I duplicated the zerg rally point. I changed the validators to match my worker and builder. Unfortunately only one of the rally buttons shows up... Perhaps I will need your guide after all =D.
Opened up your tutorial map. I don't see any changes to the rally point? You sure you added it. Anyways, here's my guide. Pictures embedded if you need visual guidance:
1. Go into the Abilities tab and copy the "Hatchery - Rally" ability.
2. With your new ability created, at the top of of the Ability data, there is a list of 4 Rally Points. Double-click the one in place of Rally 1: Set Rally Point to bring up the menu. 3. Scroll to the bottom of the menu to find the Validator called "Not Drone or Overlord." This rally is used for anything that isn't Drones or Overlords, in your case, the Builder units.
4. Create a new Validator of type: "Unit Type" called "Target Is Not Worker" and choose your Worker, and uncheck to "Enabled: Find" checkbox. Replace the existing validator with your new one. Then, press OK.
5. Now with that done, take a look at your Rally 2: Set Worker Rally Point. Double-click it to bring up the menu.
Scroll to the bottom of the menu to find the Validator called "Is Drone or Overlord". This rally is used specifically for workers.
6. Create a new Validator of type: Unit Type called "Target Is Worker" and choose your Worker, but this time, leave the "Enabled: Find" checkbox as it is. Replace the existing validator with your new one. Then, press OK.
7. Go to your COmmand Center, and replace the Rally ability with your new one. Make sure to set the button on the command card to the new rally as well. Remember, you may wanna add an additional rally button to your command card that is linked to the Builder rally, so its more clear for people that there are 2 separate ones to choose from.
That's it! I tested it, and it works. Hope it helps :D
Ooh, sorry. Did not realize that mission was last. I just saw "Tutorial" in the name and automatically assumed that had to be played first.
"Yeah, I had the problem with different rally points in replicant too. I do not know how to make them use this independently. Perhaps you can help me?"
It is very easy to do! Take a look at the Hatchery's rally point ability and base it off of that. in each rally, there is a set of Validators that determine whether or not the target point is on a Resource, a Drone etc. Add some new Validators and change the values to your Builders and Workers.
If you can't figure it out, let me know. I'll make a more comprehensive guide on how to do it, but I think it's pretty simple XD
I'm not sure whats controlling this, I will have to look into that.
You may not wanna mess with this. It might not be worth it. As I just learned, it's apparently very complex. It's essentially because the custom models are missing some sort of element that allows it to be drag-selected/double-clicked. Essentially the way to fix it is to add a new normal model that can be clicked on, like a Command Center. In actor events, you would then set this model's opacity to 0, so it becomes invisible. Then, that actor will need another model of type ModelAddition with the actual custom model that you're using. That apparently fixes it, but heck, it's very complicated. It isn't really a huge deal.
Hey, tried the the tutorial and the first mission so far. Really enjoyed them! Here’s my first impressions/suggestions etc. I suppose let’s start with the tutorial.
Darkness Rises Tutorial Feedback:
Good terraining. Even though it’s a small map purely meant for teaching the player about stuff, you added in some nice visuals to it as well which was appreciated.
Good idea to include a tutorial for a custom race. Allowed me to get a good grasp of its mechanics. And I found the concept of the faction really cool, but then It turned out that I wouldn’t even get to use it more, since we play as Protoss in the first mission, which I found interesting. I assume we get to play as this modified Terran at some point?
Now keep in mind, when I playtest things, I’m a sucker for the minor details that really immerse the player in the experience. So a lot of my notes here are gonna be purely nitpicking. Nevertheless, I thought I’d mention what i did notice:
Other notes: - Workers do not have a repair animation. They just stand idle. I’m not sure they actually have one, but if you made them play their attack animation while repairing it would look a bit better. - Command Center’s unit description still uses the description of the standard Command Center, stating that it can lift off and morph into an Orbital Command. - Would be useful if the Command Center had 2 separate rally points. One for Workers, and one for Builders, similar to how it works with Zerg. Right now, Builders rally to the same location as the Workers, even tho they can’t actually mine. - In the button descriptions for the Shelter and the Training grounds, there are some weird spaces.
