increase armor?

[Junkman1217]

is there a way to increase the armor of a unit (heroes or otherwise)? I know you can edit a whole range of stuff through the 'campagne editor' but I havn'e found anything that relates to armor.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I havn'e found anything that relates to armor

 

[Junkman1217]

thnaks, but i'm a little confused, rightnow, I am trying to add armor to Thrall, the value says 'defense base:0' but in the game it says he has 'Armor:13'.

if he has 13 armor, shouldn't the defense base value be '13'....is there a video tuturiol or somethng or a guide....i'm a newbie when it comes to editing .

thanks

 

[Nichilus]

Armor is calculated differently for heroes than for units, because Hero armor is increased by Agility attribute. Check the gameplay constants for values your game is using:

In the editor go to Advanced -> Gameplay Constants...

A new window will open, scroll down to Hero - Attributes section

The constants above are on empty map, but you can of course customize them if you check the "Use Custom Gameplay Constants" checkbox.

Hero armor is calculated as:

[(object editor)Combat - Defense Base] + [(Constants)Hero Attributes - Defense Base Value (before Agility Bonus)] + ([Current amount of hero's agility including bonuses] * [(Constants)Hero Attributes - Defense Bonus per Agility Point])

For example Mountain King:
Defense Base = 1
Agility at level 10 = 24

Actual armor = 1 + (-2) + (24 * 0.3) = 1 - 2 + 7.2 = 6.2

 

[MasterBlaster]

Armor is calculated differently for heroes than for units, because Hero armor is increased by Agility attribute.

Hehe, we wrote basically the same thing at petty much the exact same time

Spoiler

if he has 13 armor, shouldn't the defense base value be '13'

Hero base armor (i.e. without bonuses from items or abilities) is calculated like this:

Defense base value (from Gameplay Constants) + Agility * Armor per agility point (from Gameplay Constants) + Defense base (from Object Editor)

By default each hero starts with -2 Armor (from Gameplay Constants) and gains 0.3 Armor for every Agility point. Thrall starts with 18 Agility at level 1 and 0 defense base in the Object Editor, so that's 18 * 0.3 - 2 + 0 = 3,4 base armor at level 1. Which matches what you should see in game.

You can alter it by changing appropriate fields in the Object Editor or editing the Gameplay Constants:

More specifically, the highlighted field and the one above:

 

[Nichilus]

Hehe, we wrote basically the same thing at petty much the exact same time

Also I forgot - while normally not used, heroes can still get their armor upgraded like normal units if fields "Combat - Defense Upgrade Bonus" and "Techtree - Upgrades used" are set (as [Upgrade bonus] * [sum of levels of all upgrades that increase armor for the given unit]) and that is added to the final calculation of armor as well)

 

[Dr Super Good]

Armor is also fractional. Fractional armor from abilities or hero stats might not be shown in the UI but is factored into the damage reduction calculations.