Being new to modding ive started .dat modding. And ive done three things, one of which is causing a crash:
Giving Valk the probe attack with added range/dmg
Giving Firebat Archon Attack
Giving Sieged Siege Tank Shields
Any ideas?
Valkyrie only attacks AIR units so if you gave it a ground wapon it crashes, the same goes to firebat, it only attacks Ground units so if you gave it an air weapon it should crash.
I want to know when is it that you crash, at the beggining or when the changes are executed, because what I explained it just crashes when you try to attack
When i press start at breifing (my test map is a UMS with all the units lined up) it says that arr/units.dat is an invalid path or something along those lines. But the files there.
Also:
Is this why giving the vulture an air weapon crashes? How do i fix this? (If possible) Because Firebat works fine attacking ground only with the psi shockwave but i think archons can do both.
Yes, it is why vulture crashes when you try to attack air, To fix it you will need to change the Iscript for it to be able to attack air.
Iscript is IceCC or whatever correct? It doesnt like to work for me, but i see shadowflare is making a newer better one.
You can use ICE Too or IceCC, the problem with IceCC is that you need the java runtimes in order to use it, that must be the problem that you can't use it, anyways Yes ShadowFlare is making a new better one hopefully It's easier to use than IceCC
Once again thank you Corbo. I was going to join MM before i joined Mp but decided i was way too sucky at modding. Hopefuly ill get better at it.
QUOTE(Mp)Excalibur @ Nov 24 2006, 04:19 PM)
it says that arr/units.dat is an invalid path or something along those lines. But the files there.
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Well you might have the path wrong in your .mpq . As you put arr/units.dat, when it should be arr\units.dat notice the backwards slash instead of the forward slash.
no one sucks, and if you wanna learn a faster modding experience, visit this thread:
http://www.staredit.net/index.php?showtopic=15413this can mostly get your of the ground.
anyways, in order to give units the ability to attack air or ground when it can't, you will need to edit the iscript.bin of starcraft using Ice or IceCC, though i prefer IceCC for you. IceCC can work without the java thing, but its harder and not so user-friendly too. if you know how to use IceCC, you can learn the commands from the .pdf thing inside the IceCC folder.
when you give a unit attack, remeber to check the air/ground flag of the weapon your giving.