The Heroes Round Table

Combat scripts work a little differently. They are hooks that trigger every time a cetain event happens. The hook start() doesn't have any arguments.

No.

Try switching \ to /

try adding another '\' in the beginning so it would become \Maps\Multiplayer\.....

I recommend using SetHeroCombatScript to set the script for a required hero

Unlike heroes, towns don't have innate names, you should assign them yourself. Just open town properties tree (ctrl+space) and write any id in the NAME field.

Yeah, that can be done. You need to write a special combat script for your hero. Take a look at my map Mercenaries, the main hero there can get an ability to cast various spells in the beginning of the battle (like the armor of the damned in Homm3). Look for key words SetHeroCombatScript and SetGame...

Town building works differently. You specify building level there. 0 - no building, 1 - there is building, 2 - upgraded building, 3- second upgrade (for mage guilds, town halls, castles) etc. Name of the function is in the manual, don't remember.

What skill you want to implement?

You can add perks provided hero has appropriate skills using the very same GiveHeroSkill. You can learn skill's mastery using GetHeroSkillMastery. You can increase mastery by giving the very same skill one or two more times accordingly.

That's because deadguy function is called AFTER hero death, while you need to use MakeHeroReturnToTavernAfterDeath BEFORE death. I suggest using PLAYER_ADD_HERO trigher instead.

Well, if you don't really need any GUI changes you can create any skill

As for startThread, the problems is probably in reverse calls. Your function loop calls itself. Don't know if lua can handle that. Anyway, it's always a bad idea.

Hm. Maybe lua can't manage forward calls. Try writing all the functions BEFORE you call them.

No idea You should probably trace every line.

Also, do you know you can execute any script command in console by preceeding it with @ symbol? I usually try my code line by line (well the commands I'm not sure about) this way before putting it into script.

Remember, triggers pass various useful info to trigger handlers. So you can write: function addstufftonewguy(newguy) GiveArtefact(newguy, 4); GiveHeroWarMachine(newguy, 1); GiveHeroWarMachine(newguy, 3); GiveHeroWarMachine(newguy, 4); end; Trigger(PLAYER_ADD_HERO_TRIGGER,PLAYER_1,'addstufftonewguy');

As for your other questions: for 1 = 1, 1 do will generate an error I believe you meant something like for i=1,1 do This will run 1 time. for i=1,0 do will run 0 times. Did not understand you 3d question. Is it a suggestion? Also, day counting starts from 1, not 0. P.S. To save you from a common mis...

The script is executed ONCE right after the map is created BEFORE any player moves. To execute a code on a certain day or event, use triggers. For the new turn (day) trigger use NEW_DAY_TRIGGER. This trigger triggers when the new turn is started by the first player. There is no trigger for the end o...

Docs are not udated with the patch, there is not even a devent readme. I suggest you browse the forum. I posted changelist for the past a while ago.

Aw, you mean a skill that would be available to ALL heroes? Might be possible, but not likely. Many skill-related things are hardcoded.

You mean teach hero a skill? You can do that via hero properties or via functions. Don't remeber the spelling. GiveHeroSkill or TeachHeroSkill...