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Can't place custom Arachnos group in mission.

Dr_Occult

By Dr_Occult,
Posted on: 2009-05-03 17:50 in Mission Architect

 

Posted

I wish to have a female Arachnos escort follow the player around on a map. To make sure I don't get a random assortment of Arachnos, I created a custom group that includes two Fortunata Seers (11-20, 21-30).

The editor complained that I have a group that doesn't have continuous levels in it (um, 11-30? that's pretty continuous), so I added a Blood Widow, which is 15-24. There, overlap, and the mission is now set for 11-30 range, and the editor doesn't complain anymore.

I can make this custom group the Main Enemy for the map, but I just want her for an Escort. However, the editor doesn't even list her group at all, even though I can see it in My Groups. My other custom groups, made completely up of custom critters, all show up, but the one with just Seers/Widows doesn't.

Since we can't use our player Soldiers of Arachnos in the MA editor, is there a way I can make this custom group work, or am I going to be going back to the storyboard again? =>_O=

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Posted

Are you talking about having them as an ally? Why not just pick the specific character you want from the Arachnos list instead of making a custom group?

But yeah, I don't think it lets you use custom groups for bosses or escorts unless they have custom critters in them.

 

Posted

Overlap them by one level. I bet that fixes it.

 

Posted

Not an ally. It would be a non-combat follower, and I can't make it a specific character because there aren't any Arachnos members with significant level ranges.

That's the point of having three members with the overlap. I'm covered from 11-30 (though the final mission will be 15-30, thanks to a Wyvern Boss I'm using).

I can make the entire map filled with this custom group (it shows up on the Custom list), but when I try to use them as an objective (escort, captive, boss), that custom group just doesn't show up at all.

Geez, this would be so much easier if the level ranges of non-combat characters didn't change the mission's level...

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