AI Workers won't enter gold mines

[Mandriel]

I am making a map with Custom races, one of them is Naga. I altered the Night Elves to make them. However the Night Elf workers; the wisps, can't use a gold mine before it's entangled. The Mur'gul Slaves can. But since I have basically only altered the Wisp's model file to the Mur'gul Slaves the computer still thinks it has to entangle the mine before the workers can use it.

How can I make the AI use the gold mines?

 

[nedio95]

Why not copy the Mur'Gul instead of the wisp ?

Otherwise, you can switch the gathering ability to the human one ? I don't think this would work though, as gathering is a bit complicated...

The AI does not think that it has to entangle. It has to entangle.

-Ned

 

[Mandriel]

Why not copy the Mur'Gul instead of the wisp ?

Otherwise, you can switch the gathering ability to the human one ? I don't think this would work though, as gathering is a bit complicated...

The AI does not think that it has to entangle. It has to entangle.

-Ned

I have tried to switch the gathering ability but all Mur'gul Slaves goes for woodcutting instead.

Hmm... maybe I will just use the wisps and call them enslaved spirits or something...

 

[Neil Aldrin]

You can edit the wisp's "Abilities - Normal" using the Object Editor. First you need to open the object editor then find the "Abilities - Normal" of the wisp at the top. Then find the ability "Gather (Wisp Gold and Lumber)". Edit or replace the ability to "Harvest Gold and Lumber"

I have never tried it... but you can see that this is the ability of Peasants and other workers to mine gold and cut lumbers.

 

[nedio95]

You can edit the wisp's "Abilities - Normal" using the Object Editor. First you need to open the object editor then find the "Abilities - Normal" of the wisp at the top. Then find the ability "Gather (Wisp Gold and Lumber)". Edit or replace the ability to "Harvest Gold and Lumber"

I have never tried it... but you can see that this is the ability of Peasants and other workers to mine gold and cut lumbers.

Unfortunately, as I am aware, it is not that easy.
There are a few other things that have to be done to make a new harvester.
As I remember, Attack, Capacity & 2 other things also have to also be edited.

-Ned

 

[Neil Aldrin]

Unfortunately, as I am aware, it is not that easy.
There are a few other things that have to be done to make a new harvester.
As I remember, Attack, Capacity & 2 other things also have to also be edited.

-Ned

Oh...

 

[Neil Aldrin]

Maybe you should ask some members that are great at using the World Editor?

 

[Daffa]

Night Elf has an internal shitty AI behavior with mines that makes it not a good race to base newer races on if you aim for NE AI. It's hardcoded to the internal mechanics of the game.

I recommend basing them on Orc, as this race holds a very similar behavior to Naga race. If you insist on basing it on Night Elf, you need to write your own AI or make the mine similar to entangled one.