Spellbook Ability does not show up

[Xzife_TD01]

I have 3 differant abilities for my hero based on the ability spellbook, so i went to test em out, but when i start, the Red Plus Sign that lets you spend hero points isnt there and my hero has no hero points, can anyone help? thanks in advance.

 

[DarkDenizen]

Well, first of all, if the three abilities have the same X and Y values in the Art fields, it could screw it up. Also, make sure you have a hero, because if you only have a normal unit the red plus sign will not be there.

 

[Need_O2]

Hmm I made a map once with contains spell book as a hero ability it was working fine
1- Check if SpellBook has visibility tag on object editor
2- Some Spell ID's can make it invisible I guess avoid of them
3- Make sure you gave it to hero xD

 

[Gost]

If you haven't figured it out yet here you go.

If your sure the unit youve giving it to is a hero:
A) Make sure the ability is a hero ability, make sure it has a research icon, fill out the tooltips, and set the maxium and minium amount of spells in the object editor of the ability to how many spells are in it.

If it's not a hero change it to one, if your problem persists, do tell .

 

[Xzife_TD01]

Its still not showing up. In fact, i think i just realized the core of the problem, nothing i made in the campaign editor is showing up in game. Everything that is in the object editor is fine, but nothing from the campaign editor is there.
Is there a step i need to take to get them to work?

 

[Just_Spectating]

maybe cause "campaign editor" edits a "campaign".. not a normal warcraft map. u should .. use... the object editor.

 

[Xzife_TD01]

The map is a campaign, i have two maps added to it so far, and used the campaign editor so i could have the same custom data from map to map.

 

[Need_O2]

aaah so this is the problem campaign editor makes much abilities (maybe all) invisible
Easy solution = First create your all maps with EVERYTHING (including Game Cache and campaign triggers) then use campaign editor
Dont change any spell or etc in campaign editor

 

[YoshiRyu]

but one of the aim of the campagne editor is to avoid setting again all your units/abilities/... for each map, there must be a way to make it work as it is suppose to.

 

[Xzife_TD01]

exactly as YoshiRyu said...does anyone know how to do this?

 

[PurplePoot]

I think if you modify the map using "Edit Map" from the campaign editor, it works.

I haven't toyed with the Campaign Editor much, though.

 

[Xzife_TD01]

nope, i always edit my campaign maps like that, it doesnt change anything.
Any other ideas?

 

[Just_Spectating]

has it worked before?

 

[Xzife_TD01]

Yes it has worked before, I cant figure out why its not working this time.

 

[Technomancer]

..don't know if this will work, but have you tried saving the map, saving the campaign, and starting from the campaign list ingame?

 

[Xzife_TD01]

What exactly do you mean by starting from the campaign list ingame?

 

[YoshiRyu]

do you play the game by using the "test map" button on the WE?
if so, maybe the map is tested without the campaign's settings
maybe you must test your map by launching it from the WC3's custom campaign list...
that's just an idea.

I've an other one:
had you edited the map's object dirrectly in the map before adding it to the campaign?
maybe there is a kind of overwritting if the map has been edited outside the campaign.

 

[Technomancer]

do you play the game by using the "test map" button on the WE?
if so, maybe the map is tested without the campaign's settings
maybe you must test your map by launching it from the WC3's custom campaign list...
that's just an idea.

That is exactly what I meant.

 

[YoshiRyu]

yes, i was answering to:

What exactly do you mean by starting from the campaign list ingame?