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Note: This is the original method developed to mount the WitchKing. However, it should be possible to mount him as the other heroes mount simply replacing the horse codes with the fellbeast codes.

Also, this method by Vapula has the flaw that the witchking is killed each time he mounts/dismounts thus you can not make him change experience levels and gain powers over time. What he starts with is what he gets.

Mount/Unmount Fellbeast

Written by: Vapula

This tutorial explains you how to make your Witch-king be able to mount/unmount
a fellbeast (toggle fellbeast). Before going any further I have to mention that
this toggle fellbeast feature is a trick. Witch-king doesn't really mount/unmount
fellbeast but he kills himself when you toggle fellbeast, and then a new object
which is Witch-king riding on fell beast spawns right on the corpse of Witch-king.
For this reason there are several problems related to this toggle feature
therefore it isn't perfect, but I reduced the number of problems as much as I could.
I thank pabtyf for giving me a start for making this toggle feature.
If you want to use this toggle feature in your mod, please give me (Vapula) credit
since it took days and days to tweak this.

At first, I give you a quick guide to put this toggle feature in your B4ME and
I will later explain how it works and how it is coded for those who wanna know
about it more.

<<Quick installation guide>>
1. Move this witchking.ini [**below tutorial or in the downloads section**] to \data\ini\object\evilfaction
If you don't wanna use a separete ini file for your Witch-king you can copy and
paste all the lines in witchking.ini into your evilfactionunits.ini.
In this tutorial the object name for on-foot Witch-king is MordorWitchKingNew,
and the object name for Witch-king riding on fellbeat is MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastNew.
The reason why I'm using new objects rather than modifying already existing Witch-king
objects is because it modifies HELL A LOT so making new objects is much easier.

2. Open your objectcreationlist.ini and copy and paste following lines:

              

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;;;;;WITCHKING;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; ----------------------------------------------------------ObjectCreationList OCL_SpawnMordorWitchKing CreateObject ObjectNames = MordorWitchKingNew Count = 1 FadeIn = Yes FadeTime = 4000 IgnoreCommandPointLimit = Yes End End ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ObjectCreationList OCL_MordorWitchKingEgg CreateObject ObjectNames = MordorWitchKingEgg IgnoreCommandPointLimit = Yes Disposition = LIKE_EXISTING End End ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ObjectCreationList OCL_SpawnMordorWitchKingOnFellBeast CreateObject ObjectNames = MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastNew Count = 1 FadeIn = Yes FadeTime = 4000 IgnoreCommandPointLimit = Yes End End ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ObjectCreationList OCL_MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastEgg CreateObject ObjectNames = MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastEgg IgnoreCommandPointLimit = Yes Disposition = LIKE_EXISTING End End ; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ObjectCreationList OCL_MordorWitchKingEggDummy CreateObject ObjectNames = MordorWitchKingEggDummy IgnoreCommandPointLimit = Yes Disposition = LIKE_EXISTING End End ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

3. Open your weapon.ini and copy and paste following lines:

              

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;;;;;WITCHKING;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;--------------------------------------------------------- Weapon WitchKingOnFootToFellBeast RadiusDamageAffects = ALLIES NEUTRALS SELF DelayBetweenShots = 5000 ; time between shots, msec PreAttackDelay = 2600 PreAttackType = PER_ATTACK ; Do the delay each time we attack a new target PreAttackFX = FX_UnSummonElvenAllies FireFX = FX_UnSummonElvenAllies FiringDuration = 2000 DamageNugget ; A basic Nugget that just does damage Damage = 10000 Radius = 0 DamageType = MAGIC DamageFXType = FLAME DeathType = CRUSHED End End ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weapon WitchKingFellBeastToOnFoot RadiusDamageAffects = ALLIES NEUTRALS SELF DelayBetweenShots = 5000 ; time between shots, msec PreAttackDelay = 2600 PreAttackType = PER_ATTACK ; Do the delay each time we attack a new target PreAttackFX = FX_UnSummonElvenAllies FireFX = FX_UnSummonElvenAllies FiringDuration = 2000 AntiAirborneVehicle = Yes ;allows attack of flying units AntiAirborneMonster = Yes DamageNugget ; A basic Nugget that just does damage Damage = 10000 Radius = 0 DamageType = MAGIC DamageFXType = FLAME DeathType = CRUSHED End End ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

4. Open your commandset.ini and copy and paste following lines:

              

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;;;;;WITCHKING;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; CommandSet MordorWitchKingCommandSetNew 1 = Command_WitchKingLeadership 2 = Command_FireWitchKingMorgulBlade 3 = Command_ToggleWitchKingWeapon 4 = Command_WitchKingMountFellBeast 13 = Command_AttackMove 14 = Command_Stop 15 = Command_Guard End >CommandSet MordorWitchKingRidingFellBeastCommandSetNew 1 = Command_SpecialAbilityScreech 2 = Command_WitchKingLeadership 3 = Command_WitchKingUnMountFellBeast 13 = Command_AttackMove 14 = Command_Stop 15 = Command_Guard End ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

5. Open your commandbutton.ini and copy and paste following lines:

              

