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Vlaad
Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
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posted December 04, 2009 06:41 PM |
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This is an extremely noob question, but I can't figure out how to delete or erase objects (mountains, for instance) from custom maps. How would I do this? Thank you.
Select it and click the "Delete" key. 
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rdeford
Known Hero
Wyld Mapper
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posted December 04, 2009 10:14 PM |
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This is an extremely noob question, but I can't figure out how to delete or erase objects (mountains, for instance) from custom maps. How would I do this? Thank you.
Some map features, rivers for example, require that you first select the tool that made the feature before you can use the erase tool that is found on the tool set.
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destron
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posted December 05, 2009 04:03 AM |
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Edited by destron at 04:24, 05 Dec 2009.
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Thanks, Vlaad and rdeford. I figured out how to select things. Unfortunately, I'm still having some problems. Whenever I load my map (which is just a little experimental one), the game dumps me back to Windows. I did the checklist function, and there are numerous issues of "object and craig intersection."
My understanding is that this occurs when scenery and ground don't perfectly match up. Would such a problem be enough to cause the game to crash? There aren't any other problems, as far as I can tell. Thanks again.
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Vlaad
Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
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posted December 05, 2009 04:37 AM |
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As far as I remember, no. (The only thing that used to freeze my editor - but not crash to desktop - was when I left the passability check ON, and tried to load my XXXL map again. I had to open a tiny scenario first, turn the option OFF, then load my map.)
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rdeford
Known Hero
Wyld Mapper
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posted December 05, 2009 05:58 AM |
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Thanks, Vlaad and rdeford. I figured out how to select things. Unfortunately, I'm still having some problems. Whenever I load my map (which is just a little experimental one), the game dumps me back to Windows. I did the checklist function, and there are numerous issues of "object and craig intersection."
My understanding is that this occurs when scenery and ground don't perfectly match up. Would such a problem be enough to cause the game to crash? There aren't any other problems, as far as I can tell. Thanks again.
The editor's map check command does not give meaningful results. The object and craig intersection errors will not cause any problems when the map is played. You can fool around and get rid of some of them, but never all.
The only time one of my maps crashed to Windows was when I placed a starting hero right next to the outer edge of the map itself. I moved the hero one square inward and the map stopped crashing. I would suggest looking for things such as this.
If all else fails, start over again with a blank map and reconstruct your previous map. Test it every few steps as you add objects to the map and shape the landscape. You will soon see when it begins to crash. That way you will learn what the problem is.
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destron
Tavern Dweller
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posted December 05, 2009 06:35 AM |
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. It crashes when I try to play the map, not when I load it on the map editor. Any idea what might be causing this?
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destron
Tavern Dweller
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posted December 05, 2009 09:00 AM |
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Edited by destron at 09:07, 05 Dec 2009.
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Never mind, it seems to be working. I pretty much redid the map from scratch. I do have another question; how do you set the camera in a custom map? When playing the map, I find myself very limited in my camera movements. Nor is there any sky.
Sorry if this questions's already been asked. Searching for camera on the forum brings up a lot of things unrelated to my question, so I'm not sure exactly where to look.
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rdeford
Known Hero
Wyld Mapper
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posted December 05, 2009 04:46 PM |
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Never mind, it seems to be working. I pretty much redid the map from scratch. I do have another question; how do you set the camera in a custom map? When playing the map, I find myself very limited in my camera movements. Nor is there any sky.
Sorry if this questions's already been asked. Searching for camera on the forum brings up a lot of things unrelated to my question, so I'm not sure exactly where to look.
There are script commands that will move the camera around and set the angle of view, but they are programmed by the map maker and triggered by player actions during game play. Basically, they are for creating a special situation during the play of the map, not to set up the camera for general game play. Writing a bug-free, effective script to create custom situations and custom game play is a BIG subject and so complex that I advise against it unless you have a computer programming background.
But back to your question, as far as I know, during the general play of a map, the player sets the camera view using the game's controls. Read the game documentation to learn how to use the controls. I no longer have H5 installed on my machine, so I cannot go take a look in order to give you a specific answer.
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rdeford
Known Hero
Wyld Mapper
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posted December 05, 2009 04:52 PM |
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. It crashes when I try to play the map, not when I load it on the map editor. Any idea what might be causing this?
Yes, I realized that. My answer should have made it clear that placing a starting hero on the outermost square of the map in the editor caused the map to crash when I opened the map with the game to test it. I believe that this particular bug was fixed with one of the patches, but my point is that it is likely still possible to do things in the editor that will cause the map to crash in the game. The remedy is to test frequently as you make your maps so you can find out what to avoid. With H5, experience is indeed the best teacher.
