Hello, a quick question. I just bought Age of Empires 2 and I am wanting to build scenarios.
I was wondering...
Are there any online Faqs or tutorials to teach you how to make mods and how to use triggers effectively.
I know experienced gamers hate to answer these types of posts, but the only way for other people to become experienced is if someone experienced points them the right way.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Castle Killer "Fear is the Mind Killer"
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Mats Molin Squire
posted 05-08-00 11:11 AM
CT (US)
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-------How to make a good scenario:-------- 1 The Map design. A good idea is to fill the entire map with Dirt 1 first and place palms, trees, water, etc later. Use some eye- candies to make the scenario funnier. 2 The Triggers. D/L some scenarios and look at the triggers. You can get ideas from them. Take a look at "Secrets Revealed" by Sean. It reveals the Waterfall eye~ candy, that you can make with a few triggers. 3 Eye~ candies. Make the terrain beautiful. A map with beautiful terrain gets more score than a map without good eye~ candies. I made this mistake and my scenario only got 2.4 4 Language. To make a talk- trigger, use the Display Instructions effect and type the message or talking. Remove all misspellings. 5 The Story. A good story gives your scenario a +. Donīt type anything like: "Thisis my scenario hereīs the story: You are Charlemagne" Sorry if i mizzed something now. --------How to make a mod------- 1 D/L SLP Studio and a Graphics list. 2 Open the list and Interfac.drs with SLP Studio and select Int50500.SLP as default palette. 3 Open the Graphics.drs and look at the Graphics List. 4 Open the SLP you want to change. 5 Use the Convert Frame button to create bitmaps. 6 Repaint the bitmaps. 7 Use the Replace Frame button in SLP Studio and replace the SLP with your bitmap file. 8 Save your new SLP. 9 Replace your old SLP with your new SLP. 10 You have now created a mod! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope this helps! Maybe i write more later.
------------------ All Hail! Currently working on: A Multiplayer Rpg, including "new" units from the MAP TRICKS! scenario:)
I appreciate all the wonderful tips and help. Hopefully in a few weeks I will make a worthy map. I made a "Siege at Crydee" map already but I didn't use triggers or anything of that sort. Maybe it is time to revamp?
See ya and thanks again...
Castle Killer
Shadows HG Angel
(id: shadows166)
posted 05-08-00 04:33 PM
CT (US)
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You could just take there ad-vice or, on this site, you can find a Trigger-Tutorial, it is helpful to those that are new to trigs. I think it is in the download page, or mapmaking, you should see there ussual news, and it should mentioned the tutorial.