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How to Change Position of Abilities on Menu?

06-25-2002, 10:21 AM#1
Guest
When I add more than 4 custom abilities to a unit/Hero or Building the 5th abiltiy is usualy knocked out of vision so you can no longer select it.

You know in Tower Defense maps, how they have the advanced tower button at the top right corner? How do I a button there? I've added 4 abilities to a peasent but it only shows 3... (at the bottom & None at the top)

Any help would be greatly appriciated.
06-27-2002, 03:36 PM#2
Guest
you cant change the position. regarding the tower D map, the reason I think that adv cannon tower is in the corner is because the person who made the map, made the regular towers as human units and the adv cannon tower as an orc unit.
06-27-2002, 04:19 PM#3
Maeglin
fools, it is indeed possible to change the position of abilitities. Its in one of the text files in the mpq, probably unitabilities.txt and heroabilities.txt or something. Each ability has a buttonpos value (an x and y coord from top left, eg. (0,1), (3,2)). Change those to position the buttons elsewhere.
06-27-2002, 06:21 PM#4
Guest
then that would require the player to edit the file themselves, it would also cause incompatibility if you modified the file and play a regular map online with others.
06-27-2002, 10:09 PM#5
weaaddar
Fool maegelin that doesn't work! The game (retail ver) doesn't read your directories only mpq and maybe map. Cookie and I went thru this already.