Destructible Wall Burning

[ldragogode297]

I'm trying to figure out how to make it so that an AI 'invader' can set buildings on fire and have that fire spread to the rest of the building and burn it to the ground. I think it should work with an immolation spell, buildings changing owner, and the immolation spell spreading when hit, but I can't figure it out.

Some help would be very much appreciated!

 

[Flux]

Why change the owner of the building? Just set the immolation to affect allies, player units, self.

Create a variable that stores how much damage is received from immolation, and if it is high enough (e.g. 150), add the immolation to that unit.

 

[nedio95]

@latent heat but doesn't he want to spread it around like after a few seconds nearby building catch on fire too

 

[ldragogode297]

Yes, that's what I wanted. Thanks for the help though!

 

[Dr Super Good]

What does this have to do with "Destructible Wall"s ?

What I would do is every second pick buildings around "on fire" buildings and add some form of marker (hashtable stored integer with handle ID as one of the indices) to it and damage it (heat damage). Once the marker exceeds a certain amount it is set on fire.

To prevent performance issues with hundreds/thousands of buildings I would stagger the checks anywhere between 10 and 20 times per second.

 

[ldragogode297]

A wall that can be destroyed by players; that kind of destructible wall, IE a building wall, that can be set on fire and be burnt down. That's what I'm looking for and I thought I explained that pretty clear but I must've been wrong. Sorry!

 

[Dr Super Good]

A wall that can be destroyed by players; that kind of destructible wall, IE a building wall, that can be set on fire and be burnt down. That's what I'm looking for and I thought I explained that pretty clear but I must've been wrong. Sorry!

Oh so not a wall made out of "destructible" type widgets...

Anyway if you use any periodic trigger solution you might want to consider staggering it to avoid poor performance.