Scenario Design

Multiple Activation Self-Made "Storm Altars"

Posted by: Damon Rellick(07-27-2002) on the AOW2 Scenario Forum

I was just fiddling around with the editor, working on my new map "Valleys of the Lost 2", and thought that I needed some kind of replacement for the altars. And I've figured a way out. You can do this at the "Event Tab". First at the bottom of the screen press "NEW", then...

Event main:
Type: storm
Activate: always
XYL: coordinates storm
Stormtype: choose kind of storm you wanna use.
Random range: range of storm
Source player: trigger player

Trigger: enter area
Players: select the players who are allowed to activate the storm.
XYL: coordinates for activation place
Radius: 0
Stopmovement: true

Then you must go another screen by pressing "conditions" (top of the screen). Use the "NEW"button again.

Event condition:
Type: unit in area
XYL: coordinates for activation place
Unit id: 0

THAT IS IT !

There are a couple of downsides to this:
- Storm can be activated several times in a turn, by every single unit which enters that specific area.
- Storm can not be focused on area of your choice in the game itself , it has a fixed location. Maybe
better also because of the multiple activations.

This gives us back some sort of altars. For instance, you could use a Death Node to trigger a Death Storm, and so on.

Hope you guys can use this.