They open many new possibilities for our scenarios.

I would highly recommend them to any designer.

Great job pftq.

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Regards,

Xamolxis

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That is a very good idea, Xamo.

However, if you create a separate thread in the general forum then ES moderators will move it to the scenario forum.
Still, you can do that just to get their initial attention.

You may also want to post this information in "The Case for Custom Scenarios Online" which is more visible, and they cannot move your post.

Of course you can do both.

Your new effects make Custom Scenarios more powerful.
Thanks to your effects I was able to make triggers that allow players to construct fixed gun anywhere on the map, and it always works, where before it was working only in some cases due to editor bugs.

Good job pftq.

I think Ensemble has to hire you, really, they must do that.
First you did the invisible walls for no rush games, now this.

Do you want me to talk to them?

Where do you leave? In the USA? Can you relocate? I am serious.

Sandy told me once that Ensemble’s programmers couldn’t make the AI build walls around the base because they couldn’t figure out how to make the AI build a wall around the map objects.
That is why the AI doesn’t build walls in AOE3.

With your new effect “Army Build Building At Unit” you can have a villager walking around the base and execute this effect to build a wall right next to himself.
Since units know how to walk around objects, building the wall (if it is really at the unit) around the base (and around objects) would be possible.

So who is willing to take on this challenge?
After you do it you can send a sample scenario to Ensemble and see what they think about it.

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Check out the demonstrations of "Near Unit" on the link.

I just had a look at the square wall screenshot, lots of fun to be had with that trigger! Thanks again pftq.

You didn't answer my question - do you want to work for Ensemble?

I can put a word for you.

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lol a bit far out though. I don't quite think I'm that good yet.

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pftq,

You are too modest.
Ensemble needs people like you.

You are the one who invented the invisible wall and made “No Rush” games possible.
Sandy said several times that there are too many issues with a no rush game and was told by his programmers “No Rush” game it is too difficult to do.
Then you came up with the invisible wall solution (with furb’y help), and Ensemble had no choice but to implement the “Treaty” game type (no rush).
The funny part is that they didn’t use the invisible wall solution and their “No Rush” has issues where yours is perfect.
And you are telling me that you are not good enough?

Now you came up with 60 more effects that are not included with the game.
I am sure they can use your help.

Try to apply to one of their positions.
Their web site has new openings all the time.
With resume such as yours you have a good chance to be accepted.

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PureAlbino,

No, I don’t need this so badly.
If I want the AI to have walls then I just build walls around his base in the editor, and that solves the problem.

I was just playing with the idea.

[This message has been edited by MosheLevi (edited 02-07-2007 @ 07:28 PM).]

If you use the triggers in your scenario, they will be saved to the scenario and carry on to whoever plays the scenario. The person playing your scenario doesn't need the triggers installed.

If you mean you yourself playing on ESO, there will also be no problems. Again, this is not really a "mod" but an add-on.

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Also very interested in the ai personality type responces to win lose memory at game start for skirmish. And how this could be used in map loading & for scaling map wieght on game end, and progress. For things like which units are alive or dead at the end of a game, and other very usefull info for levels, so on.

ideas welcome

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Do you mean you want to fire a trigger containing Teleport Units in Area when a certain unit type is built?

You can use QV Set Unit OBJECT ID in Area to grab the Object ID of a building in the area - then use XS Teleport in Area to use OBJECT IDs as center unit.

OBJECT IDs will be set to -1 if the selection does not exist.

I can make a Units in Area Adv. to avoid the use of QVs if you want.

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@pftq dude awesome triggers used a few finishing up a scn. Going to highlight a few of your triggers in my next map. Thankx for taking the time, very nice stuff.btw that viewer is really the coolest thing, good stuff.

[This message has been edited by sziggi (edited 02-14-2007 @ 10:49 AM).]

Is it possible to use your advanced triggers to assign units in area to an army, so later on we can refer to that new assigned army in other triggers?

If so, how can we do that?

ok heres a pict of the portals "stairs" the teleporter uses.

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In my scenarios I use a combination of “Hard” AI (from skirmish games) with another AI player that I control as part of my triggers.

The problem is that the AI that comes with the game (the first AI) doesn’t attack in a wise manner and sometimes it just sit there doing nothing.

I want to select all the AI’s units around its town center (e.g. 100 radius), convert them to the AI player I control, and assign all these units to an army.
At that point I can use this army for specific missions via other triggers (such as flanking the human player, and so on), and after that to convert them back to the original AI (if there are any units left).
This way I can make sure the AI doesn’t sit doing nothing.

So I want to know if there is a way to do that using pftq’s events.

This is the trigger pftq made and works pretty nicely. This will also change the play type, to say a cinematic block- so also doubles as a "Remove" trig effect.

About the ai, some of the major things that will screw up the ai is the location (location, location, location), of town and enemy. Making sure your choke points are clean and moving things like farms for space and making sure he's got his first free meal, will perk him up. Also another tid bit I saw used in the new campaign is you can hold that ai block and don't have to drop it till your ready for action. Most of all we know he's happiest on an "skirmish" map, so making him comfortable is half the battle.