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Zenithale
Promising
Famous Hero
Zen Mind
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posted December 23, 2009 01:51 AM |
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I created some maps for HeroesV but there is one thing I'm not able to do: dig huge holes/abyss in the underground, like in the Abyss arena (Duel mode). Anyone knows? Thanks in advance.
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naadirslo
Hired Hero
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posted December 27, 2009 09:58 AM |
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i got 2 questions:
How the hell can you edit coordinates of an object like z=-4 and rotate them for like 45°?
How can you edit moon weeks avalible in a map?
Someone please answer.
EDIT: And how to create multiple creature(armies) which you fight like normal ones?
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El_Chita
Known Hero
Actually, my name is El Chita
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posted December 27, 2009 11:26 AM |
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First one is simple, in the Properties Panel (the box at the bottom on the left side) there is an option called 'Rot', that means Rotation. When you change it from 0 to 0.5, it is rotated in a 45° angle.
Above 'Rot' you can change the z value of the object.
second I don't know, never cared for weeks, but the third one you can find here:
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=24782
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rdeford
Known Hero
Wyld Mapper
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posted December 27, 2009 05:44 PM |
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I created some maps for HeroesV but there is one thing I'm not able to do: dig huge holes/abyss in the underground, like in the Abyss arena (Duel mode). Anyone knows? Thanks in advance.
I've never found a way to dig holes underground and I don't believe it is possible. Instead, I use the crater objects in the Lava Objects set. I assume that's how the folks who created the custom maps for the game did it. I suppose that it is possible that there is a different object set for the arena that I've never seen. Maybe you should try opening one of those maps with the editor and copy-paste the huge holes into your maps.
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El_Chita
Known Hero
Actually, my name is El Chita
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posted December 27, 2009 06:24 PM |
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I'm sorry Zenithale, now I know what you wanna do.
The abyss in the Abyss arena (how funny) has nothing to do with digging holes, they are objects. I don't know why, but Nival disabled them for ToE. To get them back, go to the Subterra objects and search for Zaglushka, the last object in the list.
Then you click Zaglushka red, click in the Properties Panel next to Shared on the three ... and you are in the folder AdvMapStaticShared. Hope you can follow me.
There you search in the same folder Zaglushka is in (Dungeonwalls) for the following Objects:
WallCornerDown_01.(AdvMapStaticShared)
WallDown_01.(AdvMapStaticShared)
WallDown_02.(AdvMapStaticShared)
WallDown_03.(AdvMapStaticShared)
WallDown_04.(AdvMapStaticShared)
WallInnerDown_01.(AdvMapStaticShared)
They are all above Zaglushka and they are all you need to build an arena like Abyss.
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I suppose that it is possible that there is a different object set for the arena that I've never seen.
Yeah. Hope I could help you, too 
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Zenithale
Promising
Famous Hero
Zen Mind
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posted December 27, 2009 08:52 PM |
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fiur
Promising
Supreme Hero
Map Creator
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posted December 28, 2009 09:45 AM |
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Ive used that alot on my maps... just remember to use the "mask" function on top of them... of not your hero can walk in the "air"
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Kparid
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posted December 30, 2009 02:52 PM |
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Campaign heroes
Hallo,
I played a self made map with campaign heroes, but when I retreat in battle I can't recruit them again in the tavern. Can something be done about that?
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naadirslo
Hired Hero
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posted January 03, 2010 11:01 AM |
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so there is probably no way to change the weeks?
Dumb me didn't have the value on screen, i shrinked it together when i first used it. Now i discovered multiple new things there But i still want to know about the moon weeks.
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rdeford
Known Hero
Wyld Mapper
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posted January 03, 2010 04:50 PM |
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so there is probably no way to change the weeks?
Dumb me didn't have the value on screen, i shrinked it together when i first used it. Now i discovered multiple new things there But i still want to know about the moon weeks.
I don't know to go about changing the current moon week during the course of play. However, assuming you are working with TOTE, the script function:
GetCurrentMoonWeek()
Returns the ID number of the current in-game week type. The constants corresponding to the various week types are described in the appendix
HOMM5_A2_IDs_for_Scripts.pdf For example, WEEK_OF_DRAGONFLY = 5.
You can use this constant in your own script functions to both time and coordinate the scripted events that the player experiences as he or she plays your map.
NOTE: None of the H5 versions prior to TOTE have the GetCurrentMoonWeek() function.
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naadirslo
Hired Hero
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posted January 03, 2010 06:48 PM |
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i don't quite understand...can you please write to me some examples of the script? i don't quite understand that function...
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