SC2Mapster

I'm looking for LoTR models for my War of the Ring map. I need basically everything, i heard you can extract em from games, eg; BFME2 (Battle For Middle Earth 2)...

Looking for-

• Nazgul
• Nazgul on Fell Beast
• Witch-King
• Witch-King on Fell Beast
• Orc Warrior
• Orc Archer
• Elven Warrior
• Elven Archer
• Gondor Warrior
• Gondor Archer
• Gandalf (Both)
• Aragorn
• Legolas
• Gimli
• Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin
• Saruman
• Uruk'Hai

Yeah, you get my point...

Lol that's okay.. I just thrive on feedback, i love it when i receive good feedback, but i am totally opposite when given harsh feedback, somewhere in the middle from yours Vjeux.. But its good, i'll learn from it :) Thanks. I've figured it out,the level that is, its alot easier and such for players...

Just set a variable to the position of the unit.

In the actions, when the building is built, set [VARIABLE] = Position of [BUILDING]

Then when you go to the spawn..

Events every 2 seconds

Actions create 1 [UNIT] for [PLAYER] at position [VARIABLE] facing [VARIABLE]..

Yeah i know... What i may do, is leave the tutorial alone for the time being, and work on the first level (AKA an easy level, as pointed by Vjeux) And see how it works out.

@vjeux: Go First of all, thank you for the feedback.. :)

Quote from vjeux:

Remove the tutorial: no one wants to read 10 pages of text before playing.

Yes, i thought it would of been boring... Sorry about that.. : / I'll do an updated Video later on which will include the 2nd level which introduces the cards. But when i release the game itself, the map will have a Tutorial Skip button, if you have played before.

Quote from vjeux:

For example change the color of all the cases seen by the marines to red when he is moving. And to orange when he is in hold. People will know that they should not cross they path.

That is a great idea, thank you. I shall make the colors change so it is easier to tell.

Quote from vjeux:

We have no idea where the end is. Make it visible (blue color for example)

I have already changed the End Area's to red.. I know i should of fixed it before...

Quote from vjeux:

Indicate the movement path of the units. You are making puzzles where you want the user to think about the solution. Making him die 10 times to figure out what's the enemy path is lame.

I know i know.. I just thought maybe it would be a good tutorial.. : / And showing the path of the enemy.. I can do that.. i think..

Quote from vjeux:

make the game goes faster, because it's boring as hell atm.

I will try to speed up the gameplay a bit also.

Quote from vjeux:

Do not ever make the strategy to be to do nothing for 4 turns, really this is no fun.

I'll change the layout of the first level a bit to incorporate other paths.

I'm guessing i didn't do anything right the first time Haha.... : / I'll fix it up, make it better.. Or try to. Thanks.

RESERVED FOR UPDATE

Yeh im from SEA too...i was wondering too.

It has been done though, and that was in Warcraft 3.. Read up Project WarSoc.. But yes, it does suck however you cannot Zone-In to other maps.. the whole fact of XX amount of maps, have to be perfectly Bank synchronized aswell...

BUMPINATE

Since warcraft 3, a few people have ideas of a MMORPG within Warcraft 3... Now that Starcraft 2 is out, i wonder if it is actually possible at all.. Factors to include:

• The way blizzard hosts maps is from they're server.. So, somehow being able to link each map COULD be possible...
• Banks have evolved high enough to store enough Data for many people Auctions/Guilds, etc..

Anything you'd like to add? Even an answer to my query would be nice.

And by the way, Project WarSoc was a third party tool.. It allowed Multiplayer Campaigns (Although never finished)

I know alot of it is pretty basic, i just need help with the real variables.. i posted a help topic in triggers, but noone was able to help me.

I would love to get some feedback from everyone aswell, I'd like to know how well i did :P If you like it, etc.

BUMP!!

Introduction

Last night, whilst playing Metal Gear Solid, i thought to myself.. How easy would it be to convert a system like that into Starcraft 2?... So, i decided to make it, and well.. it wasn't that hard really. I'm already pretty skilled with dialogs, so i decided to try and make this, release it as a tutorial, so other people can try it, and maybe even make it better..

Preview

This is the preview video i made for it. To show you how it work's In-Game. Watch in 720p

Tutorial

Below i will post a Step-by-Step tutorial on how to implement this into your map.

Step 1 - Initialization

Step 1 is where you create the Triggers and Variables for the Codec system. Triggers are in Red and Variables are in Blue.

