how do i change the requirement for the lurker den

[andreasaspenberg]

i am working on a map that have lurkers but i want to move them to tech level 2. i cant however find out how to change its requirement. please tell me and please hurry.

 

[Dr Super Good]

All requirements are in the reqirements catalog in the data editor.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i dont want to change the requirement of all things that requires the hive, just the lurker den. otherwise i would have gone into the requirements. please tell me how i can reconfigure only the lurker den to require the lair.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Make a new requirement in the requirements catalog. You then change the requirement reference in the zerg build ability for the lurker den from the generic zerg hive requirement to the new requirement you made.

You can then customize your requirement as much as you want without changing any other building as you have decoupled it.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the requirement i want is already in the game, i just need to apply it to the lurker den but i cant figure out how.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You then change the requirement reference in the zerg build ability for the lurker den from the generic zerg hive requirement to the new requirement you made.

Or atleast the one you want...

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i want the lurker den to require the lair but i cant figure out how to change it so that it requires a different building than the hive. the requirement however is built in so i dont need anything new. i figured it out on my own but it would have been faster if you had helped me.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Ok... I guess I got the ability wrong (I thought drones built lurker dens...) but the solutions is still similar.

The requirement is located...
Catalog: Abilities
Entry: Hydralisk Den - Morph Building (Hydralisk Den -> Lurker Den)
Field: Commands - Requirements
Command (in the popup window): Execute

Should currently be set to...
Have Hive

Change to whatever requirement you want.

The data editor is that logical.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i figured it out on my own but could you help me figure out how to place the spore cannon.

 

[Dr Super Good]

could you help me figure out how to place the spore cannon.

As in...
Build?
Morph into?
Place in editor?

Please clarify

If you want the drone to morph into one, you need to add it to the morph ability the Drone uses to morph into all buildings. You need needed to add a button for it to the command card for the Drone. Finally you need to hook the button to the actual ability order to do the morphing.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i already added it to the drone`s build menu.(it is one of the first things i learned how to do.) i started the game and tried to build it but despite it showing up green i got location invalid.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try changing the pathing footprint fields to values that other zerg buildings use.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i tried that but the problem remains. i suggest that you try to get it to work yourself then tell me what you did.(i would do the same for other people.)

 

[FockeWulf]

Ok first of all the requirements are in the requirements field in the build ability. Just change it out with the one you want.

Second of all the lurker den...

Such a structure already exists and is already buildable on creep.....

 

[andreasaspenberg]

good necro. this topic isnt about the lurker den anymore, it is about the spore cannon. i cant get the drone to build it.

 

[Dr Super Good]

The problem is because the Spore Cannon has a different sized Footprint for placement than it uses. For placement it uses a 2x2 Footprint while for the actual unit it uses a 3x3 Footprint. Because 3 is not divisible fully by 2 it tries to build the building offset by half a tile which is an invalid placement location.

The fix is to simply change the placement to a 3x3 creep Footprint. Of course you could shrink the unit Footprint to 2x2 as an alternative but that would look poor with the default scale of the Spore Cannon as units could then stand inside it.

You will also need to make some actor changes so that it is built in an athletically pleasing way (not creating errors) and to add the build in progress ability (and its required cancel button) so that it behaves like all other Zerg buildings. Sorry about the late reply, I forgot this thread was still outstanding.