Spawning main heroes

[Franzy]

Of course. Why else would it be here?

[tofiffe]

ok then what is it?

[Franzy]

Are you kidding? Open the manual. There are several sections there. Advanture map functions, combat functions, functions added in the addons.

Browse the combat section, it's right there:

GetHeroName.

[Franzy]

Also, start reading function descriptions IsHuman is not applicable to heroes, it's applicable to side. Which can be either attacker or defender.

[tofiffe]

sry then...i'm so bored of reading
ok i fixed the code, but now the spell is casted, but the opponents creatures aren't poisoned at all...


and btw, i wanted to make a function that teaches heroes new spells every day, but it seems that some numbers are invalid...for example:16, 22, 47 don't exist. is there any other way to teach a hero all the spells he is able to learn in current state? it's realy annoying to have to restart the script and add if i~=(number) and i~=(another number)...

[Franzy]

Sure. The code in a thread is executed separately, so if it terminates with an error it does not affect the whole script. So, to teach a hero all the spells you can write:

function teachspell(hero,spell)
TeachHeroSpell(hero,spell);
end;

for i=1,100 do --don't remeber number of spells actually
startThread('teachspell','Ohtarig',i)
end;

[tofiffe]

ok, the wrong spell id's still show up, but the spells are learned anyway
now for some reason, the hero gets all the spells in existance, even if he has no skill for that magic school.

[Franzy]

Probably you oughtta check if a hero has appropriate skill... No way to do it easily, at least I don't know one.

[tofiffe]

so for every spell whether hero has the school or not? that's a lot of work...

PS: what is the function for a loop?

[Franzy]

for i=x,y do ... end
while ... do ... end

[tofiffe]

nope, not like that..i mean that the action would be repeating all the time...

[Franzy]

You mean every second or every turn?

For every second (not recommended, the will lag) use separate thread with infinite loop inside:

function myfunc()
while not nil do
--do something
sleep(20);
end;
end;

startThread(myfunc);

For every turn, use new day trigger.

[tofiffe]

ok thanks

what about the objects people place on the map that look just like buildings in towns? any idea how to do that?

[Franzy]

Yes. You create your own objects. Copy an existing pne then change it anyway you want icluding its appearance. It was explained million times how to do that in this forum, search it.

[tofiffe]

pne? what is that?

[Franzy]

existing one.

[tofiffe]

i somehow don't get it...

i know you click on new on the advmapsharedm but then what?

[Franzy]

Not new. This way all the fields are blank. Copy (ctrl C) and paste (ctrl V). Then change what ever you need.

[tofiffe]

still don't get it...copy from other maps? or what?

is there a written tutorial for this?
[EDIT]: and for searching on the forums...i actualy don't have a clue what this could be named...

[Franzy]

No, you copy any existing object that have similar properties that you would like your object to have. All the maps have common base of standard object, no need for another map hence.

Try searching 'new object' or 'adding object'