LOS walls using doodads

[Kino]

As title says, is there a way to create a wall that blocks vision using doodads (ie. not pathing blockers).

 

[DEE-BOO]

I don't think doodads have the option to block line of sight, only destructibles do. Any reason why you want it to be doodads?

 

[Kino]

Any reason why you want it to be doodads?

Destructibles tend to cause performance issues when overused.

 

[Ardenian]

I asked a similar question before, apparently there is another way, using actual units with the locust ability and adding occluder height to it.

 

[WaterKnight]

Now would units be more performant? Afaik there are no primitive fogmodifier blockers, so it have to be widgets or cliffs. Maybe you can merge them, what is the max pathing map size anyway? A postproc tool could help but tga becomes big pretty fast. Or you load the walls dynamically on runtime when there are units nearby that could be affected.

 

[Chaosy]

Hm..
I do not think so to be honest, I do not think pathing blockers are performance heavy, so you could use that I think..

But I get you got your reasons. I just fear that there is no other way to achieve that.

 

[Kino]

Or you load the walls dynamically on runtime when there are units nearby that could be affected.

This was definitely the option I was initially considering.
Perhaps I need to clarify the following.
- The number of blockers is the cause and not actual area covered Y/N? This if larger and fewer blocker are used, this can alleviate the problem?

 

[Zwiebelchen]

If you want a performant solution, use cliffs (also works if you turn your cliffs into ramps).

 

[Veritas 117]

If you want a performant solution, use cliffs (also works if you turn your cliffs into ramps).

I use this^ method and cover the cliffs with doodads to make walls etc. If I cannot use cliffs then I just use custom pathing blockers and increase the occlusion height. You can make pathing blockers that are 4x12 or 12x4 or 8x4 or 8x2 etc. Just mess around with the pathing map field in the editor. This way you don't actually have to create your own.

 

[Kino]

I use this^ method and cover the cliffs with doodads to make walls etc. If I cannot use cliffs then I just use custom pathing blockers and increase the occlusion height. You can make pathing blockers that are 4x12 or 12x4 or 8x4 or 8x2 etc. Just mess around with the pathing map field in the editor. This way you don't actually have to create your own.

That is the method Im currently using.

 

[Flux]

Or use destructables with this
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/jass-resources-412/system-destructablehider-219569/