| 02-01-2003, 05:03 PM | #1 |
Guest | I haven't tried this yet, but, I want to "stretch out" the levelling process for a hero. There are two ways to do it, I think, both of which I will likely employ: The first is, I change the experience rate % to something low.. like 5%. The second thing is what I'm asking: once a hero levels up, is this permanent or can they "decrease" in levels? what I mean is.. eg. levelling to level 2 requires 200 experience. When the hero levels to level 2 (and subsequently has more than 200 experience), if I put in an event like this: event : hero levels condition: hero level = 2 action: set hero experience = (some number below 200) will the hero stay at level 2? If so, I can force them to gain some more experience before getting to say... level 3! |
| 02-01-2003, 05:10 PM | #2 |
I belive the hero will not fall below the set exp for the start of the level. but i am not totaly sure. ez enough to make a 64x64 map. have chat triggers that set exp to 200, then back to 0 and see what happens |
| 02-01-2003, 05:13 PM | #3 |
it wont work |
| 02-01-2003, 06:31 PM | #4 |
You could always change the EXP gain rate when the hero levels. So perhaps you think the time it takes to get to level 2 is fine, but getting to level 3 should take longer, just make it lower the EXP gain after the hero reaches level 2. If you want him to get a specific amount extra to level you just have to do the math and figure what % to use to make it act like you need that more. |
| 02-01-2003, 06:52 PM | #5 |
Guest | Alright, thanks for the info guys. :D |
| 02-01-2003, 09:21 PM | #6 |
Guest | What they said is not correct, heros CAN fall below the minimum experience for a given level. You can set a hero's experience to any amount between 0 and the level 10 exp cap, however lowering a hero's experience will NOT lower it's level. This will just zero out the hero's experience bar, and it will not begin to move until the experience reaches that level's minimum. IE: Level 2 hero can be set to have 0 exp. It's bar will appear exactly the same as if the hero had 200 exp (no progression). Hovering over the bar will show the correct ammount, 0/500 (experience needed for level 3). The bar will not begin to show progress until the hero has more than 200 exp. |
| 02-01-2003, 10:57 PM | #7 |
Guest | I may be wrong, but I think if you set the xp gain % it applies for the player, not just a specific unit. So every hero of that player would be affected. Bummer. Just use the tried and true method of making a new custom unit for each 10 levels you want the hero to be able to gain. Care. |
| 02-04-2003, 12:20 AM | #8 |
Guest | Does anyone know whether this method could be used to give a hero more than 10 skill points? For example, at level 10, set the hero's level back to 9 and set exp to the beginning of level 9; ad infinitum. Would the hero retain all skills, but gain another skill point when it reaches level 10 again? |
| 02-04-2003, 01:10 AM | #9 |
if a hero becomes lvl 9, you cannot make him go back to 8, but from what i learned here, you can set the exp back to 0 and have them get all the exp back, but they will still be a lvl 9 hero. |
| 02-04-2003, 03:27 AM | #10 |
You can even set a hero's experience below zero (using set Hero exp = (Hero exp - X)) and it will show a wierd number in the XP bar like 40983452/200 but it appears to just be a graphical glitch because once the hero gets back to zero it resets correctly to 0/200. |
| 02-05-2003, 05:12 AM | #11 | |
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-2 = 4294967294 -3 = 4294967293 etc. |
| 02-05-2003, 03:56 PM | #12 | |
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you can do that useing the action Hero - set (unit) Hero-level to ((Hero lvl of(unit)) +/- #, show/hide level up graphics |
| 02-05-2003, 05:11 PM | #13 |
Guest | Spectralist, Do you happen to know the jass script for that trigger? I need to use jass for any triggers since I am doing custom mpq, but I am not jass proficient :( |
| 02-05-2003, 05:22 PM | #14 |
Guest | Elfis: As far as I can tell, Hero leveling (and by extension skill points) is a one way street. There is no way to get to a previous level, and so there is no way to get more then 10 skill points. I have heard that it is possible to create a mod that allows heros to level up to 15, but that they stop getting skill points at level 10. |
| 02-05-2003, 09:31 PM | #15 | |
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not sure about jass at all but if it is trigger custem text and i think it is then this is that action it has no events or conditions though call SetHeroLevel( GetTriggerUnit(), ( GetHeroLevel(GetTriggerUnit()) + 1 ), true ) its set for the triggering unit and show lvl up graphics Lockdown- i'm pretty sure this can give you extra skill points |