[General] Pitch-black tile/environment/area

[defskull]

Anyone knows how to make a certain area on the map to look exactly pitch-black on the tile (ground, whatever you wanna call) ?

The idea is to make the camera to focus on that region (think of it as 2-Dimensional view from the top) and still have Doodads (or Units) to be placed on that said regions.

Think of it as, a pitch-black background, and there are some information that would like to be displayed on that background - what method is the most effective to create that kind of vibe ?.

 

[Light]

I'm not sure, but maybe alpha tiles could work? I remember seeing black alpha tiles in some screenshots.

 

[Kaijyuu]

Well you could make a completely black ground texture. One already exists in-game (the "abyss" tiles from the Outland tileset, though they're set to be unwalkable by default).

 

[defskull]

Well you could make a completely black ground texture. One already exists in-game (the "abyss" tiles from the Outland tileset, though they're set to be unwalkable by default).

Yea this is what I'm talking about, I mean the effect is a nice touch, but too bad it's unwalkable

But even with that effect, you can still the very soil from below the placed abyss, what I want is to completely block what you can see on the ground, only black covering the region.

 

[RG00]

Yea this is what I'm talking about, I mean the effect is a nice touch, but too bad it's unwalkable

But even with that effect, you can still the very soil from below the placed abyss, what I want is to completely block what you can see on the ground, only black covering the region.

I think that using alpha tile is the best solution to this problem, with the alpha tile the ground become transparent and then a black sky will make it look like an abyss or something like that while units and doodads will just stay on the invisible ground. The standard black sky of the editor is not the best but it should be able to accomplish what you want hopefully. I suggest using this alpha tile.

 

[Light]

Or, alternatively, edit Terrain.slk for the Abyss tile and make it walkable.

 

[A Void]

Use Ruined Ground (2x2) doodad from Object Editor in Cliff/Terrain section and set it's model to "NONE.mdl" without quotes. Then you just place it on your designated location.

No need to import anything and it's still walkable.