SC2Mapster

Okay thanks for the help i figured it out now
all i had to do was name my image the same as icon-energy-protoss.dds
Then import it to Assets/Textures
So it would look like in total Assets/Textures/icon-energy-protoss.dds
Then it just Over Wrote the old image
i got more help from this thread:
http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/development/map-development/2251-resource-icons/

Hello everyone,
Im trying to figure out the correct XML for changing VitalIcon2 Which is the Energy Icon that appears in tooltips
I am having a hard time trying to change the icon to something else.
The path in the UI editor is:
CommandButton->CommandTooltipTemplate->VitalIcon2
or if you prefer
CommandButton/CommandTooltipTemplate/VitalIcon2
Im just trying to put an new icon instead of this one.

Everytime i try to make it work i get some XML errors and i cant figure them out
any help would be greatly appreciated

Another Solution might be to change the

Animation: Walk Animation Movement Speed Field in the Actor of the unit
instead of the events unless it is necessary for it to be there

By adding a value to the | Animation: Walk Animation Movement Speed |
it will increase or decrease the speed of the walk animation

Okay so after a long time of trial and error and then finally figuring out that to find the names of status bars you must open up the beta editor for HOTS and press ALT+CTRL+F12.
The names are
UnitStatusBar - for a generic one
UnitStatusHealthBar - for the health bar
UnitStatusEnergyBar - for the energy bar
UnitStatusShieldedHealthBar - for a combination of the health and shield bar
Here is a map with the following working hope it can be of some help for some one

So i have my status bars almost working right but how do you make a statusbar use the energy and shield values.
for health it seems its just StatusHealthBar
How did you find this type?
I tried StatusEnergyBar and StatusShieldBar but they dont seem to work

So i have a bar showing up when its frame type is
StatusHealthBar
but i want to create my own so i name is something else like StatusExhaustionBar
so how would i set the current, minimum, and maximum value

I tried doing it like a regular dialog progress bar but it does not like it.
Also how did you find the frame named StatusHealthBar?

Is it possible to have multiple custom bars on 1 unit?
say Energy,Health,Shield, and is it possible to create a custom bar for attributes?
say to keep track of how high the attribute is for gas or hunger systems?

@DrSuperEvil: Go

from what i have tried it is hard to get the footprint to show up when placing the unit. In my original map i was using a Target Item type But it would not allow you to place the structure if you have a working example i would love to see what you mean.

Description

• This will allow an item to fake being built when created from an item
• It figured it out from exploring the Infestor - Infested Marine ability.
• This will create an item that you can place on the ground using a footprint once placed it will take 7 seconds before the building is considered complete
• Once the Morph is over the building is the new one.

Sample Map

Download Map

What we will need

• 3 Units
• 3 Actors
• 2 Models
• 1 Item
• 2 Abilities
• 3 effect
• 1 behaviour

NOTE:
You will need a unit with an inventory
to use the item i will not be covering that

Creating the Effects

1

Name:	ApplyMorphOrderSmallTentEffect
EffectType:	Apply Behavior
Parent:	Default Ability (CEffectApplyBehvior)

2

Name:	ConstructionUnitMorphToSmallTentEffect
EffectType:	Issue Order
Parent:	Default Effect (CEffectIssueOrder)

3

Name:	CreateSmallTentEffect
EffectType:	Create Unit
Parent:	Default Effect (CEffectCreateUnit)

Creating the Behaviour

1

Name:	ConstructionUnitMorphSmallTentBuff
BehaviorType:	Buff
Parent:	Default Behavior (CBehaviorBuff)

Creating the Abilities

1

Name:	BuildSmallStructureAbility
AbilityType:	Effect - Target
Parent:	DefaultAbility (CAbilEffectTarget)

2

Name:	ConstructionUnitMorphSmallTentAbility
AbilityType:	Morph
Parent:	Default Ability (CAbilMorph

Creating the Item

1

Name:	BuildTentItem
ItemType:	Ability
Parent:	CItemAbil(Unnamed)

Creating the Models

1

Name:	ConstructionModel
ModelType:	Generic
Parent:	CModel

2

Name:	TentModel
ModelType:	Generic
Parent:	CModel

Creating the Unit

1

Name:	BuildHuntersTentUnit
UnitType:	Generic
Parent:	Default Settings(Unit)

2

Name:	ConstructionSmallUnit
UnitType:	Generic
Parent:	Default Settings(Unit)

3

Name:	HuntersTentUnit
UnitType:	Generic
Parent:	Default Settings(Unit)

Creating the Actors

1

Name:	BuildHuntersTentActor
ActorType:	Unit
Parent:	GenericUnitStandard

2

Name:	ConstructionSmallActor
ActorType:	Unit
Parent:	GenericUnitStandard

3

Name:	HuntersTentActor
ActorType:	Unit
Parent:	GenericUnitStandard

Behaviors

Setting up the ConstructionUnitMorphSmallTentBuff

Effect: Expire Effect	ConstructionUnitMorphToSmallTentEffect
Stats: Duration	0.5000

Effects

Setting up the ApplyMorphOrderSmallTentEffect

Effect: Behavior

ConstructionUnitMorphSmallTentBuff

Setting up the ConstructionUnitMorphToSmallTentEffect

Effect: Ability

ConstructionUnitMorphSmallTentAbility

Setting up the CreateSmallTentEffect

Effect: Effect - Spawn		ApplyMorphOrderSmallTentEffect
Effect: Spawn Unit		ConstructionSmallUnit
Target: Location +		(None):Target Point

Abilities

Setting up the BuildSmallStructureAbility

Ability: Commands -
Ability: Execute -
Ability: Default Button	Build Armory	You can pick any default button
Ability: Place Unit	ConstructionSmallUnit
Ability: Produced Unit	ConstructionSMallUnit
Effect: Effect +	CreateSmallTentEffect
Stats: Range	5