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;;;;;WITCHKING;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; CommandButton Command_WitchKingMountFellBeast Command = SPECIAL_POWER SpecialPower = SpecialAbilityWitchKingOnFootToFellBeast TextLabel = ;write one by yourself ButtonImage = SBEvil_Plus1Nazgul ButtonBorderType = ACTION DescriptLabel = ;write one by yourself InPalantir = Yes UnitSpecificSound2 = FellBeastAlert End CommandButton Command_WitchKingUnMountFellBeast Command = SPECIAL_POWER SpecialPower = SpecialAbilityWitchKingFellBeastToOnFoot TextLabel = ;write one by yourself ButtonImage = SBEvil_Plus1Nazgul ButtonBorderType = ACTION DescriptLabel = ;write one by yourself InPalantir = Yes UnitSpecificSound2 = FellBeastAlert End CommandButton Command_ToggleWitchKingWeapon Command = TOGGLE_WEAPONSET Options = TOGGLE_IMAGE_ON_WEAPONSET FlagsUsedForToggle = WEAPONSET_TOGGLE_1 TextLabel = CONTROLBAR:FireWitchKingMace ButtonImage = HSWitchKingWarMace HSWitchKingMorgulBlade ButtonBorderType = ACTION DescriptLabel = CONTROLBAR:ToolTipFireWitchKingMace InPalantir = Yes End ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

6. Open your specialability.ini and copy and paste following lines:

              

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;;;;;WITCHKING;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;------------------------------------------------------------- SpecialPower SpecialAbilityWitchKingOnFootToFellBeast Enum = SPECIAL_WORD_OF_POWER ReloadTime = 1000 PublicTimer = No End ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SpecialPower SpecialAbilityWitchKingFellBeastToOnFoot Enum = SPECIAL_WORD_OF_POWER ReloadTime = 1000 PublicTimer = No End ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

7. Open your experience.ini, search for the string "FellBeastWitchKingLevel1" and
add MordorWitchKingNew and MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastNew in TargetNames like this:
              

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TargetNames = MordorWitchKingOnFellBeast MordorWitchKingNew MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastNew

8. Open your playertemplate.ini and add MordorWitchKingNew in Mordor's BuildableHeroesMP
              

Code

BuildableHeroesMP = MordorWitchKingNew MordorWitchKingOnFellBeast MordorFellBeast MordorFellBeast NeutralGollum

---Technical guide---
Here I explain how this toggle is coded and how it works. Firstly, these new Witch-king
objects (MordorWitchKingNew and MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastNew) have an active body, not a respawn body. Since the toggle kills Witch-king once and spawns another Witch-king which is on fell beast (and vice versa when it's from fell beast to on-foot), if he's given a
respawn body toggling will create another Witch-king in the citadel and therefore there
will be two Witch-kings. Continuing this will create an army of Witch-king. In order to
avoid this I had to give him an active body and make a fake respawn body feature for him.

When Witch-king dies normally (being killed by other units), he creates MordorWitchKingEggDummy by these behaviours. The first behaviour specifies the way Witch-king dies, and the second creates a dummy object.

              

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Behavior = SlowDeathBehavior ModuleTag_NormalDeath DeathTypes = ALL -CRUSHED DeathFlags = DEATH_1 SinkDelay = 3000 SinkRate = 1.40 ; in Dist/Sec DestructionDelay = 10000 End Behavior = CreateObjectDie ModuleTag_MakeMordorWitchKingEggDummy RequiredStatus = DEATH_1 CreationList = OCL_MordorWitchKingEggDummy End

This dummy object is invisible and it dies automatically right after spawned. However this dummy egg is given a respawn body and "RespawnAsTemplate = MordorWitchKingNew" so it can be respawned as on-foot Witch-king in the citadel.

When you click on toggle fellbeast, a word-of-power based weapon (Weapon WitchKingOnFootToFellBeast) becomes actived which has a minimal range but massive damage influencing all the allies so it will kill Witch-king (for this reason if you active toggle fellbeast when your Witch-king is very close to a building or unit, that building/unit will be destroyed). This word-of-power based weapon has a deathtype of CRUSHED, and MordorWitchKingNew is designed that if he gets killed by a deathtype of CRUSHED, an egg object called MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastEgg will be created by these behaviours.


              

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Behavior = SlowDeathBehavior ModuleTag_MountFellbeast DeathTypes = NONE +CRUSHED DeathFlags = DEATH_2 FadeDelay = 0 FadeTime = 3000 DestructionDelay = 3000 End Behavior = CreateObjectDie ModuleTag_MakeMordorWitchKingOnFellBeastEgg RequiredStatus = DEATH_2 CreationList = OCL_MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastEgg End

MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastEgg dies automatically in a second and then it will create MordorWitchKingOnFellBeastNew which is an actual fell beast object. You should of noticed that it is possible that Witch-king dies from a deathtype of CRUSHED accidentally (for instance
Sauron's mace attack has a deathtype of CRUSHED so if Witch-king gets killed by Sauron, he will automatically respawns as a fell beast without clicking on toggle). However heroes cannot be crushed by horses so this problem will rarely occur.

These are the basics of the toggle feature (from on-foot to fellbeast). The other way around (from fellbeast to on-foot) is coded in a similar way so I don't explain it here.