About AI

01-23-2006, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade.dk

We want the AI to use abilities. This may sound hard, but it isn’t. We just have to make the Heroes learn the abilities, and they’ll cast them themselves.

NOTE: The situation where a computer-controlled hero will cast a spell is always the same situation as where it would cast the spell it’s based on. So if you have a custom spell based on Silence, it will cast it in situations where it would cast it in melee games. NEVER base your spells of the “Channel” ability, as the AI never will use them.

Does it mean the "Order String Value"? If i change the string to "banish" from "silence", will it change the situation of the hero use?

If i create a trigger:

Trigger:

Melee Initialization

Events

Unit - A unit Gains a level

Conditions

Actions

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Chemical Rage

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Attribute Bonus

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Bash

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Healing Wave

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Blink

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Bladestorm

the hero will only learn the spell he got right?

SmileyJeff

01-23-2006, 04:59 PM

Blade.dk

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmileyJeff

Does it mean the "Order String Value"? If i change the string to "banish" from "silence", will it change the situation of the hero use?

If i create a trigger:

Trigger:

Melee Initialization

Events

Unit - A unit Gains a level

Conditions

Actions

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Chemical Rage

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Attribute Bonus

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Bash

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Healing Wave

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Blink

Hero - Learn skill for (Triggering unit): Bladestorm

the hero will only learn the spell he got right?

SmileyJeff

Reminds me that I should fix that old tutorial and upload it here.

Anyways, yes, he will only learn the spells he/she has.

And it is not really the orderstring, I think that last time I tried, changing the order string did nothing, it is in the situations it would cast the base spell it casts the custom spell, not matter if you changed the orderstring or not.

01-23-2006, 05:11 PM	#3
SmileyJeff	Ah, so that means i can't really make some damage spell base on blink :(

01-23-2006, 06:38 PM	#4
Vexorian	yes it is base ability and only that. orderstring is the most useless world editor field ever, it doesn't serve any purpose, changing it does nothing at all

01-24-2006, 01:35 PM

Shisho

Well you can use it in the string fields for issuing an order sometimes. That's all it refers too, and it really doesn't matter which one you choose for it as long as it matches up. I personally wish you could define your own order name just to make it easier for memory purposes when writing the trigger.

I guess in the rare cases you could use them to toggle a toggle power on and off with it's orderstrings.

01-24-2006, 05:22 PM	#6
Vexorian	that's not true, changing that field doesn't affect which order you have to use