World Edit FAQ

[HappyTauren]

You ask me questions, I answer. All questions and answers will be shown in first post later on. If you answer a question, I will add you to "Participants" list.

Participants (2):
HappyTauren (5)
YoshiRyu (1)

FAQ

QUESTION: How can i get a FloatingText or a item in a Multiboard get the color of a player? In these 2 actions, it only accepts colors in percentage (% of red, blue and yellow).

ANSWER: It uses RED, GREEN and BLUE colours. A combination of these 3 gives any colour you can make in 32-bit pictures. So, for example 100%red + 100%green = yellow etc. You should experiment around with this to get some knowledge. Also, tools like Chaos Spectrum will help you alot. There is also good tutorial on that here.

QUESTION: Is the Northrend deep water the only deep water you can see the bottom? (I know that this question is pointless, but it is a particular I discovered some time ago)

ANSWER: Actually,yes. It has transparent water, letting you see cliffs. It is due to wc3 rendering, so that some lighter textures are rendered as transparent. So, Northrednd water textures are white, with some darker outlines, making it roughly 75% transparent.

QUESTION: How do I increase Hero Max Level?

ANSWER: Go to Advanced (up there with file,edit,view etc.) - Gameplay Constants - Hero Max Level. The maximum is 10000, and default 10.

QUESTION: How do I get "Hero Glow" on custom heroes?

ANSWER: "Hero glow" is included in the model itself
to add a glow to a model, you must export it, convert it in a classic format, edit it with a model editor to add the glow, reconvert it in the mdx format, and import it in your map.
You should find what to do in details in the 3D tutorial section
You can also find a glow independent effect in the site's resources.

QUESTION: How can I create units behind a unit? This is for a spider hero, to simulate 'laying' eggs. If i base it off a normal summon, then it puts them in front of her.

ANSWER: You will need triggers for that:

• Lay Eggs Spell
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
  • Conditions
    • (Ability being cast) Equal to Lay Eggs
  • Actions
    • Set LOC = (Position of (Triggering unit))
    • Set LOC2 = (LOC offset by 64.00 towards ((Facing of (Triggering unit)) - 180.00) degrees)
    • Unit - Create 1 Spider Baby for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at LOC2 facing ((Facing of (Triggering unit)) - 180.00) degrees
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_LOC)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_LOC2)

QUESTION: How do I import custom spells without having any data replaced?

ANSWER: Well, you will have to use JASS constants, which are in the first part of script. They are like handles or shortcuts, which lead script to data. For example:

constant Jump_Spell_AbilityId takes nothing returns integer
return 'A001'
endfunction

It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to use ONLY JESP spells to avoid importing difficulties.

QUESTION:How do I do multiple actions for all players without having to make, say, 6 actions per player?

ANSWER: You will have to use loops, and [A] and indexes. Here is example:

• Untitled Trigger 002
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer A) from 1 to 12, do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Footman for (Player((Integer A))) at (Center of (Playable map area)) facing Default building facing degrees

No, you will notice that we no longer use (Player(1)), (Player(2)), etc. Instead we use. INTEGER INDEXES INSTEAD, "Integer A". It changes each time until it reaches "to" value (12 in this case). I used "Conversion - Convert Player Index to Player" here.

 

[1337Nemo]

How can i get a FloatingText or a item in a Multiboard get the color of a player? In these 2 actions, it only accepts colors in percentage (% of red, blue and yellow).

Without Jass!

Thanks in adv.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Is the Northrend deep water the only deep water you can see the bottom? (I know that this question is pointless, but it is a particular I discovered some time ago)

 

[1337Nemo]

Well HappyTauren, you didnt answer my question. I know how i can make a colored text, i just want it to get the color automaticly without me saying: you are red, you are green. If i add playernames to the multiboard i want to have a trigger which colors every row with the color of the player whos row this is..

 

[HappyTauren]

Well HappyTauren, you didnt answer my question. I know how i can make a colored text, i just want it to get the color automaticly without me saying: you are red, you are green. If i add playernames to the multiboard i want to have a trigger which colors every row with the color of the player whos row this is..

you didnt ask me well then.

