Forest Fire

[Formula1]

Well...
I planned to have a fire system dynamic thing in my game just for kicks
but... when I made it I tried to base it off Desiese cloud (because I thought is spread for unit to unit) and then have it deal 2 damage per second and I thought it would spread...

Obviously this isn't true..

I'm thinking is....
If: tree is under the effect of fire
then: Delay 3 seconds
Set all trees within a 25 radius under the effect of fire.


But... I don't know an effect that Trees can be under.... And... even when I tried to change spells to effect trees, they still don't seem to work...
And the trigs I tried using... don't detect trees....

 

[XieLong]

I'm just going to make a system like that for my map, so I can tell you my approach:
I would create a dummy unit which looks like fire. When a tree should be inflamed, a fire dummy is created at the location of this tree and a timer is started. When the timer expires, every tree within the burning range will be also inflamed and so on.
Additional to the first timer, there should be a second timer for the death of the tree.

 

[Formula1]

I'm just going to make a system like that for my map, so I can tell you my approach:
I would create a dummy unit which looks like fire. When a tree should be inflamed, a fire dummy is created at the location of this tree and a timer is started. When the timer expires, every tree within the burning range will be also inflamed and so on.
Additional to the first timer, there should be a second timer for the death of the tree.

Sounds good...
I'm not familiar with Dummy units...
-is it just a unit that has an alpha skin and no collision size?

But I can see it now...
Tree is within x range of fire
-after 5 seconds create fire at trees within a 100 radius
-after ten seconds kill tree

 

[Just_Spectating]

so the disease cloud didnt work?


try using the regular disease cloud and make the targets of destructibles

 

[Formula1]

so the disease cloud didnt work?


try using the regular disease cloud and make the targets of destructibles

Regular? Not custom?
I'll give it a shot... Instead of making it custom...

I hope it works... Forest fires are so epic.....

It didn't work..................................................

 

[Just_Spectating]

btw, did you remove the requirements for the disease cloud?

 

[jonjagp]

hey formula 1, if u get a working trigger could u post it? i've been trying to make one also but mine lags the game up really bad.

 

[Formula1]

btw, did you remove the requirements for the disease cloud?

Ya did that...
At first i didn't though...
Its just one of those things you don't think aboot

 

[Formula1]

hey formula 1, if u get a working trigger could u post it? i've been trying to make one also but mine lags the game up really bad.

If I make one....
I'll personally Patent it and sell it to blizzard....

I'm sorry but it might escape your hands

Sure... I can give you it no prob.....