Enemy Spawns

[ShadowFox]

Ok, anyone have ideas how i could spawn enemies across a region without getting them stuck (alot of objects and cliff terrain are included) I dont really need the triggers themselves, since i could do them myself, I just need ideas for different methods on spreading em around. Any help would be appreciated thnx.

 

[DesKaladA]

use random point
and 1 event for spawing a unit is equil to one clump

 

[ShadowFox]

yes ive been using that, but units keep getting stuck in doors, objects, cliffs, ect. and i dont wanna put a million regions to randomly place em somewhere else

 

[DesKaladA]

well then use S.E.E to spawn your units
so they wont get stuck in clifs and such

 

[Dr Super Good]

Give the units blink and get them to use it every minute after being created targiting a random point (with 99999 range). That way they will not be stuck for ever.

 

[Archangel_Tidusx]

If the objects are placed, Make seperate regions around the.. debris. Also instead of spawning them all at once, make them spawn 1 at a time.

 

[ShadowFox]

well then use S.E.E to spawn your units
so they wont get stuck in clifs and such

S.E.E? whats that?

Give the units blink and get them to use it every minute after being created targiting a random point (with 99999 range). That way they will not be stuck for ever.

alright seems like a good idea.

 

[overload119]

Watch out what you do with the blink, I can just imagine fighting a mob then having it blinking away, leaving the player pissed off.

 

[Maddawg101]

Just do a periodic looping trigger that moves the units to a random point in the region every X seconds. So if they get stuck chances are good that they'll get out while still being in the same region and the ones that aren't stuck are already out of the way.

 

[Los_Tacos]

Instead of making regions where you want them to spawn, just make regions over the problem areas where they get stuck. Then make a trigger so that when "unit enters region" it ports them elsewhere nearby.

 

[Mazurite]

What i would do is this.. This is fast, efficient and very good if you want to choose certain areas where units randomly get created..

Okay, so you go into the object editor, choose a peasant or something, and create a custom unit.. Give the custom unit locust and then change the scale of the unit to .10 and selection scale to .10 - Now you change the model giving it no visibility on the map of such a unit.. Type in a custom model path: (Just type "NONE") The map won't find the model of course, which is a good thing!

Now what you do is place these units that have no model that have the ability locust wherever you want on the map, choosing areas where you would like your units to randomly spawn.

After you've chosen all the desired areas, you go into triggers and give that custom unit you just made, it's own unit group using a variable (so you don't create memory leaks in your game). Now all you gotta do is have your spawn trigger, create units to a random unit from a specific unit group.

• Events
  • Map initialization
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Unit Group - Add all units of (Units of type Peasant) to VariableRandomSpawn

• Events
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Unit - Create 1 Footman for Player 1 (Red) at (Position of (Random unit from VariableRandomSpawn)) facing (Position of (Triggering unit))

ENJOY!!

 

[Rui]

That leaks two points, lol.

 

[overload119]

That's a really clever way of doing it, but I mean if he has a lot of spawns and large map I can see that being just as tedious as having a bunch of regions.

 

[Mazurite]

No.. The only leak I see is Map Initialization, but i just put that in there to cover the events for an example. Other than that - second leak?

 

[Eleandor]

(Position of (Random unit from VariableRandomSpawn)) = Leak 1
Position of (Triggering unit) = Leak 2

 

[Mazurite]

You can easily change the Position of (triggering unit) and besides, what other way could you do this trigger without leaking?