 etc...
I'm surprised that Blizz still hasn't enabled them to be selected in lobby, bit a let down. Ah well... maybe one day.
I was considering making a mod that added Warcraft 3 races (slowly, of course) but I am at a total loss on how to make things like a new race appear under dropboxes all over the place in the editor.
Any good tutorials for making a race from scratch? I am hoping some of the AI categories I see on units will allow the computer to use them, but if not it will still work for player vs player.
Links? Solutions?
Thanks ahead!!
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I have no clue if this will help with what you want, but there is a Races entry under the advanced section of the data editor, check the dropdown that lists all of the data types.
It is definitely possible, I tried copying one of the present races in the data editor and it was chooseable in the lobby immediately. Just modify the starting units and you are set. The hard thing will be modifying the assets like UI, Cursor Graphics, Alert sounds etc.
Choosing a custom race in the lobby hasn't been implemented yet (Or just doesn't work properly) But actually creating it is straightforward. Though Kueken, if you've found a way to implement custom races in the lobby please share, I know several people, including myself have been trying to get them selectable since the game launched. It still only displays the basic races. How much did you change?
Well, I did this a while ago, and unless my memory is somehow absolutely incorrect, I am pretty sure, I could choose my custom race in the lobby. I will try it again and see if I can get it to work again.
€ seems, I was remembering incorrectly (or I was dreaming o_0), it does not even let me publish the map when I set a new race, so its highly unlikely it will work (maybe it was possible but at some point Blizzard implemented this variant/attribute check? There were some patches to the variants and attributes after all).
Sorry for rising your hopes for no reason :( Maybe Blizzard will implement it some day.
We did this a looong time ago in the beta. It is possible but you just can't select them.
If you created a custom race the only way you had to use it was praying that it showed up on random. But like I said, this was a long time ago blizzard could've implemented something for them to be selectable in lobby, hell, custom races might not even work anyway. Was a long time ago. Try making a quick test race and play random several times to see if it shows up
Custom races can be used in game, just not selected from the lobby. They can even be set through the editor, so player 1 would be terran custom, player 2 would be protoss custom etc... In the lobby they would show up as random, and as long as you don't change that, you'll begin as that custom race. It's still not ideal, as player don't get to choose which race they go, and they will be allocated as they join, so even if they move around in the lobby, they'll still be player 1, 2 3 etc...
I'm surprised that Blizz still hasn't enabled them to be selected in lobby, bit a let down. Ah well... maybe one day.
I was going to do a wc3 vs sc2 map lol.....But yeah, you can make new races via the races tab in the data editor.
Got it, thanks!
There is a map called Elite Inferno or sth like that which I played some time ago that has custom races. Dl it and see if that still works.
When I duplicate a race, i get an error with uploading.