(see pdf in attachment for full quality of these images)
Rewards: https://www.aoezone.net/threads/rewards-random-map-contest.148744/
links:
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/KbTKFpJ
Website for submissions: https://aoe2map.net/contest/
Resources, Guides and Tools for Random Map scripting:
Text-editors
I use note++ to type my scripts, but you could in theory write them on any text-editor.
Nore++: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
This syntax highlighting is very useful: http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=13132
Guides
A guide for random map scripting many of us follow, is this guide by Bultro, updated by Zetnus: http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=12178
For userpatch 1.5 features this forum post is my Bible: http://aok.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/aokcgi/display.cgi?action=ct&f=4,44466,,30
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzF-qYDnsW5s0vDsZ1bGpI55C5JefYldXQEfQaKFxU4/edit A 'getting started' guide I was working on. (under construction)
Reference
Advanced Genie Editor (A.G.E.) is a great tool to make game-play mods. It is also very useful to look up attributes! find out more: http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=11002
also http://userpatch.aiscripters.net/reference.html# lists some important information about the userpatch features (pretty short descriptions)
and in the Reference file in the userpatch folder you can find a list of rms-constants and an explanation of ZR maps (download: https://userpatch.aiscripters.net/guide.html#)
Instructions on how to compress ZippedRandomMapscripts (ZR@maps, or ZRms):
Tools for scenario mapgeneration
TriggerStudios is a tool to make scenarios it is mainly meant with a focus on triggers, but it can also be helpful to draw maps. (this could be helpful to make the scenario file which you use for ZRmaps)
http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=12103
generate a map from an image for scenario files, using this tool: https://www.voobly.com/forum/thread/246496
I use note++ to type my scripts, but you could in theory write them on any text-editor.
Nore++: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
This syntax highlighting is very useful: http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=13132
Guides
A guide for random map scripting many of us follow, is this guide by Bultro, updated by Zetnus: http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=12178
For userpatch 1.5 features this forum post is my Bible: http://aok.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/aokcgi/display.cgi?action=ct&f=4,44466,,30
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzF-qYDnsW5s0vDsZ1bGpI55C5JefYldXQEfQaKFxU4/edit A 'getting started' guide I was working on. (under construction)
Reference
Advanced Genie Editor (A.G.E.) is a great tool to make game-play mods. It is also very useful to look up attributes! find out more: http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=11002
also http://userpatch.aiscripters.net/reference.html# lists some important information about the userpatch features (pretty short descriptions)
and in the Reference file in the userpatch folder you can find a list of rms-constants and an explanation of ZR maps (download: https://userpatch.aiscripters.net/guide.html#)
Instructions on how to compress ZippedRandomMapscripts (ZR@maps, or ZRms):
Tools for scenario mapgeneration
TriggerStudios is a tool to make scenarios it is mainly meant with a focus on triggers, but it can also be helpful to draw maps. (this could be helpful to make the scenario file which you use for ZRmaps)
http://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=12103
generate a map from an image for scenario files, using this tool: https://www.voobly.com/forum/thread/246496
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