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Can you get rid of level limit for hero skills?

06-06-2004, 08:43 PM#1
Lil Blue Smurf
Is there any way that you can change the "levels per skill level" thing to 0? so that a hero can have a skill at lvl 2 or 3 etc, even if they are still only a lvl 1 hero? Erm, guess thats it.
06-06-2004, 08:52 PM#2
JTG
Try Shift Forceing it to -1. It may crash or override to no requirement as 0 tells it to use the default in the Gamplay Constants Menu.
06-06-2004, 09:06 PM#3
Lil Blue Smurf
can't force a -1, also, a 0 for default would work too, but it resets itself to 1
06-06-2004, 09:10 PM#4
IlidanStormrage
You could use a trigger to give the hero a bunch of points to spend.
06-06-2004, 09:49 PM#5
JTG
I was able to force it in the editor, do you mean the game still uses a default "1" in-game?
06-06-2004, 10:01 PM#6
Lil Blue Smurf
Okay.... here is what I want and what is happening.

I have 3 skills, they each have like 8 levels. The thing is, heros only go to lvl 4. The heros don't get skill points by leveling up, they get them through other means. If a hero is still say a lvl 2, and he wants to learn lvl 3 crit strike, he can't, it requires the hero to be lvl 3. How can I get around that?
06-06-2004, 10:14 PM#7
JTG
Testing...
06-06-2004, 10:24 PM#8
JTG
Ok, I placed 10 unaltered Paladins on a blank 32x32 map, One at each level (1, 2, 3, etc.) None have any abilities learned.
I started the map without any other changes.
On the level 1 Paladin I learned Holy Light and then returned to the Hero Abilities menu to see it require Hero Level 3 to learn Skill Level 2
FAILED
I changed the Advanced -> Gameplay Constants *-> Hero Abilities Level Skip (Default) to 1 (from 2)
I started the map without any other changes.
On the level 1 Paladin I learned Holy Light and then returned to the Hero Abilities menu to see it require Hero Level 2 to learn Skill Level 2
FAILED
I changed the Advanced -> Gameplay Constants *-> Hero Abilities Level Skip (Default) to 0 (from 1)
Note: I had to hold Shift and hit enter to allow illegal values in the pop-up box
I started the map without any other changes.
On the level 1 Paladin I learned Holy Light and then returned to the Hero Abilities menu to see it NOT require any higher Hero Levels to learn Skill Level 2
SUCCESS

Here is the map...
06-06-2004, 10:39 PM#9
Lil Blue Smurf
AHHHHHH, nm, I got it, didn't realize you hit shift before hitting edit :( was doing shift+enter after I edited it. Bah, I guess you have to do something to make yourself feel like a noob every now and then. Thanks.
06-06-2004, 10:45 PM#10
JTG
You have to hit Shift+Enter when OPENING the box NOT when closing. It's the same in all of the boxes that have min/max values to allow illegal numbers. Try it that way then let me know. If you have yahoo messenger we could discuss this more quickly.
06-06-2004, 10:47 PM#11
JTG
I have to go off-line now, but I'll be back online tommorrow (i think)
06-14-2004, 12:02 AM#12
JTG
Ah, hell, I pull that kind of crap all the time. I just smack my head itno the wall and keep on trudgin'...