preventing certain unit types from moving into an area

[CloudWolf]

As part of my D3W map, im trying to recreate the first scene featured in the Diablo III gameplay videos where ghouls come from all directions, accross bridges and scaling the walls.]

Below is a screenshot of the area:

Basically, I'm trying to find a way to allow the ghouls to walk up the edges, and move over the wall around the platform above. However, I also want to stop the players hero's from walking over the edge :S

An idea I had was to make the ghouls flying units with 0 height, however, this prooved rather messy as they were walking into other doodads etc :/

Is there another way?

 

[tml616]

You can turn off the collision of units via a trigger, so the ghouls will remain ground units. This would also allow you to keep collision on for non-ghouls. This sounds like the Spectre's dagger ability in DotA, which allows her to walk over cliffs and trees if she is standing on a shadow while other units may not. I don't know how to make the ghouls "climb" the walls... you could try tilting the models and forcing z-axis movement; but I have no idea how to do this. Unit positions are mapped only in x,y coordinates it seems, so the z-coordinate will shift "as needed" and is often jumpy.

 

[Dr. Boom]

Seas =)

- Hmm try following: Put a rect at the bottom and the top of the platform.

- Create a ghoul (in the Object Editor) with Fly and FlyHigh.

- Now you can create 2 triggers:

• Ghoul
• Events:
  • Unit - A Unit enter (bottum rect)
• Conditions:
  • Unit type of entering Unit equal to Ghoul
• Actions:
  • Unit - Replace Entering Unit with FlyingGhoul

• Ghoul2
• Events:
  • Unit - A Unit enter (top rect)
• Conditions:
  • Unit type of entering Unit equal to FlyingGhoul
• Actions:
  • Unit - Replace Entering Unit with Ghoul

 

[Tr!KzZ]

some indicator blockers for flying units would do the job

and I think it's better to use one region where they are able to climb up..
like unit enters <climbup> replace it with flying unit, and then use unit leaves <climbup> replace it.. would be better instead of using two regions

 

[Archangel_Tidusx]

CloudWolf, you are amazing.

 

[Super-Sheep]

CloudWolf, you are amazing.

THE COMMENT IS THE MOST HELPFULL +REP ++REPPEP

Unit enters region
Unit is hero
Point1 = Triggering unit
Point2 = Offset point 1 to 20 facing of triggering unit - 180
Move triggering unit to Point2

So this would move hero backwards a little, making it unable to go further.

 

[CloudWolf]

ooh, i never thought of that

Tr!kzZ method seems to be the best im afraid to say ^^ If I just spawned some flying ones outside the area, I could simply convert them into ground units when the enter the platform

Ty for the help all +rep!

 

[Marcelo Hossomi]

If you don't want to use two units you could turn collision off, so that they can pass through the edges, and when they enter the rect just turn it on

EDIT: Amazing, by the way