Typos: - When introducing the builders, Marcus says “try buiding something”. Should be “building”. - The Shelter’s description says: “the shelter provides movement speed bonus”. Should be “the shelter provides a movement speed bonus” - In the Sandbags unit description, it says “nor” instead of “not”. - After killing the infected, Marcus says “You will fit in very nicely with us,” but you end the sentence with a comma instead of a punctuation mark.
Bugs: - The worker’s portrait model is buggy. Its face twists and warps in strange ways whenever it speaks. (As in, whenever you select them or order them to do something). Look at the image I embedded onto this post to see what I mean. - When double-clicking your custom structures, all structures of the same type are not selected. You have shift-select the structures individually. This did not happen with Command Centers and Refineries, but all other structures shared this problem.
Darkness Rises Mission 01 Feedback:
Cinematics and terraining are both well done. The cinematics had good camera angles, dialogue flowed nicely so I had time to read, and I saw no glaring issues. I like the atmosphere of the map as well.
Having the ability to use Void Prison on Xy’tal makes for such interesting gameplay since strategic use of it against the Spewers will give you such a big advantage. Very nice design choice!
Very cool design choice to have the Nerazim use the Void Pylon model. They look ten times cooler and really captures the theme of the nerazim so much more.
A difficulty selection would be a nice addition to accommodate the skill levels of individual players.
I think attack waves arrive too frequently. It’s very hard to keep up with the amount of stuff the enemy sends within just a few minutes. This is one of the reasons why I think having different difficulty options would be a welcome addition. I think the reduce the power of some of the earlier waves, and have them get stronger as you go.
I find the choice to have a tal’darim themed console interesting, considering its a Nerazim-based faction you’re playing as. With the latest sc2 patch, you can set a specific player’s console skin using the “Set Player Console Skin” function in triggers. I think having the Nerazim console would work excellently here!
Consider allowing players to skip cinematics. If you lose and forgot to save, it’s a bit of a nuisance having to watch the cinematics again.
Other notes: - The Spewer’s still has the spectre prisoner unit description. - An indication for when the item gained from killing Spewers arrives and where would be helpful. Be It a ping, or a piece of dialogue or whatever. Not all people read the objective text so people may not realize that you get an item or where it spawns. - Azimar has a custom hero health bar above the unit, while Xy’tal does not. - The Xel’Naga vaults you have to destroy as part of the bonus objective still has the description from the WoL mission, stating that its the final artefact piece.
Typos: - After getting ahold of your base, Azimar says “sucha a”. Should be “such a”. - Azimar’s and Xy’tal’s permanently cloaked icons on the command card says “Zeratul”. In addition, their Blink abilities have the same error. - The Vanquish Spewers bonus objective have multiple typos. Firstly, Vanquish is misspelled, and in the objective description, “worthy” is misspelled as “wordy”. Also, “study” should be “studying”.
Bugs: - The Spewers appear to be attacking, but when selecting the unit, the weapon is not visible. - Shadow Blade states it deals 500 damage, but it actually deals a lot less.
That’s all I have for now. Overall, this seems very neat. I’ll be playing mission 2 at some later stage and share my thoughts.
Some cinematics can be laggy, mostly due to the heavy amount of doodads combined with certain camera angles. Everything should work fine. These camera issues are entirely on me.
Wait, I made a map on your birthday? Uh, I mean... of course! I did it just for you, man!
I can't wait to see your brutal playthrough of this. It always amazed me at how you could beat all of these missions blind on Brutal difficulty, seemingly with ease!
If you own Legacy of the Void, you should be able to select all the LotV mods just like you select the Wings of Libert ones. When you make a new map, I believe you need to select "Legacy of the Void" of the three little radio buttons.
