[Solved] Units cant attack ingame?

[Superz_Ze_Man]

Well, I have only been working on this map for an hour or so.. so its a bit of an eye sore. However, I've made a bunch of custom units based off of the default ones (like the rifleman or footman) and changed a bunch of their stats, but on my first test of the map I discovered they cant attack, nor do they have the attack command button thing. I'm not sure if I've changed something i wasn't supposed to, but i cant figure out what went wrong.. Any help is appreciated. You can find the units in the "custom units" section of the unit editor (all of them under human)

 

[ap0calypse]

Set "Damage - Number of Dice" and "Damage - Sides per Dice" both to 1.
Then decrease the base damage by 1.

E.g.:

Base damage: 34
Number of Dice / Sides per Dice: 1

Damage = 35 - 35

 

[Superz_Ze_Man]

I love u i was trying to keep the attack damage even for all the units to help with balancing during the early stages. thanks a lot, +rep

 

[ap0calypse]

Well, the damage formula is:

(A+B) - (A + (B * C))​

Where:
A = Combat - Attack X - Damage Base
B = Combat - Attack X - Damage Number of Dice
C = Combat - Attack X - Damage Sides per Die


So technically, you're correct (if B and C are both 0, then the formula would be A - A).
But Warcraft just doesn't want to make it easy for modders and decided that B and C may not be 0.

I always set A to (first damage-1), B to 1 and then C to (last damage - A).
So if you want 80-100 damage, then A = 79 (80-1), B = 1 (always) and C = 21 (100 - 79).
Nice and easy.

One problem: a damage upgrade increases the last damage by by C (so with 1 upgrade, that would become 81 - 121).

 

[Superz_Ze_Man]

i never knew that! Thanks, ive never really understood the dice thing haha. Games coming along nicely haha