• Triggers
• Codec Init
• Codec Use
• Codec Hide
• Frequency Set Right
• Frequency Set Left
• Connect

• Variables
• CodecUsed = false <Boolean>
• Contacter = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
• ContacterText = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
• FrequencyLabel = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
• Connect = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
• Contacts = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
• FrequencySetRight = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
• FrequencySetLeft = No Dialog Item <Dialog Item>
• Codec = No Dialog <Dialog>
• Frequency = No Dialog <Dialog>
• RealFrequency = 140.01 <Real>

• You can also add Variables for Contacts, but does not work with Reals.. Integers only

Now that we have created all the Triggers and the Variables, lets move on to Step 2.

Step 2 - Creating the Dialogs

Codec Init

Events

• Game - Map initialization

Local Variables

Conditions

Actions

• Dialog - Create a Modal dialog of size (800, 500) at (0, 150) relative to Top of screen
• Variable - Set Codec = (Last created dialog)
• Dialog - Create a Modal dialog of size (400, 250) at (0, 250) relative to Top of screen
• Variable - Set Frequency = (Last created dialog)
• Dialog - Create a button for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (150, 50) anchored to Bottom with an offset of (0, 0) setting the tooltip to "" with button text "CONNECT" and the hover image set to ""
• Variable - Set Connect = (Last created dialog item)
• Dialog - Create a button for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (50, 50) anchored to Right with an offset of (0, 50) setting the tooltip to "" with button text ">>" and the hover image set to ""
• Variable - Set FrequencySetRight = (Last created dialog item)
• Dialog - Create a button for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (50, 50) anchored to Left with an offset of (0, 50) setting the tooltip to "" with button text "<<" and the hover image set to ""
• Variable - Set FrequencySetLeft = (Last created dialog item)
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (150, 50) anchored to Center with an offset of (25, 0) with the text (Text(RealFrequency) with Any Precision decimal places) color set to White text writeout set to false with a writeout duration of 2.0
• Variable - Set FrequencyLabel = (Last created dialog item)
• Dialog - Create an image for dialog Codec with the dimensions (150, 250) anchored to Right with an offset of (30, -50) setting the tooltip to "" using the image Assets\Textures\thorportrait_static.dds as a Normal type with tiled set to false tint color White and blend mode Normal
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Codec with the dimensions (50, 50) anchored to Top with an offset of (0, 25) with the text "P.T.T" color set to White text writeout set to false with a writeout duration of 2.0

This is what it should look like..

Now that we have finished Step 2, it's onto Triggering the Buttons in Step 3.

Step 3 - Triggering the Dialog Items

This is where we create the triggers for buttons, so that we can use them in-game.

Frequency Set Right

Events

• Dialog - Any Dialog Item is used by Player Any Player with event type Clicked

Local Variables

Conditions

• FrequencySetRight == (Used dialog item)

Actions

• General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)

If

• RealFrequency == 142.01

Then

• Dialog - Destroy Contacter
• Dialog - Destroy ContacterText
• Variable - Set RealFrequency = 140.01
• Dialog - Destroy FrequencyLabel
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (150, 50) anchored to Center with an offset of (25, 0) with the text (Text(RealFrequency) with Any Precision decimal places) color set to White text writeout set to false with a writeout duration of 2.0
• Variable - Set FrequencyLabel = (Last created dialog item)

Else

• Dialog - Destroy Contacter
• Dialog - Destroy ContacterText
• Variable - Modify RealFrequency: + 0.01
• Dialog - Destroy FrequencyLabel
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (150, 50) anchored to Center with an offset of (25, 0) with the text (Text(RealFrequency) with Any Precision decimal places) color set to White text writeout set to false with a writeout duration of 2.0
• Variable - Set FrequencyLabel = (Last created dialog item)

So, it should look like this..

The next trigger is very Similar, But make sure you change everything that needs to be.

