Miscellanous units

[wills370]

A complete unit and building painter tool would be a wonderful add on. Even as to go as far as add a jpeg uploader etc. (from a approved moderated site to avoid any lude logos). Would be a completly new idea and very fresh. Imagine a army with a custom coat of arms you designed would really make it your own.

[sneaky_squirrel]

I hope I can get familiar with the game's editor as soon as possible ;p.

And I can't wait for the Beta to start, so exciting ;p.

[Puppeteer]

This has been discussed in many topics. Please search for and post in those topics. As my sig states, thank you. I'm tired of the repitition.

[Aametherar]

It's not a new idea, and extreme customization will be allowed in this game. (not mmo mode ofc)

[LiTos456]

Originally Posted by FlaschePommes

A visual customisation only like armour, haircoulour etc would be fine for me.

Will there be custom banners or coat of arms? That would be very interesting, too.

maybe a few different fase presets too?

[Athos]

Originally Posted by LiTos456

Lol we should be able to make units like heroes in BFME2.

We do not speak of that game. We speak only of the mods. :P

That sounds like a cool feature, though.

[Andy Joslin]

Making a new unit is easy. Here is a tiny example:

local T=NewCreatureTemplate("Orc-Units-Rabid Monster")

T.Mesh[1]="MyFolderPath/RabidMonster/mesh"
T.Texture[1]="MyFolderPath/RabidMonster/texture"

T.Animation[1]="MyFolderPath/RabidMonster/idle"
...
T.Animation[10]="MyFolderPath/RabidMonster/death"
..

T.DefaultMesh=1
T.DefaultTexture=1
T.DefaultAnimation=1

T.DefaultScale={3,3,3}
T.HasCollision=false


T.WalkSpeed=2934
T.RunSpeed=32459
T.FatigueCap=430
T.HitPoints=230
You set all the stats here

T.CustomProperties={
Rabid=false,
RabidTimer=false,
}

local Button=T:AddActioner("Rabid")
Button.Icon=""
Button.Details=""
Button.ExtendedDetails=""
Button.Func=function(Self)
  Self:PlaySfx(UiIconLeft)
  if Self.Fatigue>=50 then
    Self.Rabid=true
    Self.RabidTimer=10
  
    Self.DefenceRating=Self.DefenceRating+100
    Self.Weapon[1].Slashing=Self.Weapon[1].Slashing+100

    Self:GreyActioner("Rabid")
    Self.Fatigue=Self.Fatigue-50
  elseif Self.Fatigue<50 then
    Self:NotifyPlayer("Not enough fatigue, need "..50-Self.Fatigue.." more to use Rabid")
end

T.OnHeartBeat=function(Self)
  if Self.Rabid==true and Self.RabidTimer>0 then
    Self.RabidTimer=Self.RabidTimer-1
  elseif Self.Rabid==true and Self.RabidTimer==0 then
    Self.DefenceRating=Self.DefenceRating-100
    Self.Weapon[1].Slashing=Self.Weapon[1].Slashing-100

    Self.Rabid=false
    Self:UngreyActioner("Rabid")
  end
end

Tons of events you can use, including T.OnCreation, T.OnDeath, T.OnEndDying, T.OnDecaying, T.OnWalk, T.ClickOnUnit, T.ClickOnLocation, etc

This is but a tiny example of our unit-scripting. It is nearly limitless. It can interact with the scenario-scripting and interface scripting easily, too.

[Darathor]

That doesn't seem easy to me lol!

[LiTos456]

It IS easy. In fact you can just use that script and replace the parameters themselves with your own values. Just a little bit of effort and maybe a little googling and you're good to go.

[sneaky_squirrel]

Shouldn't take too much for a modder to get a hold of some new units then.

Now that I think about it...is it possible to make things bigger than they already are without modding?