Setting up the ConstructionUnitMorphSmallTentAbility

Ability: Commands -
Ability: Execute -
Ability: Default Button	Build Armory	You can pick any default button
Ability: Info -
	Ability: Index 0 -
		Ability: Collision Range	5
		Ability: Sections -
			Ability: Abilities -
				Ability: Duration -
					Ability: Delay	7
			Ability: Actor -
				Ability: Duration -
					Ability: Delay	7
			Ability: Stats -
				Ability: Duration -
					Ability: Delay	7
		Ability: Unit	HuntersTentUnit
Stats: Flags -
	Stats: Show Progress	Enabled

Items

Setting up the BuildTentItem

Basic: Ability	BuildSmallStructureAbility
Basic: Face	Build Armory
Basic: Flags +	Can Drop, Destroy When Depleted

Units

Setting up the BuildHuntersTentUnit

Stats:Item

BuildTentItem

Setting up the ConstructionSmallUnit

Ability:Abilities +	ConstructionUnitMorphSmallTentAbility
Movement: Collide +	Ground, Structure
Movement: Pathing Footprint	Footprint 1x1
Movement: Pathing Footprint - Placement	Footprint 1x1

Setting up the HunterTentUnit

Movement: Collide +	Ground, Structure
Movement: Pathing Footprint	Footprint 1x1
Movement: Pathing Footprint - Placement	Footprint 1x1

Models

Setting up the ConstructionModel

Art: Model

Assets\Textures\CustomBuildAnimation7.m3

This will be the placement model

Setting up the TentModel

Art: Model

Assets\1Tents\gnolltent02.m3

This will be the Building that gets built

Actors

Setting up the BuildHuntersTentActor

Art: Model	ShapeDiamond
Art: Model (Build)	ShapeDiamond
Art: Model (Editor)	(None)
Art: Model (Placement)	ShapeDiamond
Art: Model (Portrait)	(None)
Event: Events +		UnitBirth.BuildHuntersTentUnit		Msg Type: Unit Birth Source Name: BuildHuntersTentUnit Sub Name: (Any)
		-Create
		UnitDeath.BuildHuntersTentUnit		Msg Type: Unit Death Source Name:BuildHuntersTentUnit Sub Name: (Any)
		-Destroy

Setting up the ConstructionSmallActor

Art: Model	ConstructionModel
Art: Model (Build)	ConstructionModel
Art: Model (Editor)	(None)
Art: Model (Placement)	ConstructionModel
Art: Model (Portrait)	(None)
Event: Events +		abilMorph.*.Finish		Msg Type: Ability Morph Source Name: (Any) Sub Name: Finish
		->MorphTo HuntersTentUnit
		-Destroy
		UnitBirth.ConstructionSmallUnit		Msg Type: Unit Birth Source Name: ConstructionSmallUnit Sub Name: (Any)
		-Create
		UnitDeath.ConstructionSmallUnit		Msg Type: Unit Death Source Name: ConstructionSmallUnit Sub Name: (Any)
		-Destroy

Setting up the HuntersTentActor

Art: Model	TentModel
Art: Model (Build)	TentModel
Art: Model (Editor)	(None)
Art: Model (Placement)	TentModel
Art: Model (Portrait)	(None)
Event: Events +		abilMorph.*.Finish		Msg Type: Ability Morph Source Name: (Any) Sub Name: Finish
		->MorphTo HuntersTentUnit
		->MorphFrom ConstructionSmallUnit
		-Create
		UnitBirth.HuntersTentUnit		Msg Type: Unit Birth Source Name: HunterTentUnit Sub Name: (Any)
		-Create
		UnitDeath.HunterTentUnit		Msg Type: Unit Death Source Name: HunterTentUnit Sub Name: (Any)
		-Destroy

Pictures To Come

Thought this was a cool video on Ants i think it fits!

@tr3mur: Go

With the house building kit you refer to were the buildings and objects 3 dimensional or flat planes?

The last link you posted uses the
Actor +Events portion of the actor.
It checks to see if a specific Behavior is On and if On it plays the animation
You can use Animation Bracket Start when behavior on
make sure the model you are using has the animation named the same as one of the animation options like A-Z 0-9

So in your case i would have the trigger add a Buff to the unit when the player presses the left button down.
When the buff is on the run animation will be activated
When the player presses the left button up have it remove the buff

still workingon the Gilneas Homes but here is a Gilneas Cathedral and Bridge

Here are some of the requests everyone has asked for i did not do them all.
Some models crash the exporter such as this one.
"coilfang_floor_light.m3"

@TassadarCW: Go I have completed 1,2, and 3
The Ancients all have textures of 1024 by 1024

@Arcanis0: Go I could not locate the Model perhaps if you can find a picture i can locate it better.

@Enexy: Go The NPC questions and exclamation marks are finished

@robin374: Go For Models like Dwarves and other Character Models it is tricky to do:
Because there are a whole bunch of animations and its tricky to sift through them all and decide what ones you might need.
So this is why i did not do any dwarf models.
It is much more time consuming but i can do it but will need to know all the animations you would require

Note:
For the NPC exclamation mark and question mark models their Textures must go in Assets/Textures
for all other models the Textures must go in Textures in the SC2 Map Editor
The folders have the correct paths pay attention to them

Hey,
I would be more than happy to just export the model but i dont have dawn of war 2
this website has an exporter for 3d studio max.
This would allow you to have any model from the game.
Just a thought for anyone who might have both 3d studio max and dawn of war 2
http://www.moddb.com/games/dawn-of-war-2/downloads/santos-tools-2-v4