Horny as a creature

[dk2player]

Hey guys

Me and another person have an idea to make a map with Horny as a normal creature. Is there any way that we can do this?

[Metal Gear Rex]

If you have the DK2 Editor PRO, then it is possible. I got it from the other Keeper Klan Forum. When you go to the creature configure, you will find a checkable "Is Horny?". Uncheck it for the Horned Reaper, and find a creature that will not be used in the map.

You might want to use one of the Princes because they are all alike. Check the "Is Horny?" on the extra creature. The reason why is because the "Summon Horny" keeper spell shot type is "Summon Reaper". The game needs to have a "Horny" to have summon, otherwise, it will bug out when you start the level. It doesn't care who is "Horny", as long as one has the data of one.

[dk2player]

But then how do you make it come out of the portal and do regular creature stuff?

[Hapuga]

But then how do you make it come out of the portal and do regular creature stuff?

That needs programming skills I'm afraid. You have to change game values to make him appear when certain room is built, for example.

[Metal Gear Rex]

Actually, all you really need is either get all the creatures to appear in the creature portal settings in the editor (It happens randomly, I've had it happen few times but it was way later on and now it seems to happen every time I start up a new map)...

OR...

You can get the DK2 Mapper GUI editor. It allows you to have control of all creatures. You'll have to compress the data and create the other proper DK2 files in order to load it up again in the DK2 Editor. I've gotten skeletons and vampires to come through the portal. I think Horny too, but it was a different experiment. I've succeeded, and I've failed. Really, everything must be precise for the success.

[Madkill]

You can just make it so you start with a Level 1 Horned Reaper


The point of the map is to have it as a creature so there is no point in having it come via portal when the intention is to get it anyway.

[Metal Gear Rex]

You can just make it so you start with a Level 1 Horned Reaper


The point of the map is to have it as a creature so there is no point in having it come via portal when the intention is to get it anyway.

Actually, he did ask that.

But then how do you make it come out of the portal and do regular creature stuff?

And I must have forgotten to mention, but Horny being invincible and going after enemies as well as draining your mana (Properties of that from Keeper Spell) and everything else special about him comes from the data set that makes him 'Horny'.

If you were to use the Summon Reaper spell after you're done, the extra creature would show up and hack enemies while wasting your mana. So yeah, just uncheck Horny's "Is Horny?" and he will be a normal creature.

If the creature portal doesn't work, you can always use scripted generate creature commands. Don't forget about neutral and converting creatures too.

[Hapuga]

This will cause many bugs and crashes, however. there are neither animations nor sounds for things like horny eating chicken, sleeping, hanging in the hand of evil, gambling, getting andgy, unhappy, comming form the portal, dying, being unconscious, dancing, etc.

[dk2player]

I thought ou would have to change like about a billion things in the properties of the creature before it worked.

And I was thinking about the GUI, but then you can't edit the world varibles like horny spell casting a diffrent creature, without something not being saved.

By the way, where can I find the editor pro you were talking about. I can only find a post with pictures of it on the old forum.

[Metal Gear Rex]

@Harpuga
Believe me, it works. Have you listened to the Horned Reaper speech file? I have (Bored one day). There IS a eating sound as well as sleeping. The animation just shows him walking. It works perfectly fine.

@dk2player
Not really. It was really simple. Though you may want to check the "Can be picked up" though, lol. And it is set so he doesn't eat. There are a few settings for Horny you might want to go through and change.

All you have to do on the GUI is set the keeper creature portal settings, then save and compress it. Then you can open it up after in the Official Editor, or DK2 Editor Pro, I should say.

I'll look for it in a little bit. Let me check the other new posts first. There are only 7, and only one is one I care about so... yeah.