Couple of Modding questions that the tutorials can't answer, please help

By Strategist on August 3, 2011 8:16:01 AM from

Strategist

Join Date 03/2006

I working making a custom race based off the Shaikan from the game Spell Force 2 and I want to know if it was possibe to:

1. Make a Dragon Champion

2. Have a Champion spawn in the game along with a sovereign at game start.

I've figured out the second question, a little, and created a custom history that allows a non-Champion Dragon to appear in the game with my sovereign, but I haven't been able to do the same with a champion. What I've figured out so far is below, could use some help.

               <AbilityBonusOption InternalName = "Shaikan_Chieften">
			<DisplayName>Lord of the Shaikan</DisplayName>
			<Description>Marks this channeler as a chief of the anicent Shaikan Clan and lets them start the game with a Dragon companion.</Description>
			<Icon>Shaikan_Lord.png</Icon>
			<GameModifier InternalName="SummonUnit">
				<ModType>Map</ModType>
				<Attribute>SummonUnit</Attribute>
				<UnitClass>ShaikanDragon</UnitClass>
				<StrVal>Amere</StrVal>
			</GameModifier>
		</AbilityBonusOption>

try     <GameModifier InternalName="SummonUnit">
      <ModType>Unit</ModType>
      <Attribute>UnitJoinArmy</Attribute>
      <StrVal>CelestialChampion</StrVal>
      <UnitClass>Champion</UnitClass>
      <Duration>-1</Duration>
    </GameModifier>

but I'm not sure that works as a "cast when game starts" kind of thing. If you really, really want it, you can make a spell that summons the champion and then you have to cast the spell every game to summon him.

You can certainly make a dragon champion, see http://forums.elementalgame.com/409724

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