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Help Map editor Units?

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I'm using the map editor and i notice you can select where you wan't spawn units at.
How do i make units in the map editor?



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You simply don't.
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Then how?
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To be more precise, you have to call up the map using a scenario cfg and code the unit generation coordinates and specifications in the cfg, not in the map. The editor only deals with terrains; anything more complicated has to be done with WML.

I'm not the person you want for WML help, though. I don't really know any of it besides some basic knowledge of what is possible within its boundaries.
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You probably want an entire scenario file for that I'm afraid. My suggestion is simple: Learn WML. Its not that complicated, the wiki claims to be outdated but in practice its almost entirely fine, and it lets you do much cooler stuff than simply generating units.
Although obviously, it does that to. Try downloading "A Simple Campaign" and modifying that using the wiki.
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Guys thanks for your help i really apercaite it. But i might still have some more questions? How do i get to the wiki?
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Click the "Create" link near the top o this page (right next to the "Forums" link), then scroll down to the bottom and click on "WML Reference."
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Is that still true?
The map editor seems to have some scenario features, but I don't even understand how one can load an existing scenario (the option doesn't appear on the File menu).
So how to work on a saved scenario?
Or am I missing something?
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LienRag wrote: October 13th, 2018, 2:08 am Is that still true?
The map editor seems to have some scenario features, but I don't even understand how one can load an existing scenario (the option doesn't appear on the File menu).
So how to work on a saved scenario?
Or am I missing something?
It's still true. Even so there has been new features in the map, the map is just part of a scenario.
So in your scenario "Myfirstscenario.cfg" you will reference to your edited map.
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Re: Help Map editor Units?

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Thanks.
But if I put units in the map, where are the information about the units saved?
In the .cfg or in the .map?
And how to open then together then?
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