 

[Eleandor]

it was quite obvious to me...

well, you might as well add the basic questions every FAQ has like how do I increase hero max level, ...

 

[Creepingdeath]

I have a question..

How do I get "Hero Glow" on custon heroes?

Never really found out..

 

[YoshiRyu]

"Hero glow" is included in the model itself
to add a glow to a model, you must export it, convert it in a classic format, edit it with a model editor to add the glow, reconvert it in the mdx format, and import it in your map.
You should find what to do in details in the 3D tutorial section

you can also find a glow independant effect in the site's ressources
i look for the link

EDIT: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/resources_new/models/80/

 

[Burningice]

How can I create units behind a unit? This is for a spider hero, to simulate 'laying' eggs. If i base it off a normal summon, then it puts them in front of her.

 

[Creepingdeath]

"Hero glow" is included in the model itself
to add a glow to a model, you must export it, convert it in a classic format, edit it with a model editor to add the glow, reconvert it in the mdx format, and import it in your map.
You should find what to do in details in the 3D tutorial section

you can also find a glow independant effect in the site's ressources
i look for the link

EDIT: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/resources_new/models/80/

Ty! Fixed, +rep

 

[HappyTauren]

ANSWERED

 

[Eleandor]

k, next question because I'm having real annoying problems with this:
If I wanted to add a 5th race to the Melee game, I base my Town Hall unit on e.g. The human Town Hall or the orc Great Hall. I don't even make any changes to it. Yet, when testing, I get the "construct Town hall before you get revealed" message. In other words: in a melee game there are only 4 valid town centers, how do I add a 5th?
P.s. I have added the building to the Gameplay Constants tier 1, 2 and 3 buildings.

Hmm, in fact this sounds more like a question for Wehz, but I'm sure other people have this question too...

 

[YoshiRyu]

P.s. I have added the building to the Gameplay Constants tier 1, 2 and 3 buildings.

Not the texted one i suppose...?

 

[Dracula]

i have a few things i wanna ask, these might be the FAQs, but i cant find them

1. - how do i get damage and make floating text on unit?
2. - how do i change the text of the attribute icon, like each strength increase hero damage by 0.10 instead of each strength increase hero damage by 0, when its based 0.10
3. - how do i increase height of unit? the only trigger i found only works with flying units.

thanks, and i use normal WE.

 

[Eleandor]

Not the texted one i suppose...?

No, clearly the gameplay constants one. Haven't made any changes to the interface constants.

My fear is that I'll have to remove the victory conditions from the map initialization trigger and make custom victory conditions... However, it's going to be a pain in the ass to fake the melee victory conditions, as it includes multiple teams, multiple players, and "revealing" triggers... tbh I have no idea how to start on that...

 

[YoshiRyu]

1)
Event : Unit - a unit is attacked
Action : Floatting Text - Create floating text that reads (String((Damage taken))) at (Position of (Attacked unit)) with Z offset _the_text_hight, ...

2)
Menu Advanced > interface (5th item) > several text value

3)
Object editor > your unit > several high parameters

No, clearly the gameplay constants one. Haven't made any changes to the interface constants

there is a text in the gameplay constant (not in the interface), and also a unit list, if your modify only the text one, that won't work

 

[Eleandor]

I have changed "Techtree - Dependency Equivalents - Tier 1 hall" as well as Tier 2 and Tier 3 hall. Also added altar and hero equivalents and those seem to work, although there's another problem here:

When I train the first hero (custom one, added to hero equivalents) I have to pay for him instead of getting him for free...

 

[YoshiRyu]

When I train the first hero (custom one, added to hero equivalents) I have to pay for him instead of getting him for free...

It can comming from the same thing (hero cost and limit number are constraint by tiers...)
You will probably fix it when you'll fix the other problem

And if you don't find how, you can also remove melee init, and do all melee features with your own triggers

 

[Eleandor]

yes and how am I going to do that? I'll have to detect whether a player is in a team or not, then I need to detect if he has buildings or not, and if he has no town hall, I need to make a reveal trigger, working with all races...

