Spell Editor Woe

12-29-2002, 07:37 AM

Guest

I've just gotten around to playing with the spell editor and I'm having some troubles and I'm hoping for a little help.

All I want to do is copy the Carrion Swarm spell and give it a new name and insert it into my map. I just want to learn how to use the MPQ thingy and the spell editor thingy.

So I use excel to copy Carrion Swarm into a new line in the .slk and all I really change are the alias, code, and uber alias of the spell, which I change to BWbl for all 3, and the number of levels from 3 to 1 and the minimum level from 1 to 6.

I then add this to undeadabilityfunc.txt:
// Black Lotus
[BWbl]
Art=ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNCarrionSwarm.blp
Researchart=ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtons\BTNCarrionSwarm.blp
Buttonpos=0,1
Researchbuttonpos=0,0
Missileart=Abilities\Spells\Undead\CarrionSwarm\CarrionSwarmMissile.mdl
Missilespeed=1100
Specialart=Abilities\Spells\Undead\CarrionSwarm\CarrionSwarmDamage.mdl
Order=carrionswarm

and I add this to undeadabilitystring.txt
// Black Lotus
[BWbl]
Name=Black Lotus
Tip=|cffffcc00C|rarrion Swarm - [|cffffcc00Level 1|r],|cffffcc00C|rarrion Swarm - [|cffffcc00Level 2|r],|cffffcc00C|rarrion Swarm - [|cffffcc00Level 3|r]
Ubertip="Sends a horde of bats to deal <AUcs,Data11> damage to each enemy unit in a line, up to <AUcs,Data12> max damage.","Sends a horde of bats to deal <AUcs,Data21> damage to each enemy unit in a line, up to <AUcs,Data22> max damage.","Sends a horde of bats to deal <AUcs,Data31> damage to each enemy unit in a line, up to <AUcs,Data32> max damage."
Hotkey=C
Researchtip="Learn |cffffcc00C|rarrion Swarm - [|cffffcc00Level %d|r]"
Researchubertip="Sends a horde of bats to damage enemies. |n|n|cffffcc00Level 1|r - <AUcs,Data11> damage per unit, max <AUcs,Data12>. |n|cffffcc00Level 2|r - <AUcs,Data21> damage per unit, max <AUcs,Data22>. |n|cffffcc00Level 3|r - <AUcs,Data31> damage per unit, max <AUcs,Data32>."
Researchhotkey=C

I then put them into my map with WINMPQ so it looks like this:
units\abilitydata.slk
units\undeadabilityfunc.txt
units\undeadabilitystrings.txt

When I load up World Editor however my spell isn't listed under the name I gave it, it's listed as Unknow(BWbl) and when I give it to a hero to use it has no icon and can't be clicked or used.

What gives?

Thanks in advance for any help.

12-29-2002, 08:06 AM

Guest

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all I really change are the alias, code, and uber alias of the spell, which I change to BWbl for all 3,

Don't change the "code". Only change the alias and uberalias.

Quote:

When I load up World Editor however my spell isn't listed under the name I gave it, it's listed as Unknow(BWbl) and when I give it to a hero to use it has no icon and can't be clicked or used.

You need to make a "local" folder in your War3 directory to in order for WE to see the changes. So create a folder called units\ in the War3 directory and put your files in it.

Quote:

CrRyHaVoC posted this in the Spell Position Thread:
all the buttons in all of the command menu have a position array that determines where their graphics goes during gametime. it's a two dimensional array, the first value is from 0 to 3, indicating the x position on the command menu. the second value is from 0 to 2, the y position. so the button [0, 0] is the top left button, which will always be Move. You can actually edit these array values so that you can put the abilities wherever you want. in this case, youll just move the buttons around so that you can get at least 4 abilities you wanted for a certain hero.

It looks like this...

[0,0] [1,0] [2,0] [3,0]
[0,1] [1,1] [2,1] [3,1]
[0,2] [1,2] [2,2] [3,2]

Your putting your spell in the [0,1] spot. Try changing that to [0,2] instead.

Also, all your tooltip data has the Carrion Swarm title. You'll need to change that if you want the spell to look correct.