On the other hand, if you wish to apply the dependencies to your already-existing map, you need to head into "File -> Dependencies" where you can select the missing dependencies.
Yeah. If you want to have access to all the Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void units, you want to add the 3 mods associated with Legacy of the Void, which are the 3 I mentioned above. Having those 3 will give you access to campaign content from all 3 campaigns.
When you choose your dependencies in the start when you create a new map, you need to add the three dependencies associated with Legacy of the Void. I believe they are called "Void (Story)", "Void (Mod)", "Void (Campaign)". Those 3 should give you access to all the units.
I've updated the last mission of Annihilation with various changes based on the feedback I've gotten. The following patch notes are as follows:
Fixed an issue causing the Annihilator to get the wrong shield values with each wave on certain difficulties.
Fixed an issue causing the Spec-Ops: Assault Division to become invulnerable and remain on the map if they were called down more than once.
Reduced the amount of screen shaking during the final escape section.
Increased the size of the Annihilator's "Total Annihilation" ability marker prior to casting.
Fixed an issue causing the Annihilator's retreat trigger to bug out.
Every enemy Planetary Fortress destroyed now increases the damage that the Annihilator takes by 20%.
Reduced the Annihilator's armor value from 5 to 3.
The updated map was just released, and is still under review. I might take a couple hours before it becomes visible.
What's Next?
In case you haven't noticed, I have announced a new campaign project that will be ready to go into development once all the necessary pre-work like script-writing, editor data work etc has been fully finished. Link below to the announcement page which can take you to the main map page going over all the features, as well as a Discord link if you're interested in following along with the campaign's development. I also do some weekly showcases of work-in progress things, to give you a taste of what I'm working on.
With Annihilation's completion, I have announced my next campaign project that has been a secret until now, but has been in the planning phase for many months.
This is A War Story. While it is not ready to go into development just yet, I have prepared enough to announce most of the campaign's primary features and ideas. The link will take you to the main map page, where you can view all the details.
I'm setting up a Discord for project. It will be used as the main hub of announcements, updates and showcases. If you're interested, you can join the discord here: https://discord.gg/Ztu44gZ to follow the campaign's development. Everything will be announced on there first.
That's it for now, and I hope you are excited about what's to come.
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Good to know!
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Opened up your tutorial map. I don't see any changes to the rally point? You sure you added it. Anyways, here's my guide. Pictures embedded if you need visual guidance:
1. Go into the Abilities tab and copy the "Hatchery - Rally" ability.
2. With your new ability created, at the top of of the Ability data, there is a list of 4 Rally Points. Double-click the one in place of Rally 1: Set Rally Point to bring up the menu.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the menu to find the Validator called "Not Drone or Overlord." This rally is used for anything that isn't Drones or Overlords, in your case, the Builder units.
4. Create a new Validator of type: "Unit Type" called "Target Is Not Worker" and choose your Worker, and uncheck to "Enabled: Find" checkbox. Replace the existing validator with your new one. Then, press OK.
5. Now with that done, take a look at your Rally 2: Set Worker Rally Point. Double-click it to bring up the menu.
Scroll to the bottom of the menu to find the Validator called "Is Drone or Overlord". This rally is used specifically for workers.
6. Create a new Validator of type: Unit Type called "Target Is Worker" and choose your Worker, but this time, leave the "Enabled: Find" checkbox as it is. Replace the existing validator with your new one. Then, press OK.
7. Go to your COmmand Center, and replace the Rally ability with your new one. Make sure to set the button on the command card to the new rally as well. Remember, you may wanna add an additional rally button to your command card that is linked to the Builder rally, so its more clear for people that there are 2 separate ones to choose from.
That's it! I tested it, and it works. Hope it helps :D
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In reply to hultmanable:
Ooh, sorry. Did not realize that mission was last. I just saw "Tutorial" in the name and automatically assumed that had to be played first.