That's not going to be easy and I even have doubts if I can make such a "reveal" trigger at all

 

[YoshiRyu]

I'll have to detect whether a player is in a team or not

player is always in a team, in ffa, in fact, there is 12 teams ^^
so you just have to test players with him or not when required

then I need to detect if he has buildings or not

not really, use a 12-sized integer array to count
a unit enter playable area, unit is a town, array(owner) + 1
a unit leave playable area, unit is a town, array(owner) - 1

I need to make a reveal trigger

if the value come down to 0,
pick every unit in playable area
if unit is a building and owned by the player
share and unshare its vision to all enemy player

WE is really wonderfull

PS: i've tested it in the minimal map config, and it doesn't work, that's weird, we probably miss something important...

 

[Soviet.Kazak]

How do I import custom spells without having any data replaced?

 

[HappyTauren]

some more questions answered

 

[Silvenon]

1) Is there a way to make a non-channeling spell channeling?
2) In summoning spells, how can I set 'summoned unit' to none/blank?
3) When I made a spell based on Immolation, I changed the 'turn on' icon into Venom Orb BTN and the 'turn off' icon into Venom Orb DISBTN. Then when I tested the map and pressed main menu, in the spot where there should have been Venom Orb DISBTN, it was green (meaning 'icon not found'). How can I fix that?
4) Why does SetUnitAbilityLevel function return integer? What does that integer mean?
5) What does 'Visibility - Enable black mask' do?
6) By unchecking "masked areas are partially visible", unrevealed areas on the map are black, but when I revealed them and went somewhere else, it stayed black when there should have been fog of war. How can I fix that?
7) What do buffs that have a suffix '(Caster)' do? (Like Immolation (Caster), Lightning Shield (Caster), Possesion (Caster).....)
8) I noticed that Drain Life (and Siphon Mana) have 3 lightning effects and 9 buffs. Why are there so many?

That's all I can think of for now.....

EDIT: 9) How do I detect when an illusion is summoned and how do I get that illusion?

 

[YoshiRyu]

3) DISBTN means disabled button, not disabling button
in immolation, you've 4 buttons:
an enabled one for turn on (the hero is not immolate, you can clic to immolate)
a disabled one for turn on (the hero is not immolate, you can't clic (menu))
an enabled one for turn off (the hero is immolate, you can clic to stop immolate)
a disabled one for turn off (the hero is immolate, you can't clic (menu))

7) you are talking about graphical effect, not buff
immolation (caster) is the circle fire effect
immolation (target) is the burning effect

 

[Silvenon]

3) DISBTN means disabled button, not disabling button

I know what it is. I used disabled button because I didn't know what else should I use for 'turn off'. I'm just curious why there is no DISBTN anymore when I press main menu.

7) you are talking about graphical effect, not buff
immolation (caster) is the circle fire effect
immolation (target) is the burning effect

No, no, no.... I'm talking about the buff. Check into the object editor, find the Immolation buff then above it or under it should be a buff named Immolation (Caster) that has an icon 'none'.

 

[YoshiRyu]

I know what it is. I used disabled button because I didn't know what else should I use for 'turn off'. I'm just curious why there is no DISBTN anymore when I press main menu.

You use a DISBTN as normal BTN
so you need a DISDISBTN as DISBTN
there is nothing wrong here

wc3 require 2 icons, you give him only one, so the second is missing
DISDISBTN doesn't exist
(in fact, the game performs the DISBTN path from the BTN you use, you're using DISBTNOrbOfVenom.blp so it looks for ReplaceableTextures\CommandButtonsDisabled\DISDISBTNOrbOfVenom.blp wich doesn't exist)

You sould never use DISBTN as enabled button.

