Making a terrain tile unwalkable

[Xaidin]

I have been going through a tutorial posted on warhaven about editing a terrain.slk file to make certain tilesets unwalkable but I have not had any success so far. Through the registryeditor I could not even locate a Warcraft III folder in order to allow local files so I had to create one (didn't work). Has anyone come across this and fixed it?

 

[HerlySQR]

I don't know how to help with that, but I will say, if you can't solve that, you should use route obstacles in the complement palette.

 

[Xaidin]

I don't know how to help with that, but I will say, if you can't solve that, you should use route obstacles in the complement palette.

Can you explain? I have never heard of that.

 

[Hermit]

Can you explain? I have never heard of that.

I think he's talking about pathing blockers from the doodad palette.

 

[Xaidin]

OH, lol. Well, yeah. I'm attempting to reduce the massive amount of doodads I have dedicated to pathing since i have a large map.

 

[HerlySQR]

Well I tried something like this in a 64x64 map:

• Trigger
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 1.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer Int1) from 0 to 64, do (Actions)
      • Actions Loop:
        • For each (Integer Int2) from 0 to 64, do (Actions)
          • Actions Loop:
            • Set Temp_Loc1 = ((Point(-3328.00, -3328.00)) offset by ((128.00 x (Real(Int1))), (128.00 x (Real(Int2)))))
            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
              • Conditions if:
                • (Terrain type at Temp_Loc1) Equal to Lordaeron Summer - Grass
              • Actions then:
                • For each (Integer Int3) from 0 to 3, do (Actions)
                  • Actions Loop:
                    • For each (Integer Int4) from 0 to 3, do (Actions)
                      • Actions Loop:
                        • Set Temp_Loc2 = (Temp_Loc1 offset by (-64.00, -64.00))
                        • Set Temp_Loc3 = (Temp_Loc2 offset by ((32.00 x (Real(Int3))), (32.00 x (Real(Int4)))))
                        • Environment - Set terrain pathing at Temp_Loc3 of type Any to off
                        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Loc3)
                        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Loc2)
              • Actions Else:
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Loc1)

This was the result:

It isn't complete well made, but this is the idea.

I think he's talking about pathing blockers from the doodad palette.

Oh "doodad" I didn't remember how it is writing in English.

 

[Xaidin]

Well I tried something like this in a 64x64 map:

• Trigger
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 1.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • For each (Integer Int1) from 0 to 64, do (Actions)
      • Actions Loop:
        • For each (Integer Int2) from 0 to 64, do (Actions)
          • Actions Loop:
            • Set Temp_Loc1 = ((Point(-3328.00, -3328.00)) offset by ((128.00 x (Real(Int1))), (128.00 x (Real(Int2)))))
            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
              • Conditions if:
                • (Terrain type at Temp_Loc1) Equal to Lordaeron Summer - Grass
              • Actions then:
                • For each (Integer Int3) from 0 to 3, do (Actions)
                  • Actions Loop:
                    • For each (Integer Int4) from 0 to 3, do (Actions)
                      • Actions Loop:
                        • Set Temp_Loc2 = (Temp_Loc1 offset by (-64.00, -64.00))
                        • Set Temp_Loc3 = (Temp_Loc2 offset by ((32.00 x (Real(Int3))), (32.00 x (Real(Int4)))))
                        • Environment - Set terrain pathing at Temp_Loc3 of type Any to off
                        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Loc3)
                        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Loc2)
              • Actions Else:
            • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_Temp_Loc1)

This was the result:
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It isn't complete well made, but this is the idea.

Oh "doodad" I didn't remember how it is writing in English.

I honestly didn't know doodad was a real word in english so no fault there.
Would you mind sharing that trigger in a map so i can play with it and see if I can use it?

 

[HerlySQR]

Ok I don't know why, because its simple to recreate, but here it is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yq5MM0H9n2Ik5lLM7_zvqDf83QMFYgJM/view?usp=sharing

 

[Xaidin]

Ok I don't know why, because its simple to recreate, but here it is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yq5MM0H9n2Ik5lLM7_zvqDf83QMFYgJM/view?usp=sharing

Thanks. Do I just scale up the 64's to 480 if that is my map size to try to see if it works?

 

[HerlySQR]

Thanks. Do I just scale up the 64's to 480 if that is my map size to try to see if it works?

I think the distance of the map is it size multiplicated by 128, but im not sure.

 

[Tasyen]

That is still possible with current version (V1.32.8) but one has to alter the path a bit. First one has to enable Local files in regedit.exe. Inside regedit navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III" inside that "folder" search for a DWord named "Allow Local Files", if there is none create it. Set that Dword's value to 1.

Now close regedit: And continued in File explorer. Get the terrain.slk. And place it inside Warcraft III\_retail_\terrainart\

 

[noob]

If you seek even higher performances than with that script you can use path brushes when you use zpirs's map editor or the hive world editor thus allowing to not need a script at map launch.

 

[Xaidin]

That is still possible with current version (V1.32.8) but one has to alter the path a bit. First one has to enable Local files in regedit.exe. Inside regedit navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III" inside that "folder" search for a DWord named "Allow Local Files", if there is none create it. Set that Dword's value to 1.

Now close regedit: And continued in File explorer. Get the terrain.slk. And place it inside Warcraft III\_retail_\terrainart\

I have actually tried that exactly Tasyen but I can not get it to work. With that exact path in the regedit. The only difference is when I navigated to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment there was no Warcraft III file. I had to create it myself, and then create the DWord "Allow Local Files" with hexidecimal set at value 1. This may be my problem, but I do not know how to correct that.

 

[Xaidin]

If you seek even higher performances than with that script you can use path brushes when you use zpirs's map editor or the hive world editor thus allowing to not need a script at map launch.

If i use the hive world editor, doesn't it only apply if i apply it when totally finished? thus making me have to apply it everywhere each time i release a new version?

 

[Xaidin]

If you seek even higher performances than with that script you can use path brushes when you use zpirs's map editor or the hive world editor thus allowing to not need a script at map launch.

It seems zpir's map editor is in russian, also, and although I would love to learn the language I'm not sure its feasible to complete in the short time frame i need

 

[noob]

zpir's mapedit definitively looks English to me.
Also hivewe normally does everything WE does so it probably is manageable to only use it

 

[HerlySQR]

@Xaidin as I know, you can't double-posting, you should edit your answers.