It is very easy to do! Take a look at the Hatchery's rally point ability and base it off of that. in each rally, there is a set of Validators that determine whether or not the target point is on a Resource, a Drone etc. Add some new Validators and change the values to your Builders and Workers.
If you can't figure it out, let me know. I'll make a more comprehensive guide on how to do it, but I think it's pretty simple XD
You may not wanna mess with this. It might not be worth it. As I just learned, it's apparently very complex. It's essentially because the custom models are missing some sort of element that allows it to be drag-selected/double-clicked. Essentially the way to fix it is to add a new normal model that can be clicked on, like a Command Center. In actor events, you would then set this model's opacity to 0, so it becomes invisible. Then, that actor will need another model of type ModelAddition with the actual custom model that you're using. That apparently fixes it, but heck, it's very complicated. It isn't really a huge deal.
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Hey, tried the the tutorial and the first mission so far. Really enjoyed them! Here’s my first impressions/suggestions etc. I suppose let’s start with the tutorial.
Darkness Rises Tutorial Feedback:
Good terraining. Even though it’s a small map purely meant for teaching the player about stuff, you added in some nice visuals to it as well which was appreciated.
Good idea to include a tutorial for a custom race. Allowed me to get a good grasp of its mechanics. And I found the concept of the faction really cool, but then It turned out that I wouldn’t even get to use it more, since we play as Protoss in the first mission, which I found interesting. I assume we get to play as this modified Terran at some point?
Now keep in mind, when I playtest things, I’m a sucker for the minor details that really immerse the player in the experience. So a lot of my notes here are gonna be purely nitpicking. Nevertheless, I thought I’d mention what i did notice:
Other notes:
- Workers do not have a repair animation. They just stand idle. I’m not sure they actually have one, but if you made them play their attack animation while repairing it would look a bit better.
- Command Center’s unit description still uses the description of the standard Command Center, stating that it can lift off and morph into an Orbital Command.
- Would be useful if the Command Center had 2 separate rally points. One for Workers, and one for Builders, similar to how it works with Zerg. Right now, Builders rally to the same location as the Workers, even tho they can’t actually mine.
- In the button descriptions for the Shelter and the Training grounds, there are some weird spaces.
Typos:
- When introducing the builders, Marcus says “try buiding something”. Should be “building”.
- The Shelter’s description says: “the shelter provides movement speed bonus”. Should be “the shelter provides a movement speed bonus”
- In the Sandbags unit description, it says “nor” instead of “not”.
- After killing the infected, Marcus says “You will fit in very nicely with us,” but you end the sentence with a comma instead of a punctuation mark.
Bugs:
- The worker’s portrait model is buggy. Its face twists and warps in strange ways whenever it speaks. (As in, whenever you select them or order them to do something). Look at the image I embedded onto this post to see what I mean.
- When double-clicking your custom structures, all structures of the same type are not selected. You have shift-select the structures individually. This did not happen with Command Centers and Refineries, but all other structures shared this problem.
Darkness Rises Mission 01 Feedback:
Cinematics and terraining are both well done. The cinematics had good camera angles, dialogue flowed nicely so I had time to read, and I saw no glaring issues. I like the atmosphere of the map as well.
Having the ability to use Void Prison on Xy’tal makes for such interesting gameplay since strategic use of it against the Spewers will give you such a big advantage. Very nice design choice!
Very cool design choice to have the Nerazim use the Void Pylon model. They look ten times cooler and really captures the theme of the nerazim so much more.
A difficulty selection would be a nice addition to accommodate the skill levels of individual players.
I think attack waves arrive too frequently. It’s very hard to keep up with the amount of stuff the enemy sends within just a few minutes. This is one of the reasons why I think having different difficulty options would be a welcome addition. I think the reduce the power of some of the earlier waves, and have them get stronger as you go.
