yeah i need to get them uploaded to the web or something. for now i am just muddling through and changing the base units without duplicating them. it's just annoying, ya know? i know it's not your fault. i just thought maybe you might have had this issue before...
I believe in the past I have just given up and NOT duplicated the unit, but merely changed the existing one and all the fields I can find. I've never been 100% satisfied with this because in your vids yours always works and mine does not. It's just so damn annoying! One of these days I just want to sit down and mindlessly click what you click and have it work. What am I doing wrong??
I have been struggling with this for a LONG time now. Not just THIS specific tutorial. But practically ALL your tutorials. Now, I understand that this is from v1.3.6 of the editor, and that we are now on v1.4.3 or something. But the problem I have run across has been THE EXACT SAME THING. Both for the videos and this text version.
When duplicating a unit and trying to follow along with the tutorial (text/vid), the Editor will NOT copy the actor properly. For this instance, I am trying to make the Sun Builder and this seems to go "with no issues". I find the Probe in the main files, I right-click and then choose Duplicate. I check ALL the boxes you instruct me to but then I end up with the standard "green man" icon next to the main object in the object explorer. Also, there is absolutely NO Actor at all associated with this duplicated unit.
If I swap over to the Actors tab, there IS a "Sun Builder" actor. However, it is not associated with the Unit. When I try and muddle around and make the Editor use the actor (instead of "Probe" or "Probe Copy"; usually also may have an "(Unknown)" thrown in next to it), nothing changes. Still the "green man" in the Object Explorer. Going back to the Main Window under Units (to add one into the map), choosing "Player 1" and then "Unit", doing a search for my unit (in this case "sun") brings up the same problem: "Sun Builder" with the annoying "green man" icon next to it and clicking it and then a spot on the map drops a "nothing" into the map. I hear a sound, and a colored [red] box appears on the mini-map. But nothing actually shows up in the view on the main window.
This is pretty much the most frustrating thing! It's been happening for SO long and has literally put a monkey-wrench into anything I am attempting to learn from you! I do not know where to turn. I have muddled through before and gotten "it to work" by just improvising. But I want to know why it works for you and not for me! Can you help!?!?!?
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yeah i need to get them uploaded to the web or something. for now i am just muddling through and changing the base units without duplicating them. it's just annoying, ya know? i know it's not your fault. i just thought maybe you might have had this issue before...
I believe in the past I have just given up and NOT duplicated the unit, but merely changed the existing one and all the fields I can find. I've never been 100% satisfied with this because in your vids yours always works and mine does not. It's just so damn annoying! One of these days I just want to sit down and mindlessly click what you click and have it work. What am I doing wrong??
OneTwoSC,
I have been struggling with this for a LONG time now. Not just THIS specific tutorial. But practically ALL your tutorials. Now, I understand that this is from v1.3.6 of the editor, and that we are now on v1.4.3 or something. But the problem I have run across has been THE EXACT SAME THING. Both for the videos and this text version.
When duplicating a unit and trying to follow along with the tutorial (text/vid), the Editor will NOT copy the actor properly. For this instance, I am trying to make the Sun Builder and this seems to go "with no issues". I find the Probe in the main files, I right-click and then choose Duplicate. I check ALL the boxes you instruct me to but then I end up with the standard "green man" icon next to the main object in the object explorer. Also, there is absolutely NO Actor at all associated with this duplicated unit.
If I swap over to the Actors tab, there IS a "Sun Builder" actor. However, it is not associated with the Unit. When I try and muddle around and make the Editor use the actor (instead of "Probe" or "Probe Copy"; usually also may have an "(Unknown)" thrown in next to it), nothing changes. Still the "green man" in the Object Explorer. Going back to the Main Window under Units (to add one into the map), choosing "Player 1" and then "Unit", doing a search for my unit (in this case "sun") brings up the same problem: "Sun Builder" with the annoying "green man" icon next to it and clicking it and then a spot on the map drops a "nothing" into the map. I hear a sound, and a colored [red] box appears on the mini-map. But nothing actually shows up in the view on the main window.
This is pretty much the most frustrating thing! It's been happening for SO long and has literally put a monkey-wrench into anything I am attempting to learn from you! I do not know where to turn. I have muddled through before and gotten "it to work" by just improvising. But I want to know why it works for you and not for me! Can you help!?!?!?