[Solved] Can you detect water?

[Jazztastic]

Is it possible to detect if a spot contains water in GUI? Because I'd like to be able to make spells and systems related to if the casting unit is in water or not.

Thanks in advance

 

[LeP]

Dunno if it's possible in (pure) GUI but in Jass it is.
Look how here.

 

[Pharaoh_]

It is also possible in GUI:

• Set Point1 = (Position of (Triggering unit))
• If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
  • If - Conditions
    • (Terrain pathing at Point1 of type Floatability is off) Equal to False
  • Then - Actions
    • -------- Actions here --------
  • Else - Actions
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Point1)

It's a boolean comparison, under "Environment" subsection.

 

[Jazztastic]

Thanks Pharaoh_, that works perfectly

 

[Dr Super Good]

Yes it is from makes made with the world editor but the base pathing map and the terrain mesh files are separated and thus potentially unrelated. You could have float pathing with no water layer turned on and water layer turned on with no float pathing.

 

[Jazztastic]

So you're saying the above method might be unreliable?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Under certain conditions where the relationship of water having amphibious pathing does not hold.

 

[Jazztastic]

So is there a more reliable way to make sure this works? Or even better, is there a way to failproof this method against it bugging?

 

[chenlimin]

So is there a more reliable way to make sure this works? Or even better, is there a way to failproof this method against it bugging?

if you use normal world editor, it is failproof

what Dr Super Good means is that pathing and terrain are stored separately, therefor it is possible that the two doesn't match if you edit only one of them

 

[Adiktuz]

or if you use custom water, it will fail too...

 

[Jazztastic]

Oh ok. Thank you