Best way to make stackable doodads?

[sethmachine]

Hi,

I'd like to make a custom doodad that can stack upon other doodads, but still blocks units/has collision.

Is there a flag in the editor that lets you stack doodads?

 

[IamFootman061]

Create another doodad and remove it's pathing. Then place it in the doodad that has the pathing. and add the pathing on it.

 

[Licheus]

I'm pretty sure there isn't an explicit field for that in the editor if you want them to stack right on top of each other and still have pathing/collision. I'd probably use doodads without pathing/collision, then fix the pathing by placing pathing blockers on the map.

 

[sethmachine]

Alright but in the original map, the mapmaker stacked doodads on top of other destructibles without pathing blockers AND they all had collision/blocked player's units.

Here are some pictures...

Especially in the last picture, you can CLEARLY see trees are inside the rock doodads. But, if I copy and past his exact doodads (the custom rocks he has), it does not let me put them on top of trees, or trees on top of them. So I'm going to call bs about the whole two layer of doodads/pathing blockers. And in the last picture, those purple boxes are not pathing blockers. So there is a way to stack doodads/destructibles and keep their collision (look at Ashenvale rocks, you can stack those in many SotDRps, but they still have collision!).

So why when I copy and paste his custom doodads it doesn't let me stack them, even though in the third picture the trees are clearly inside the rocks...

 

[PurgeandFire]

I think you can hold shift (or control?) while placing a destructable to place them closer than what they'd normally be allowed. If you want to stack them directly on top of each other (e.g. houses), then you need a separate object without pathing.

 

[sethmachine]

I think you can hold shift (or control?) while placing a destructable to place them closer than what they'd normally be allowed. If you want to stack them directly on top of each other (e.g. houses), then you need a separate object without pathing.

Those trees are clearly inside the doodads. Using your shift technique I should be able to emulate their placement?

 

[Licheus]

Holding shift will allow you to stack them upon each other as long as they aren't at the exact same spot: