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Started by dkil... Dan Kilbank
Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
Map editor questions - Start points - colors
Author: dkil... Dan Kilbank
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00
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I tried to make a map by editing one of the maps that comes with Warcraft (Alamo) Start points: My buddy and I want to have a map for 2 players where we always start at opposite corners rather than side by side. We decided to eliminate all the starting points but 2 to ensure positions. We would prefer to have a way of randomizing more start points but I imagine that doing so you could not garantee opposite side starts. I thought of having 3 orc starts and 3 human starts but we do not always want to limit it to Humans on the north and Orcs on the south either. What we would like is 3 random start points for North player and 3 for the South player but random as to which player gets North and which gets South. That way we are far enough apart and yet we do not know which of the possible 3 spots the enemy is in. or know in advance which side we get. We could take turns or toss a coin if we could control player 1 North or South but I can't even see that Player Colors: We want one player red and one green (orcs and humans) but player 1 is red and 3 is green. Is it ok to set 1 and 3 as human and the others all as computer? There is no "NO PLAYER" choices. Is this the correct way do set prefered colors or can we change the player 2 to green? Can't see how The one time we tried to test it the game did not start and awarded us both victories. My guess was that it does not like skipping over player 2 One thing that bothers me is that there is no real doccumentation for the map editor. The help section is skimpy and there is nothing in the manual. Most of it seems straight forward but we find it lacking in instrucion to say the least. One of the problems we encounter in playing a built in map is a lack of gold. We always run out just as the game gets to the higher level units and the battle gets heated (providing ther is no quick victory). Any recomendations as to a good but not too generous amount of gold to put in a mine 35000 in 2 mines does not seem to cut it and we don't want unlimited gold either. The slider goes over 600000, seems like a lot. Thanks for the suggestions Dan Kilbank Ottawa Ontario Canada
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