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I have tried DefenderHeroMove(sUnitName),but find that it acts oddly.If I return nil , AI take the control and do something as usual. But if I return not nil, AI hero always perfoms a "Defend" action which makes the ATB to 0 which nearly half the number of actions of the AI hero significantly for a Mass Haste takes only 0.5 ATB . Is it a bug or did I do something wrong?

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Well it works as it should, but the functions you placed inside this function before return should also be called. Does script ignores them? What functions did you put there?

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I have tried DefenderHeroMove(sUnitName),but find that it acts oddly.If I return nil , AI take the control and do something as usual. But if I return not nil, AI hero always perfoms a "Defend" action which makes the ATB to 0 which nearly half the number of actions of the AI hero significantly for a Mass Haste takes only 0.5 ATB . Is it a bug or did I do something wrong?

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Well it works as it should, but the functions you placed inside this function before return should also be called. Does script ignores them? What functions did you put there?

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I write one for a barbarian hero:

funtion DefenderHeroMove(heroName)
local result = nil
if ( GetUnitManaPoints( heroName ) >= 10) then
UnitCastGlobalSpell(heroName, SPELL_WARCRY_BATTLECRY)
result = not nil
end
return result
end

And AI always cast Battlecry and defends at one action.

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I have tried DefenderHeroMove(sUnitName),but find that it acts oddly.If I return nil , AI take the control and do something as usual. But if I return not nil, AI hero always perfoms a "Defend" action which makes the ATB to 0 which nearly half the number of actions of the AI hero significantly for a Mass Haste takes only 0.5 ATB . Is it a bug or did I do something wrong?

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Well it works as it should, but the functions you placed inside this function before return should also be called. Does script ignores them? What functions did you put there?

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I write one for a barbarian hero:

funtion DefenderHeroMove(heroName)
local result = nil
if ( GetUnitManaPoints( heroName ) >= 10) then
UnitCastGlobalSpell(heroName, SPELL_WARCRY_BATTLECRY)
result = not nil
end
return result
end

And AI always cast Battlecry and defends at one action.

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That is what i was talking about, you may make this battle harder by adding some scripted actions to enemy hero (like the battle cry you mentioned, you may add as much actions to him as you want) without . Sure in your example battle probably becomes easier, but:

1. You may return nil as the result so enemy hero woudn't lose his turn after function call.

2. You may add some "logic" to the action of AI hero. Like  making him cast certain powerfull spells with certain probability each turn or such. Using scripts you can get some info about creature types, their numbers and position in combat. And having the idea about mission details (you may transfer to combat what skills and spells player hero has through global variables for instance) you may decide what your hero would do.

3. By the way have you tried giving him some powerfull skill like academy ultimate or tons of stats and troops? (he is a Boss after all). As far as i remember this aproach worked perfectly well in the Year of Fire Tears (not sure it's exact name) campaign to make boss a really tought guy there.

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Thanks for you advices. It is really helpful and works well.

However , in my simple example , the enemy hero will act twice at the same time ( one cast Battle Cry and then defend) ,which is not logical in the battle. though I can use it by return nil it actually increase the diffculty. Can I remove the enemy hero's defend action ?

By the way , where can I get this map? It looks like that what you mentioned is not the offical campaign -The day of fire.

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@PvP: Are you by coincidence the creator of the PvP scripts from the russian tournament edition?, If so then i would like to ask you a few questions.

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Now everything seems clear to me. I was thinking Pvp and mirthless were two different persons, and I didn't know you actually made the script (before changing your name to Pvp). The questions were indeed sent to your mail, but since I have not received a reply I feared mirthless was dissappeared. (Maybe something went wrong or you need more time?)
Of course don't feel obliged to do anything, I'm not in a hurry. You can also post the answers here if this suits you better, since they are all about map scripting.

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Thanks for you advices. It is really helpful and works well.

However , in my simple example , the enemy hero will act twice at the same time ( one cast Battle Cry and then defend) ,which is not logical in the battle. though I can use it by return nil it actually increase the diffculty. Can I remove the enemy hero's defend action ?

By the way , where can I get this map? It looks like that what you mentioned is not the offical campaign -The day of fire.

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The campaign i was talking about can be downloaded here:
http://www.maps4heroes.com/heroes5/campaigns/campaigns.php

Correct name is: 566 year - The Day of Fiery Tears. So it is probably what you thought it is.

Though, i'm not sure about a way to remove defend action. As i recall i've sent you a complete script function list so you may try to find something there, but i myself can't come up with anything that would look like all good solution to the problem. If this defend action irritates you, because it is always defend you can return not nil. If it's ATB shift that bothers you, you may try:

- to shift enemy hero ATB position to say 0.5 inside function (so he wouldn't be the first to act after you've left your function) (not sure this one would work though)

- catch the next person acting after hero with similar hook and shift
hero's ATB from there to make his turn come faster.
(if you are shifting ATB position the safe way is to do it from some kind of hook, because otherwise it may lead to ATB desync problems).


By the way,
another idea is to overload function Start() the same way you did with DefenderHeroMove. The functions that are put there are run at the start of the battle right after preparation phase is finished. (for instance something like Lethos spec can be emulated this way)

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Hi guys,

I am creating a map and I would like one of the town to take the race of the player that captures it.
I've tried a couple of things : script which I don't master at all.
I've also noticed this Capture trigger line in the town's properties tree and it doesn't do anything.

First of all is it possible ? Can you help me ?

Thanks

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I get the error that "RunDaily" function is not defined.

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I have a question about GetAllNAmes() function. It returns a string of hero names separated with space character, and I need to extract those names. Is there a way to manipulate strings in H5? There are plenty of functions in LUA but I was unable to use them. Thanks in advance.

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Is it possible to control a neutral troop on the map?

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Thanks GetObjectNamesByType() solved my problem with heroes. But now I have another. I am trying to make monsters on map just disappear when encountered by certain heroes. I had to use SetObjectEnabled(monster,nil) beecause otherwise the there is a battle before my script starts. But, when I use this function, AI heroes just ignore those monsters, they are treating them like obstacles. Is there a way to make AI heroes encounter them? I tried with SetAIPlayerAttractor() but it's not working. And another question, is there a way to check which of the players on map is AI controlled?

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