No, no, no.... I'm talking about the buff. Check into the object editor, find the Immolation buff then above it or under it should be a buff named Immolation (Caster) that has an icon 'none'.

my mistake, the mana decreasing buff (and the unit remove for possession, and i don't remember what lightning shield do to the caster)

 

[PurplePoot]

I would call this "WorldEdit Q&A", HT, as FAQ implies "frequently asked" >_>.

No, no, no.... I'm talking about the buff. Check into the object editor, find the Immolation buff then above it or under it should be a buff named Immolation (Caster) that has an icon 'none'.

As I've said in other places, I doubt this has any use, but it may be required for the spell to function. (they even have some REALLY weird ones like Blizzard (Caster) )

EDIT: I just tested removing Immolation (Caster) and Blizzard (Caster) from their respective spells. Nothing's different, so I assume the buffs are useless.

 

[Eleandor]

2. Open the Object editor and go to your summon ability. In here, there should be a value called "Data - summoned unit count". Hold shift and double click this value. Next, set it to 0. Keep in mind that if you don't hold down shift, the value will be set to 1 automatically.

Note to my question: I have found, although lame and long, a way to fix the 5th race problem.

 

[YoshiRyu]

Note to my question: I have found, although lame and long, a way to fix the 5th race problem.

what??? you're too suspensiously (yeah, i design new words, a problem?)
what were missing?

 

[Eleandor]

Well basically making custom victory conditions for melee was too much work. You got to admit that.
So I decided to take the Human Town hall and turn it into an invulnerable invisible dummy unit. Next I created a new human town hall which looks like the normal town hall. Now, whenever someone starts building a Tier 1 building, one of those dummy units is spawned. Whenever you cancel it or destroy it, one of the dummy units is removed. This way everything actually works perfect.

 

[YoshiRyu]

well done

 

[Eisi]

Hi,

I've got some questions, too:

1. How to disable singleplayer? I found some topics about it, and tried for example this code:

if bj_isSinglePlayer then
    call EndGame( false )
endif

But it seems that it doesn't work.

2. Is it possible to remove a number from an icon? I want to use some icons for spellbuttons, but these icons are normally icons for an item with a limit(e.g. summon a unit).

3. Is there a way to make a normal unit to a hero without creating a new one?

 

[RED BARON]

1. How to disable singleplayer? I found some topics about it, and tried for example this code:

if bj_isSinglePlayer then
    call EndGame( false )
endif

But it seems that it doesn't work.

Well in GUI you can always check how many players are playing, if only one then it is singleplayer...

2. Is it possible to remove a number from an icon? I want to use some icons for spellbuttons, but these icons are normally icons for an item with a limit(e.g. summon a unit).

Dunno what you mean, but if there is something on a icon you want removed, then use wc3 viewer to convert to tga then edit the tga and remove the thing -> convert back to blp -> giving the right path (look in MPQ achieve to find it if you dont know it)
If this is not what you meant I have no idea

3. Is there a way to make a normal unit to a hero without creating a new one?

well only with the use of triggers, and it wouldnt have an xp bar, so why want to do this?

 

[Eisi]

Well in GUI you can always check how many players are playing, if only one then it is singleplayer...

Ok, thanks, I'll checks this later.

Dunno what you mean, but if there is something on a icon you want removed, then use wc3 viewer to convert to tga then edit the tga and remove the thing -> convert back to blp -> giving the right path (look in MPQ achieve to find it if you dont know it)
If this is not what you meant I have no idea

Maybe this screenshot helps, I want to remove the "1".

well only with the use of triggers, and it wouldnt have an xp bar, so why want to do this?

I modified a lot of the normal units, but for some reasons i need them as hero... And I don't want to do this all again.

 

[YoshiRyu]

Is it possible to remove a number from an icon? I want to use some icons for spellbuttons, but these icons are normally icons for an item with a limit(e.g. summon a unit).

limit number on limited use item are performed by the game, they aren't include in the icon, so just use the item icon for your spell, it won't display any number, and you could had this answer simply by trying it...

 

[Eisi]

Of course i tried it, but the "1" is still there...