I find the choice to have a tal’darim themed console interesting, considering its a Nerazim-based faction you’re playing as. With the latest sc2 patch, you can set a specific player’s console skin using the “Set Player Console Skin” function in triggers. I think having the Nerazim console would work excellently here!
Consider allowing players to skip cinematics. If you lose and forgot to save, it’s a bit of a nuisance having to watch the cinematics again.
Other notes:
- The Spewer’s still has the spectre prisoner unit description.
- An indication for when the item gained from killing Spewers arrives and where would be helpful. Be It a ping, or a piece of dialogue or whatever. Not all people read the objective text so people may not realize that you get an item or where it spawns.
- Azimar has a custom hero health bar above the unit, while Xy’tal does not.
- The Xel’Naga vaults you have to destroy as part of the bonus objective still has the description from the WoL mission, stating that its the final artefact piece.
Typos:
- After getting ahold of your base, Azimar says “sucha a”. Should be “such a”.
- Azimar’s and Xy’tal’s permanently cloaked icons on the command card says “Zeratul”. In addition, their Blink abilities have the same error.
- The Vanquish Spewers bonus objective have multiple typos. Firstly, Vanquish is misspelled, and in the objective description, “worthy” is misspelled as “wordy”. Also, “study” should be “studying”.
Bugs:
- The Spewers appear to be attacking, but when selecting the unit, the weapon is not visible.
- Shadow Blade states it deals 500 damage, but it actually deals a lot less.
That’s all I have for now. Overall, this seems very neat. I’ll be playing mission 2 at some later stage and share my thoughts.
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Seems interesting from the map page. I'll give this a shot within the coming days and hopefully have some useful feedback for you!
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In reply to ijustliketowatch:
Some cinematics can be laggy, mostly due to the heavy amount of doodads combined with certain camera angles. Everything should work fine. These camera issues are entirely on me.
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Yeah. If you want to have access to all the Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void units, you want to add the 3 mods associated with Legacy of the Void, which are the 3 I mentioned above. Having those 3 will give you access to campaign content from all 3 campaigns.
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When you choose your dependencies in the start when you create a new map, you need to add the three dependencies associated with Legacy of the Void. I believe they are called "Void (Story)", "Void (Mod)", "Void (Campaign)". Those 3 should give you access to all the units.
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Annihilation Update:
I've updated the last mission of Annihilation with various changes based on the feedback I've gotten. The following patch notes are as follows:
The updated map was just released, and is still under review. I might take a couple hours before it becomes visible.
What's Next?
In case you haven't noticed, I have announced a new campaign project that will be ready to go into development once all the necessary pre-work like script-writing, editor data work etc has been fully finished. Link below to the announcement page which can take you to the main map page going over all the features, as well as a Discord link if you're interested in following along with the campaign's development. I also do some weekly showcases of work-in progress things, to give you a taste of what I'm working on.
https://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/resources/project-workplace/237065-a-war-story-custom-campaign-announcement
Happy holidays!
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With Annihilation's completion, I have announced my next campaign project that has been a secret until now, but has been in the planning phase for many months.
This is A War Story. While it is not ready to go into development just yet, I have prepared enough to announce most of the campaign's primary features and ideas. The link will take you to the main map page, where you can view all the details.
I'm setting up a Discord for project. It will be used as the main hub of announcements, updates and showcases. If you're interested, you can join the discord here: https://discord.gg/Ztu44gZ to follow the campaign's development. Everything will be announced on there first.
That's it for now, and I hope you are excited about what's to come.
- DudkiSC2
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FULL CAMPAIGN IS OFFICIALLY OUT:
Thanks to all of you for helping me make this thing a reality! I hope you've enjoyed the things I've done with it!
Without further ado, here is the final mission. Hope you enjoy this final, long awaited conclusion!
https://www.sc2mapster.com/projects/starcraft-ii-annihilation-campaign/files/2649165
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ANNIHILATION RELEASE:
Mission 24, and with it, the full campaign, releases Monday, December 17th - At 6:30 PM CET
See you next week!