I can fly - now I rule the world! Well not quite :p - A cool trick

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nottud
Demigod

posted 10 October 2008 01:56 PM EDT (US)

Well - I have not posted a trick for a while but here is a mega cool one you can do with the attach trigger. By attaching units to shrunk hawks or even just normal ones, it is possible to make randomly roaming flying units!

Beware! - the passage transport of doom is heading your way!

So - the flying dutchman DOES exist now does it?

Weeeeeeee!

Anyway - you the trigger given below to deploy a unit and attach it to another unit of your choice. The above trick is made by attaching other units to hawks.

The required trigger is below:

   <Effect name="Attach unit">
      <Param name="a" dispName="Notes" varType="string">Uses relics and a hero of your choice.  You need to choose an unused unit to change existing relics to. Chosen hero cannot be used on the map</Param>
      <Param name="b" dispName="Notes2" varType="string">Attached units stay alive if the other unit dies!</Param>
      <Param name="inv" dispName="invisible unused unit" varType="protounit">Iceberg</Param>
      <Param name="Location" dispName="" varType="area">0,0,0</Param>
      <Param name="Hero" dispName="Hero" varType="protounit">Villager</Param>
      <Param name="ProtoName" dispName="$$22434$$ProtoName" varType="protounit">Villager</Param>
      <Param name="SrcObject" dispName="$$22295$$Source Units" VarType="unit">default</Param>
      <Command>for(i = 0; > 1){}</Command>
      <Command>unitTransform("relic","%inv%");</Command>
      <Command>i = kbGetUnitBaseTypeID(kbGetBlockID("%SrcObject%"));</Command>
      <Command>unitTransform(""+kbGetProtoUnitName(i),"%Hero%");</Command>
      <Command>trArmyDispatch("0,1","relic",1,%Location%,0,true);</Command>
      <Command>trArmySelect("0,1");</Command>
      <Command>trBlockAllSounds(true);</Command>
      <Command>trImmediateUnitGarrison("%SrcObject%");</Command>
      <Command>trUnblockAllSounds();</Command>
      <Command>unitTransform("relic","%ProtoName%");</Command>
      <Command>unitTransform("%Hero%",""+kbGetProtoUnitName(i));</Command>
      <Command>unitTransform("%inv%","relic");</Command>
   </Effect>

Have fun!

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Minos Yewman
Mortal

posted 10 October 2008 02:00 PM EDT (US) 1 / 31

Is this trigger, along with others from recent discoveries, now added to the superpack? I'm asking because my computer won't let me save changes to the trigger file so I can't manually install any triggers.

Anyway, yet another great discovery. I'm sure this will lead to a variety of interesting effects on maps. I'll leave the actual ideas to other people because I'm not in an ideas mood right now.

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Bingo Little
Mortal
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posted 10 October 2008 02:27 PM EDT (US) 2 / 31

will that do that to all hawks on the map?

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nottud
Demigod

posted 10 October 2008 02:29 PM EDT (US) 3 / 31

No - It shouldn't.

I will add it to the superpack tonight and latest trigger file if I can remeber to.

[This message has been edited by nottud (edited 10-10-2008 @ 02:33 PM).]

rlpLeYs
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posted 10 October 2008 02:32 PM EDT (US) 4 / 31

Crazy

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Eyecandy of Doom
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posted 10 October 2008 02:41 PM EDT (US) 5 / 31

*Immediately implements*

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Nick The Hun
Mortal
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posted 10 October 2008 03:01 PM EDT (US) 6 / 31

i believe i can fly,
i believe i can touch the sky,
i believe nottuds discovery is sky high!

aflonely flying rain clouds :O

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[This message has been edited by Nick_The_Hunn (edited 10-10-2008 @ 03:18 PM).]

Mapppp
Mortal
(id: Jimmy2)

posted 10 October 2008 03:20 PM EDT (US) 7 / 31

Could we attach things like mist, SFX, and other non-solid objects? If so, look out for flying implosions!

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Nanodude
Mortal
(id: geodude)

posted 10 October 2008 07:19 PM EDT (US) 8 / 31

Oh how I hate everything put into the superpack...

