The basics of H5 scripting.

[Pitsu]

I have a small Word file in style of "H5 scripting for dummies". Anyone willing to have a look and point out the downright wrong and simply missleading things there?

The doc (edit: pdf) can be found at:
http://celestialheavens.com/homm5/manua ... ipting.zip

EDIT: changed thread title

[Panda Tar]

Hi, Pitsu. Just a side-question, if I may?

*hum...*
Another side-question:

Are you going to let this doc available after finishing it, or it's already finished and you just want someone to look for any errors? I wanted to start on mapmaking anyday, then I'll have some difficulties since programming and scripting are subjects I don't like much, then I have a barrier when learning them.

This doc should just help a bit.

[Grumpy Old Wizard]

You have created a nice informative document Pitsu. I didn't see anything that is wrong but you have some things like repeat-until and transforming towns that I haven't used yet.

Something you may wish to add is how to determine the script name for heroes and how to define it for towns for instance, since that has been a cause of confusion for many.

GOW

[alavris]

That's a great piece of work! Surely will help many mapmakers that haven't learned H5 scripting yet.

[Pitsu]

Thanks for feedback so far.

@ GOW. Right, naming of heroes and advanture map objects and also how to call up message files would be a good addition

@Tar. When it is more or less ready, i am planning to destroy all copies of it, but a single paper printed version. These papers will be sealed into a metal cylinder and digged into my backyard... Were did you get the idea that i may leave it available for everyones use?

[theLuckyDragon]

The guide looks fairly comprehensive and useful. Just needs a little reformatting here and there.

[myythryyn]

great work Pitsu, i learned some new things reading it.
i might just have to go back and look at some of my script now and see if i can improve it

@Tar. When it is more or less ready, i am planning to destroy all copies of it, but a single paper printed version. These papers will be sealed into a metal cylinder and digged into my backyard... Were did you get the idea that i may leave it available for everyones use?

aha...and i completely understand why you are sealing it in a metal cylander and burying it.
you hope that in the far future an archeologist will find it, and be completely amazed at his discovery. hell put it up for display in a museum with this description -
"...and here we have a guide to making scripts for a very primitive map editor. yes, even for its era this map editor was a relic. players had to manually type in all the commands themselves, and without any proper documentation from the game designers. It would take months just to make one scripted map..."

[alavris]

in the far future an archeologist will find it, and be completely amazed at his discovery. hell put it up for display in a museum with this description -
"...and here we have a guide to making scripts for a very primitive map editor. yes, even for its era this map editor was a relic. players had to manually type in all the commands themselves, and without any proper documentation from the game designers. It would take months just to make one scripted map..."

It's the best sequence about the editor I've ever heard. I just can't stop laughing

[meows]

in the far future an archeologist will find it, and be completely amazed at his discovery. hell put it up for display in a museum with this description -
"...and here we have a guide to making scripts for a very primitive map editor. yes, even for its era this map editor was a relic. players had to manually type in all the commands themselves, and without any proper documentation from the game designers. It would take months just to make one scripted map..."

It's the best sequence about the editor I've ever heard. I just can't stop laughing

My oh My, if there ever was a truth told this was it. You guys hit it right on the head.

[Panda Tar]

you hope that in the far future an archeologist will find it, and be completely amazed at his discovery. hell put it up for display in a museum with this description.

I hope I'll be that archeologist.

[Pitsu]

File updated and as a pdf

Some parts needed a change to be correct Hopefully got the mistakes ironed out

http://www.celestialheavens.com/admin/r ... ipting.pdf

[DeejMaster]

Cool!. I'm going to email this to myself at work and print it off. I hope it helps because I am completely igorant about scripting and that is what is keeping me from completing my map.

Thanks

[Caradoc]

Nice work, Pitsu. As always, the hardest part is 'thinking like a programmer'. As best I can tell, the syntax resembles Perl or any other of a dozen functional languages. A new user might want to go through one of the many tutorials available on the internet.

[rdeford]

Good job Pitsu.

I am new to HOMM5 map making and your scripting guide was a BIG help. It make a very difficult, nearly impossible task, fairly easy. I did the map making tutorial, read your guide, looked through the Q & A on the forum, and finished my first small map with a good amount of scripting in 2 weeks.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.