SC2Mapster

1. The game only supports one type of creep with the texture set under the Terrain Types data type.   Creep might be able to be simulated using a Splat model as a Model actor and then validating placement relative to distance from the "creep source" units.

2. Check the requirements of the behaviour applied. If this site still supported SC2 maps I would point to my infected creep demo map. Just use an aura from the creep source unit that has a Model type actor that uses a splat model to represent the creep. Again the creep growth/decay would not be supported.

3. For AOE weapons just use a Damage effect with splash like the siege tank weapon. Else use a Search Area effect that then does your other stuff. For weather effects use triggers to apply an effect at a point and use a Create Persistent effect that uses a periodic Search Area effect. With the gas a periodic damage effect would be enough if you set the splash filters to biological as required. With the nanite turret give it an autocast ability with a 360 degree arc that channels a Create Healer effect. The burrowing is a Morph ability and you will need to look at your tower model in the cutscene editor to see if it has the right animation. My advice is to read the tutorial on making a healing well. Else look at the mothership cloaking field.

4. So you are modifying the Queue ability of the command centre to have 2 production slots? Why not just change the Art: Model field of the command centre Unit actor?

5. If the model lacks the correct animation then it probably is using an .m3a file to give it the animations. Use the actor events under the Unit actor to play the correct animation using the Animation Bracket Start action probably under an Actor Creation event

1. only one creep per map although you could have a systematically increasing area to represent growth but it is not quite the same level of artwork since creep has borders.

2. Sadly the picture is very small when it comes to text so I cannot read it. This your buff emitter behaviour or your buff applied to the units in the aura? Sadly since Curse "updated" the site all .SC2Map files are broken and are not supported. PM me your email and I will send you the demo map along with any other of my data asset demo maps you request.

Malignant creep yes but not as part of an orthogonal creep. Check the Behavior: Requirements field of the Buff behaviour used.

So some Buff behaviour on all units that uses the On Creep validator to disable it? Like Malignant Creep has when the upgrade for the requirement is researched? So something in the Combat: Modification - Damage Dealt (Scaled) field?

4. Ok I am confused. You want the Protoss crystal thingy as an attachment to the command centre? Most campaign techs (especially actors) are linked to an upgrade so most actors use the Upgrade event. With the pic which actor is that?

I did mean to create an entire event but you had some protoss model and not the terran command centre tech reactor so it is relating to a different question. Maybe explain exactly what actor events you changed from your pylon copy Unit actor?

With the aura buff you need to give it a duration barely longer than the period for application so the buff runs out when out of range.

What is the animation name that you want for the "burrow" animation?

1. There is a Creep Source behaviour that generates it using a footprint. The visual properties are done using the Terrain Types data type and the decay properties are set under Gameplay Data. It is highly integrated into the game engine so making a duplicate that does not lag like mad would be a challenge. The Hive Keeper map did something similar to a creep simulation if I recall.

4. Auras work by the applying buff having a period just shorter than the duration of the second buff it applies so that there is not intermittent loss of buff but as soon as the unit leaves the aura radius it loses the second buff. 0.54 seconds is what the mothership uses.

With the cutscenes editor under the View menu make sure the Show Panes>Timeline is enabled. That should show a red and bluw bar at the bottom of the screen. Right click the blue part and select Change Animation to change what animation the model is showing in the cutscenes editor. Once you have found out if your model has the animation you want you then need to use the name of that animation for your actor events. In the case of burrow you want an Ability Morph event to apply the animation bracket.

1. No idea why it is not working for you then. I find for debugging buff behaviours it is conventiant to give the buff +1 max shield added that way when the buff works it is easy to spot on the unit.

1. Without seeing what list you are using I cannot comment. Probably those are just animation name affix options to choose from to construct the correct animation name.

BSM??? Sure yo do not mean BSD (Birth Stand Death)?

2. Just use a separate actor for the placement model actor.

3. The Search: Areas - Radius field of the Search Area effect used.

4. Although it could be done with data all the default heroes use triggers to do the creation/resurrection. For the drop ship spawn use triggers.

5. Looks like a stukov base legs with a creep tumour as an attachment. Ask in the AI Development forum about that.

6. If created by a structure you need an aura where the caster has a buff with a periodic search area effect that applies a second buff to the target that has a duration barely longer than the period. If a terrain hazard use a Create Persistent effect to do the periodic effects.

7. Those are done using Dialog triggers.

8. Add requirements to all units trained under the Show part so you hide and disable training by the one ability and show and enable the warp train ability.