But a very good discovery, I could have so much fun with it.

nottud
Demigod

posted 11 October 2008 02:54 AM EDT (US) 9 / 31

What else should I do - have about 1000 different downloads?

I have a seperate trigger download though.

I have now provided redirecting links from the older versions of the triggers to the main trigger file.

[This message has been edited by nottud (edited 10-11-2008 @ 03:08 AM).]

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posted 11 October 2008 03:18 AM EDT (US) 10 / 31

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Bingo Little
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posted 11 October 2008 03:57 AM EDT (US) 11 / 31

I assume it'd make ravens viable as a flying about bird for once?

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Mephiles
Mortal
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posted 11 October 2008 04:49 AM EDT (US) 12 / 31

Ha ha ha. It's about time you made a new trick. I was beginning to think you had done everything!

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Nanodude
Mortal
(id: geodude)

posted 11 October 2008 04:58 AM EDT (US) 13 / 31

What else should I do - have about 1000 different downloads?

That would be good actually, well I could just download superpack and choose what I want.

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posted 11 October 2008 05:40 AM EDT (US) 14 / 31

Are the units controlable?

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nottud
Demigod

posted 11 October 2008 06:42 AM EDT (US) 15 / 31

No - they cannot be selected or controlled. However you could do it with ravens and then you could control it. Howeevr I think you could ungarrison the unit. However I had a feeling if the unit does not belong to the player - especially nature then it could not be ungarrisoned.

EDIT:I have been investigating there seems to be no way to stop the ungarrisonning problem unless you make some sort of cool space wars game which all terrain is inpassable and you have normal flying units. Here is what you could do - controllable ranged flying piggies!

I attached battle boars to shrunken stymphalian birds and changed the shots and stuff. The terrain is impassable so the units cannot be ungarrisonned and the ungarrison fails even when the units die.

[This message has been edited by nottud (edited 10-11-2008 @ 07:09 AM).]

Dudis
Mortal

posted 11 October 2008 07:09 AM EDT (US) 16 / 31

Is this possible for vanilla?

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HailToTheOboe
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posted 11 October 2008 01:15 PM EDT (US) 17 / 31

Nope.<Command>unitTransform("relic","%inv%");</Command> That command doesn't work in Vanilla.

Inazuma
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posted 11 October 2008 04:54 PM EDT (US) 18 / 31

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Dudis
Mortal

posted 11 October 2008 07:26 PM EDT (US) 19 / 31

awww

Cirruis
Banned

posted 11 October 2008 07:55 PM EDT (US) 20 / 31

MOVING CLOUDS!

nottud
Demigod

posted 12 October 2008 02:47 AM EDT (US) 21 / 31

It is not totally impossible for vanilla ass there is another way but it is limited. Invoke spy on a flying unit and use the search triggers to change the spy eye to a unit of your choice. However it will only work with limited units - generally ones that can fly - even if it is just temporary like thor hammer. However search triggers are advanced - especially for vanilla but they do work.

HailToTheOboe
Bitten by a radioactive ostrich

posted 13 October 2008 01:17 AM EDT (US) 22 / 31

Here are my attempts at changing spy eye for flying units:

Use spy on a raven, change to a battle boar.

Result: Battleboar gets dragged around butt first when the raven moves.

Use spy on a roc, change to a mig.

Whoa! Sideways mig on the ground that follows the roc (and shoots at it because the owner of spy and roc aren't allied)

One thing that did work pretty well was turning spy into rain, then the rain followed the raven pretty nicely. Unfortunately, I don't think you can spy hawks can you? So you'd have to shrink gaia ravens and give them random paths with triggers if you want randomly roaming storms/clouds in vanilla.

Anonymoose
Mortal
(id: Squishfellow)

posted 13 October 2008 03:15 AM EDT (US) 23 / 31

If you modified that Hawk unit speed to 0, could you just have a unit floating there?

I might as well make a sig like everyone else.

Cirruis
Banned

posted 13 October 2008 04:45 AM EDT (US) 24 / 31

I'm not sure if it's possible to modify a hawk.

nottud
Demigod

posted 13 October 2008 11:19 AM EDT (US) 25 / 31

Try changing to a unit like thor hammer or waterfall or wave. It should fly.

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