My question's thread

[Creepingdeath]

Hello!
This is my first post at this forum, as I need help with some triggers and other stuff..

So, first I'm wondering how to make an area non-buildable, so I tried this:

Events
Time - Elapsed game time is 1.00 seconds
Condition
Actions
 Environment - Set terrain pathing at (Center of Region 007 <gen>) of type Buildability to Off
Environment - Set terrain pathing at (Center of Region 008 <gen>) of type Buildability to Off
Environment - Set terrain pathing at (Center of Region 009 <gen>) of type Buildability to Off
Environment - Set terrain pathing at (Center of Region 010 <gen>) of type Buildability to Off
Environment - Set terrain pathing at (Center of Region 011 <gen>) of type Buildability to Off

But that didn't work..

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Eleandor]

you could add an invisible doodad and give it a non-build pathing texture

 

[Creepingdeath]

Can u tell me how? I haven't used WE for a long time..

 

[Eleandor]

First you make a new doodad-type in the object editor, change the model to nothing.
Next, you go into an image editor such as paint, photoshop, ULEAD photo editor, etc. and you create a new pathing texture. There's a tutorial here. Basically, if you create a blue (RGB: 0,0,255) 2pixel * 2pixel image, you'll get a pathing blocker for buildings only. Then you import this image (must be a .tga) and you use it as the pathing image of the doodad.

 

[Creepingdeath]

> First you make a new doodad-type in the object editor, change the model to nothing.

How do I change it to nothing? NONE is not an option when I try changing the model in a custom doodad (My custom doodad is "Bush" if that should matter..)..

> Next, you go into an image editor such as paint, photoshop, ULEAD photo editor, etc. and you create a new pathing texture.

Will IrfanView work?

 

[Eleandor]

just type "nothing.mdl" as a custom path to the model file. When you place the model, it'll say "nothing.mdl" is not found, but that's what's supposed to happen.

Basically anything that allows you to save a picture to .tga will work.

 

[Creepingdeath]

When I wrote "nothing.mdl" a large black box appeared when I tested the map, I donnu if that should happen?

 

[YoshiRyu]

a large black box appeared

only in the world editor to tell you that the model doesn't exist
in the game, the doodad will simply be invisible

 

[Creepingdeath]

Ty, + rep

 

[Creepingdeath]

The pathing blocker works, I cant build buildings there and I can move with units, but there is still a large black box there....

Edit: I dound a way.. kinda..

 

[YoshiRyu]

but there is still a large black box there...

Normal, blockers are also represented by these box in the world editor, but they will be invisible. Every invisible element are represented by these box in the editor, how can you see and select them otherwise? they needs to be manipulable in the world editor, so they use this default model, in the world editor only.

 

[Violat3r]

i faced a problem like that, so what i did was make the model path to i think it was like Breath of Frost or w/e the name of that Frost Wyrm freeze ability is. as the <Target> model. Theres no actual target in use so it just appears invisible, problem being is you cant see it in WE either lol. You just have to remember where you put them if you choose that method.