 

[PurplePoot]

Shouldn't be there, I've never had that happen (unless you're using a spell that puts the 1 there itself)

As for the bj_isSinglePlayer thing, that should work. If anything's bugging, it would be EndGame(false), though I doubt that is.

By the way, bj_isSinglePlayer fires if the game is in Single Player mode, not when there is only one player in the game.

 

[PurgeandFire]

@Poot: It is because he put EndGame(false). If he does that, of course, nothing should happen. If you want it to end the game then put "true". It should work that way such as:

if bj_isSinglePlayer then
    call EndGame(true)
endif

 

[Eisi]

2. Is it possible to remove a number from an icon? I want to use some icons for spellbuttons, but these icons are normally icons for an item with a limit(e.g. summon a unit).0

Solved this, just selected the icon again and the number does not appear.

if bj_isSinglePlayer then
  call EndGame(true)
endif

Tried this, but it doesn't work, too. I don't know why...
Is it possible to do this with a normal trigger? I tried it, but I didn't find something equal to 'if bj_isSinglePlayer then'.

 

[PurplePoot]

Erm, purge, there would be no point to have a function where one option did nothing. EndGame(true/false) just toggles the score screen.

Is it possible to do this with a normal trigger? I tried it, but I didn't find something equal to 'if bj_isSinglePlayer then'.

No, you can't access BJ globals with GUI.

 

[RED BARON]

Tried this, but it doesn't work, too. I don't know why...
Is it possible to do this with a normal trigger? I tried it, but I didn't find something equal to 'if bj_isSinglePlayer then'.

Well what I meanty wasnt the use of this funktion to check if singleplayer mode, but making a trigger checking number of players playing when it is one player I would pressume it was singleplayer, that ofcourse would prevent from playing b-net 1 person, but then why play 1 online? So that is what I meant surry for confusen if I had coursed any...

To hero custom units:What is the reson(s) you want them to be heroes?`To show the icon to the left on screen or to allowed skill update (If so this can be done with triggers too? If you told why you need them as hero I will be more helpful I think.

 

[Eisi]

Well, I thought it'll take longer if I wait for an answer how to make a normal unit to a hero, so I did everything again. I thought it was more, but because the editor marks changes done to an unit I was able to copy&paste all the stuff quickly.

So only the problem with the sp is left. I think I inserted the code at the wrong position, can you tell me where i should use it?

 

[Revolve]

Question:

How do you change the name of the races, when you select race before game (attachment)?

 

[HappyTauren]

in game interface, it is near gameplay constants.

 

[YoshiRyu]

menu > advanced > interface

EDIT: owned

 

[Revolve]

Ok. I have tryed it out, but with no succes. What i edited was the only thing I found that could be it. When i test in warcraft, it just show the noraml race names. This is what i changed:

Advanced - Game Interface - Text - General - Human/Human:

I changed that and for all other races to the names used in my map. Plz tell me how to do this.

 

[Kaitech[SanD]]

Question: I made a mountain with using Raise Ground, and I place rocks on it too make the jouney more dificult, my my rocks look like stick stuck in a mountain, how can I stop this?

Answer: Go to Object editor, click on Doodads at the tabs, find your doodad (There may be multiple versions/variations, have patience finding it), then set Art - Max Roll Angel (Degrees) and Art - Maximum Pitch Angle (Degrees) too 1!

 

[Silvenon]

Ok. I have tryed it out, but with no succes. What i edited was the only thing I found that could be it. When i test in warcraft, it just show the noraml race names. This is what i changed:

Advanced - Game Interface - Text - General - Human/Human:

I changed that and for all other races to the names used in my map. Plz tell me how to do this.

There probably should be more than one field.

 

[Revolve]

Well, i just looked the whole thing over but i din't find any other field. If anyone of you has got this to work, plz said which field you edited. I want this since using a dialog for race select doesn't fit at all into my campaign.

 

[PurplePoot]

It's a glitch with wc3, it loads those strings the game after the one that changed them (thus it's a bad idea to change the strings at all)

Just try to do without those fields.