Melee vs. Campaign

[TrystanCreed]

Hey all,

I just registered, and I'm new to Warcraft. I've played Starcraft and created maps, so I'm familiar with the editor. However, on the Unit Palette, there's a pull down menu with "Melee", "Campaign", and "Custom". When I placed a building from the 'Campaign' List (the Night Elf Shipyard), I was unable to build any ships when I tested the map (by the Test Map button). So far, that's the only question I have with map editing.

I wanted to build a map with each player (1v1) are on a seperate island, and would need to build ships to reach each other.

The map I created is a non-melee map because I have specified custom forces, and player-owned units have been placed (I guess it's talking about the Gold Mines I placed on both sides).

Thanks

 

[TFlan]

Well first, Welcome!

The problem is that you cant build any ships right?

Well first things first you need a hero to purchase things from neutral shops, but if that shipyard is player owned you just need the gold, lumber, and food. Make sure you place it near water. Also if you look at the top menu you will find an icon that has a helmet on it. Click that and look for your shipyard and click on it (on the left side of the object manager -- the Unit tree) Then clickon the NE shipyard and scroll down to Techtree - Units Trained and then double click on that (only if nothing is in that feild) and add the ships you want it to build.

Hope that helps!

 

[BrokenX]

I think what hes trying to say here is, inside the object editor under the tab "units" Find your custom shipyard, and at the top or somewhere in the info that comes up after clicking on your shipyard should be default abilities, try to find the following abilities and add them to your shipyard

shop purchase item, sell item, select hero, invanurable (Neutral), shop sell this should make it so you can purchase from your shipyard .



BrokenX

 

[TrystanCreed]

Thank You!

Well first, Welcome!

The problem is that you cant build any ships right?

Well first things first you need a hero to purchase things from neutral shops, but if that shipyard is player owned you just need the gold, lumber, and food. Make sure you place it near water. Also if you look at the top menu you will find an icon that has a helmet on it. Click that and look for your shipyard and click on it (on the left side of the object manager -- the Unit tree) Then clickon the NE shipyard and scroll down to Techtree - Units Trained and then double click on that (only if nothing is in that feild) and add the ships you want it to build.

Hope that helps!

Thank you Player 11! I could kiss the ground you walk on if only I could see it. It worked perfectly. Now I just have to do the same thing for the computer player and hope it uses it.

I still have one question though. Why does the Unit Palette have a 'Melee' and 'Campaign' menu?

Does the Campaign menu list all the units and buildings I would encounter if I went through the Single-Player campaigns? If not, then why not put them all under one menu? I understand the Custom menu for User-Created units and buildings.

Thanks again.

 

[Demonfaze]

There is a field under "Editor - Classification" that determines if it is campaign or not. If you want to, just uncheck or check it.

 

[TrystanCreed]

I Did Both

Thank you both for helping me. I actually did what both of you told me. I believe I can now build it from scratch, and if I add it in the editor, I should be able to use it.

 

[TFlan]

Also campaign units under that tab are the units found in the campaign games (single player, at the main menu) and the melee units are the units you can build, train, and upgrade to in the melee maps