Necropolis gold mine distance restriction?

[Jaina Proudless]

I am trying to make it so the undead necropolis is affected by the same distance-to-gold mine restriction as the town halls of the other races. It seems like a simple matter but I can't get my head around it. The undead necropolis can always be built next to a gold mine like any regular building, even though I added the exact same 'return gold and lumber' ability to it. I also tried removing it's classification as undead or change its race but it didn't work out.

Anyone know what needs to be done to restrict building the necropolis right up close to the gold mine?

 

[Chaosy]

The thing is.. you can't modify how much gold you gain ingame. Technically you can check if the gold difference has changed AT ALL. But that would detect every time you kill a neutral minion or sell an item etc.

TL;DR not possible.

 

[Jaina Proudless]

Eh? If you mean that building the town hall closer doesn't yield advantages I am sure you are mistaken as you would require less builders to gain gold at the same rate.

Besides, I know it is possible to make the necropolis affected by the distance restriction but I would have to create a new unit based on the human or orc town hall and I don't want to resort to that, I am looking if there is any option I can change for the necropolis that already exists.

 

[Chaosy]

Change it in gameplay constants maybe. If it isn't there.. I don't know.

 

[Vinz]

If build click orders could be triggered, there would be a workaround. However it does not seem to be the case.

 

[IcemanBo]

If build click orders could be triggered, there would be a workaround. However it does not seem to be the case.

You mean to evaluate a new, better location and then order to build it there? It would be possible actually:

You have event if unit gets a point order.
Then you can check if order is equal build order of Necropolis: GetIssuedOrderId() == 'unpl'
Last you could make a new order call IssueBuildOrderById(GetTriggerUnit(), 'unpl', x, y)

'unpl' is the rawcode for Necropolis
x,y are new coordinates where you would want to build

Getting best x/y values is an other question. ^^

 

[Vinz]

No, I was talking about triggered building click (where you can then afterwards place it somewhere).

Cancel the previous order on top of that to give the idea that it cannot be built there.

 

[Chaosy]

When I think about it... it should be possible to move the building once it's built. But that's an rather lame solution.

 

[IcemanBo]

No, I was talking about triggered building click (where you can then afterwards place it somewhere).

Cancel the previous order on top of that to give the idea that it cannot be built there.

Ok, but then he can check if build order is necropolis and then you check for gold mines in range. If there is one you order builder to stop and print a message.

 

[Chaosy]

I just thought of an really simple solution... use a dummy building. Place a random building with the same model and build time. And once it's finished remove the dummy and place a necropolis there instead.

Why didn't I think of that before..