Frequency Set Left

Events

• Dialog - Any Dialog Item is used by Player Any Player with event type Clicked

Local Variables

Conditions

• FrequencySetLeft == (Used dialog item)

Actions

• General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)

If

• RealFrequency == 140.0

Then

• Dialog - Destroy Contacter
• Dialog - Destroy ContacterText
• Variable - Set RealFrequency = 141.99
• Dialog - Destroy FrequencyLabel
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (150, 50) anchored to Center with an offset of (25, 0) with the text (Text(RealFrequency) with Any Precision decimal places) color set to White text writeout set to false with a writeout duration of 2.0
• Variable - Set FrequencyLabel = (Last created dialog item)

Else

• Dialog - Destroy Contacter
• Dialog - Destroy ContacterText
• Variable - Modify RealFrequency: - 0.01
• Dialog - Destroy FrequencyLabel
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Frequency with the dimensions (150, 50) anchored to Center with an offset of (25, 0) with the text (Text(RealFrequency) with Any Precision decimal places) color set to White text writeout set to false with a writeout duration of 2.0
• Variable - Set FrequencyLabel = (Last created dialog item)

Again, a picture showing how it should look in the editor.

Now for the main one, the connect trigger.

Connect

Events

• Dialog - Any Dialog Item is used by Player Any Player with event type Clicked

Local Variables

Conditions

• Connect == (Used dialog item)

Actions

• General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)

If

• RealFrequency == 140.03

Then

• Dialog - Create an image for dialog Codec with the dimensions (150, 250) anchored to Left with an offset of (30, -50) setting the tooltip to "" using the image Assets\Textures\adjutantportrait_static.dds as a Normal type with tiled set to false tint color White and blend mode Normal
• Variable - Set Contacter = (Last created dialog item)
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Codec with the dimensions (500, 50) anchored to Bottom with an offset of (0, 25) with the text "INSERT TEXT HERE" color set to White text writeout set to true with a writeout duration of 5.0
• Variable - Set ContacterText = (Last created dialog item)

Else

• General - If (Conditions) then do (Actions) else do (Actions)

If

• RealFrequency == 140.11

Then

• Dialog - Create an image for dialog Codec with the dimensions (150, 250) anchored to Left with an offset of (30, -50) setting the tooltip to "" using the image Assets\Textures\marineportrait_static.dds as a Normal type with tiled set to false tint color White and blend mode Normal
• Variable - Set Contacter = (Last created dialog item)
• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Codec with the dimensions (500, 50) anchored to Bottom with an offset of (0, 25) with the text "INSERT TEXT HERE" color set to White text writeout set to true with a writeout duration of 5.0
• Variable - Set ContacterText = (Last created dialog item)

Else

• Dialog - Create a label for dialog Codec with the dimensions (200, 50) anchored to Bottom with an offset of (0, 25) with the text "....No Answer..." color set to White text writeout set to true with a writeout duration of 2.5
• Variable - Set ContacterText = (Last created dialog item)

Again, a picture showing how it should look in the editor.

Now that that is done, one more thing left to do, and thats in Step 4..

Step 4 - Finalizing

This is the final Step to follow, this is the activation of the Codec. So, you trigger the Button to press to use it.

Codec Use

Events

• UI - Player Any Player presses Tab key Down with shift Allow, control Allow, alt Allow

Local Variables

Conditions

• CodecUsed == false

Actions

• Cinematics - Turn cinematic mode On for (All players) over Default seconds
• Cinematics - Fade Out over 1.0 seconds using color (0%, 0%, 0%) and 0.0% transparency (Normal style, Wait until it finishes)
• General - Wait 1.5 Game Time seconds
• Variable - Set CodecUsed = true
• Cinematics - Turn cinematic mode Off for (All players) over Immediate seconds
• UI - Hide game UI for (All players)
• Dialog - Show Codec for (All players)
• Dialog - Show Frequency for (All players)

Again, a picture showing how it should look in the editor.

The way i hid UI and so forth is probably the worst way to do it.. There is probably another way, but oh well.

Codec Hide

Events

• UI - Player Any Player presses Tab key Down with shift Allow, control Allow, alt Allow

Local Variables

Conditions

• CodecUsed == true

Actions

• Cinematics - Turn cinematic mode On for (All players) over Default seconds
• Dialog - Hide Codec for (All players)
• Dialog - Hide Frequency for (All players)
• Cinematics - Fade In over 1.0 seconds using color (0%, 0%, 0%) and 0.0% transparency (Normal style, Wait until it finishes)
• General - Wait 1.5 Game Time seconds
• Variable - Set CodecUsed = false
• Cinematics - Turn cinematic mode Off for (All players) over Immediate seconds
• General - Wait 0.5 Game Time seconds
• UI - Show game UI for (All players)

Again, a picture showing how it should look in the editor.

And there you have it, a working Codec system in your Map.. you can always add more contacts, just follow how its done in Step 3.

I will be happy to answer any questions if need be :)

Pshyched