9. Use Blender to extract and make an importable model of it although for a glowing orb there are several alternative models (Preserver missile?) that would look as good if retextured.

10a. That would require you to redo the nuke ability to use a launched missile unit with a mover that has a slowed impact speed as the second phase (gets to the destination fast but takes a while to land).

10b. Only the Slayn one is a functional tower. All the rest lack any good animations unless you were to make them using modelling software like blender. Not looked at the purifier turret before. The dominion Space Platform turrets are also a prop and lack any good animations. There is however a smaller version misclassified under the SM models that is functional if you rotate it 180 degrees so it is not a hanging turret.

Look under the cutscenes editor what animations they have and if they have a TurretZ attachment point.

1. To make it an upgrade use a requirement that counts for the upgrade being completed and add it to the buff.

1. The unit death event gives problems. Rather use the Combat: Custom Death fields and the Unit Death Customize event. Anyway to play the right animations you will need to make your Model type actor the Combat: Death Actor Model or Combat: Custom Death - Actor Model.

2. With your other problem it seems the models are not orphaning correctly. Maybe add a timer after creation to self destruct? Else link the destroy action to the animation being done.

3. What you mean by "come out through a question"? So you do not want to train units but have them instantly spawn? Use a Specialize ability that uses Create Unit effects then.

4. Try resetting your computer.

5. Probably some actor problem. What error messages are appearing in the debug window at the top of the screen?

6. Use a Transport ability linked to a Use Magazine effect which does not have an effect specified. This is the basics of a unit cannon but you will need a targetable baneling missile launched before using the use magazine. Maybe an iterate magazine effect could be used to launch them directly but I have not tried that.

7. Show me the actor events.

8. LOS blockers are determined by the footprints they use with the Placement Apply layer being what you need. Else use a buff to lower the vision radius of units in the area.

3. Ever looked at the co-op mod and seen how stukov does it? So you want them like warp train but instant?

5. You morphing the stuff? It is a know bug that the abilities of units that a unit morphs into count towards the 64 ability cap.

Your malignant creep tumour has the actor events messed up in that it is creating the morph Unit actor before destroying the old one. Rest look like import texture errors. Pics 3-4 also have the same issue with the unit actor creation/destruction sequence. Unless you are accidentally using a Unit actor instead of Model type actors.

6. UnitConstuction.*.Finish>Destroy??? So when it finishes being constructed you want to destroy the actor??? Seriously... Are you sure you do not mean Create or something else?

7. Most of the events are still referring to the original spawning pool unit and not your new one. Especially those that use the Destroy action.

Anim Bracket Exit Reason???? What default actor is using that term? I want to research that one. Probably that term is failing so causing your actor to bug.

8. The mac bug has already been reported. Thought the last patch would have fixed it.

9. Cannot open the image in a new tab.

10. The death model actor is what is used when the unit dies. What you want it to do is based on the events. What you need to tell me is what exactly do you want done on death? The sub name is a default field and not all events have one. The Unit Death Customize uses terms (like timers) to specify stuff. You can (I recommend marine and zerglings for learning).

11. Only show the Show Field Categories options and disable the rest. That is what I use.

3. Still suggest using a Specialize ability that uses a Create Unit effect that then uses an Issue Order effect to move to the rally.

5. When importing import the textures first, save and then close the editor. Open it again and then import the model.

9/10. That the actor for the shield visual or the psi destroyer building?

11. I was referring to your UI problem on Mac.

12. Look up unit cannons. The Use Calldown effect can use internal Arm Magazine or Transport ability stored units to create an effect (like the Ghost - Nuke (Calldown)) sacrificing the unit in the process. If no effect is specified under the Use Calldown effect it instead teleports the stored unit to the target location. This could be used to make your baneling launcher but the missiles would not share the current life of the launched unit if you launched a damaged baneling. The Iterate Transport effect applies certain effects to units inside the cargo of a Transport ability so might be able to launch the cargo units directly.

5. As long as the model looks and acts correctly it is not a major concern. Most of those errors are not shown outside testing.

9/10 Check the model in the cutscenes editor in case the death animation has some strange affix.

12. The threads were spread between the data and miscellaneous forums. Sadly curse has changed the numbering system of all threads so good luck finding them.

14. Then make a custom Model type actor used as the custom death actor and adjust the events accordingly. The reason it is disappearing is the custom death probably has no linked actor.

14. Under the events of your death actor on Actor Creation get it to use Animation Play action that plays the death animation. Then use an Animation Done event that leads to a Destroy action.

15. Stuff under the Show part of requirements. Other mods overriding modifications to the unit.