Making Uniform Cliff Ramps

[Jake Command Wolf]

Greetings,

Ever since I started using Warcraft III's Word Editor way back when I first got it years ago i have never been able to make large uniform cliff ramps. I've tried many times, dragging the cliff ramp brush every which way and using every brush size I could think of.

Here’s an example:

(Sorry if the images are full sized, not sure how to make them clickable thumbnails. Some rep for anyone who can tell me.)

(Note: This second image is photoshoped In Paint Shop Pro, I just want to show I would like the end result to be.)

I have tried looking for tutorials on cliff ramps here on the Hive but so far have had no luck.

Any help about what I should do to make more uniform cliff ramps or pointing me towards a guide as how to do them would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Jake

 

[Ikithe]

Try making the cliff completely flat on one side, and only use somewhat-large right angles. I don't think it works with tiny little angles.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Yeah I've ran into this problem before, though I've never really been able to figure out why it does that. I know raising and then lowering the spots where it won't make a cliff will occasionally fix that (note occasionally - doesn't always completely work)

 

[Boris_Spider]

The only way I've been able to make these work is by making sure I the sides I want the ramp to be on are linear.

Below is a poor example of what the cliff should be set-up as. (Think hexagonal)

.__________
.................\
..................\
...................\
....................|
....................|
....................|
..................../
.................. /
.__________ /

Start with the 'diagonal' sides first. Do each one individually. Do the 'horizontal' and 'vertical' lines last. Then you can touch up the terrain with raise/lower. Make sure you have pathing on when you do this, as the diagonal ramps may be unwalkable. Just keep ramping accross them until they work or redo it if it refuses to cooperate.

//\\oo//\\

 

[Megafyr]

Be sure to place the cliffs in a straight line before applying the ramp tool.

Anyway, why do you want to make cliff ramps? Use the raise/lower tool with pathing blockers instead. Better looking and more precise.

 

[HaniBon]

1: Higher the "unramped" cliffs to the same level (of height) as the ramps.
2: Ramp the cliffs.

So.
The cliffs are now like this:
(\ symbols = Ramp x symbols = Holes in the cliff)

CLIFF 1 (the upper cliff).
--------------\
--------------\
--------------X
--------------\
--------------\
--------------\
--------------X
--------------X
--------------\

CLIFF 2 (the lower cliff).
--------------\
--------------X
--------------\
--------------\
--------------\
--------------\
--------------\
--------------\
--------------X

Higher all the "X" to make them the same level as the "\".
After that, Ramp the "X" so it becomes a ramp ("\").

I can do this for you if you are lazy, just send the map.

~HaniBon~

 

[Ify90]

Is the problem the Lines ? that i think ?

Thats what i throwed for a minute or two if thats the case it must help

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Always start from the middle . And be stuborn some places want you to go around

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