StarCraft 1 Editor: How to add an AI ally

[@TheHappy115]

DISCLAIMER: AI Scripts can have issues if you disable certain units or buildings. If an AI script has in it an attack order with Battlecruisers in it but it cannot make said battlecruisers, the AI will then forever be stuck attempting to make unbuildable BCs. This is something to beware of. AIs are always innately hostile towards the player, so for the first second of the game (until the trigger hits) the AI will attack you (which is why you saw the optical flare used initially).

[@ExecutorNral]

I forgot to talk about this. Thanks for pointing it out. So here difficult AI stopped work because some of the techs like battlecruiser were disabled.

[@razorback9999able]

You can't even write or rewrite your own AI scripts, so you're stuck with Blizzard's pre-written AI scripts that aged like milk.

[@karpai5427]

They will also hunt down the unit that attacked them, even if you are allies. I find it cute.

[@Turovetsky]

God's work at hand. Having an AI ally is just so much more fun.

[@BillTheDisaster]

Coming up next: Starcraft editor guide #69: How to create a script for Gantrithor's collision course with the accursed Overmind! Overmind: Oh that's cool... wait a sec- *_OH F¥CK!!!_*

[@lhfirex]

And here I was thinking it was merely the power of bromance that led Raynor to help Artanis.

[@gamechanger8908]

Thank you Executor. I remember having an issue of needing an AI ally when making a custom map back in the day.

[@ahha6304]

Back in my days of when it's still on CD this thing is unable to do in all regards so lucky we have the newer version that can do this

[@Marduk401]

you absolutely could do this. I made countless maps with AI allies back then. you had to run the AI set ally script at the player's location. I still do it this way.

[@Neo-vz8nh]

Done this decades ago. Set AI script allied. The vision was a bit tricky though as it was only avaible on advanced editors, so I laoded some maps with it, and saved the trigger.

[@Tamamo-no-Bae]

It is great to make some of these maps more fun to play with changes like these. ^^

[@EnigmaGamer421]

This tutorial helped me.....thanks Nral!

[@AC-ut3nk]

I remember the day i mess around in Starcraft 1 Editor creating a Hybrid OP thing even before Starcraft 2 even annouced. The whole campaign turn into a meme real fast.

[@Vonspetfish]

It's been over 12 years. I finally found out how. I can now put my soul to rest. Thank you

[@skullzans]

Thank you, I am glad to see you're spreading editor info. I dont need this myself but some probably do, but the concept of this is very useful as it proves to me its possible now. Thank you!

[@electricspongez9984]

Please make more of these! I really always wanted to know more how to use the modern SC editor as I only really have basic knowledge on how to create a basic campaign mission on the old Starcraft editor

[@thomasbachmeier8055]

very cool, i always wanted to add computer allies but remember it was nearly impossible unless on a specific game mode. well done

[@bigbroarivus]

Thanks for the tutorial. If I may ask, can you show us how the triggers work on Emperor's Fall Ground Zero? Like how the dev made the ghost target the nuke at specific locations?

[@ExecutorNral]

I don't know about those much. But there is a "Nuke here" command within the "Run AI Script at location" trigger. I assume the AI sends the closest ghost to nuke. But you also need to give the AI nukes. But no idea how that works.

[@Blazieth]

It's also possible some of it is done via AI Script rather than in-map triggers, though I don't know how much.

[@Marduk401]

I wish they would give us the ability to write custom AI scripts without needing to make a mod. I'm currently finishing a campaign for StarCraft 2 with the Evo Broodwar units and I can control everything on the editor with scripts, triggers and AI waves. It's unbelievably fun. I made the zerg destroy and infest terran bases and slowly expand on the map reaching and threatening the player. I tried to do something similar a few years back on scm draft but it was difficult and barely worked.

[@VuLinhAssassin]

I hope ScmDraft would give us the ability to "mod" units, say... giving Battlecruiser a shield, make Yamato cannon deal AoE damage and such...

[@Blazieth]

For now, this can only be done with external modding tools. It CAN be done... just not with ScmDraft alone.

[@optimusprime9931]

Watching it on 360p on my smol phone Starcraft Map Editor for ants, until getting Gantrithored.

[@vim9099]

I used to toy with campaign editor a lot for funsies on customs. Some of the stuff I did: - Made a trigger that gave me resources per second. A simple 20 minerals and 10 gas per second was NUTS, and it's added to the resource score. - Used workers from a different race so I could max out my supply on troops - Doubled building and unit stats while cutting their resource, supply, and build time costs in half - Maxed out values of every resource on map (max 50,000 for every mineral field and geyser)

[@jhonnyrts3332]

excellent tutorial I needed it, the map creator is interesting

[@TTMS-Khaz-kun]

I tried tweaking the SC co-op into having P2 being AI but ran into issues eventually where the AI would do nothing. I don't know if it's got to do with triggers or the AI ( I don't remember whether they were limited or not, but I think not ). They'd do stuff for some time, but eventual stopped working completely even if you poke them a bit ( by destroying their stuff in hopes they'd rebuild ). It'd be nice to have them have a loop to allow for them to work until they'd be defeated, if they would be

[@voidlordgames9079]

You will do Tutorials to other edytors too?

[@PraetorPaktu]

Appreciated Executor

[@IamReallySpooky123]

what editing software are you using?

[@Keboman]

I'm always Activated AI Script to be Operated but Everything is Insane

[@Storm2war]

nice and why do i have a feeling that particular map will be hard?

[@noticemesenpie69]

oohh, i really need this coz i find SC broodwar editor a bit complex compared to warcraft since its very old (i tried once and replicated the Salvation mission from LotV) but i scrapped it coz im having a hard time to setup for AI lol

[@ASD_OLD_CAT]

Nral, What is the sc1 editor you're using called? I can't remember.

[@ExecutorNral]

Scmdraft2

[@ASD_OLD_CAT]

​@@ExecutorNral Thank you, So much.

[@Ngong8]

This is 3rd party version of starcraft 1 campaign editor or the official version?

[@endlesspie49]

Hey there, Executor Nral, I have a question. Do you know how to solve the MDVCR100.dll not found problem? I already try solve it manually through the system, but for some reasons it keeps giving me the same error. Is the editor supposed to be on a specific folder in starcraft 1?

[@ExecutorNral]

I haven't encounter that error before so I don't know how to fix it

[@endlesspie49]

@ExecutorNral I understand, thank you for replying tho. Do you know any discord server dedicated to the editor?

[@KingLich451]

i think u need to install like drivers or something. just dont download the dll directly.

[@endlesspie49]

​@@KingLich451You are right, I reinstall all the drivers again. I think I miss one of the drivers I was supposed to install. Now it works properly.

[@rocket_hops]

bless you

[@theabarguy]

It's good, but what if I don't want an AI ally, how do I remove it then?

[@ExecutorNral]

Simply remove the base, lol...

[@EnderGoku9001]

Yay ai friend

[@endlesspie49]

Thank you, Executor Nral. I always loved having AI allies in games, to the point I learn how to do it myself in some games. I personally like a lot how simple and easy to follow guide you have made. Now, thanks to you, more people can do it; including me. This is going to be amazing, even if it's just a simple tutorial, having a basic understanding of the fundamentals helps a ton. Truely, you are the greatest among us. Everyday, you restore my faith in the khala and in the SC community. Imagine the possibilities, and the cool things people will be able to do thanks to your efforts.

[@AloBert0roua]

36 seconds ago is crazy