Construction Blocker

[Muhahahahaaa]

hi there

the very last thing i need to finish my TD!
how am i able to block a construction at a certain region and make it available ingame later?
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cannot build in region 1
after 10 min
region can be build in
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any solution without adding 1000 units. doodad's footprints cant be removed for any strange reason. pathfinding can't be changed with triggers.....

 

[AionCannonzSC2]

make a big passive invisible unit with large collision size

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

i would add like 100 units even biggest collision size

 

[ikillforeyou]

I think it's a unit/doodad called "Large Placement blocker"

i used them in my ltw map

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

it's a doodad 4x4, but as i mentioned before, doodads footprints cannot be removed by trigger.
and using those doodads doesnt make sense since the editor has this pathfinding stuff included.

 

[Statharas]

Or just use something like Creep.

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

Had same idea but ...

1 it's shown on minimap
2 Spikes hard if adding it by triggers (bigger regions ofc)
3 Only possible with circles

 

[BlueStudios]

Solution

The following trigger prevented an SCV from building a building inside a set region and the SCV acted as if the ability was never attempted. No placeholder unit was shown and no move was made by the SCV to attempt to build anything. (Tested and works)

• No Build In Region
  • Events
    • Unit - Any Unit uses SCV - Build (SCV) at Generic1 - Any stage (Ignore shared abilities)
  • Local Variables
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering ability target point) is in No Build == true
  • Actions
    • Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to ( Stop) (Replace Existing Orders)

To find the base ability "SCV - BUILD (SCV)" and not just all the buildings inside that ability, in the ability command list when choosing the EVENT, you must UNCHECK the "Show Commands" checkbox that is already checked. It will reduce all abilities to their Parent abilities.


In Example- Instead of the list showing
SCV - Build Missile Turret
SCV - Build Bunker
SCV - Build Command Center
Etc...

it will only show
SCV - Build (SCV)

which will call the trigger when ANY of the buildings in SCV Build attempted to be built.


To create the condition

• ((Triggering ability target point) is in No Build == true

you must first select the condition "point is in region"
then inside that, set the point in question as "Triggering Ability Target Point" and then set the region as the region you want to disallow building.

To have it be allowed to be built at this location later, either disable the trigger via another trigger move, or remove the region.

You could also add a trigger action to this trigger that displays an Error message of
"Can not build there."
and
Player error sound for player.
Etc.


No solution however to make placement indicator show RED instead of green at target to let player know ahead of time they can not build there. but I suppose thats not as important.

 

[Muhahahahaaa]

this sounds like the best solution... thx alot.

 

[BlueStudios]

While the solution I provided is the only way I can see to easily prevent building in a region, that can be later changed... It has one small glitch

If the builder is AT the location of the build attempt already (an SCV builds at his feet), the build ability calls BEFORE it has a chance to be stopped so it is still built.

Gotta play around with it to see if I can solve this...