Replace Building - Collision Problems

[AussieGoose]

Hi all,

I'm trying to replace a building (Demonic Gate model) with itself, because the model doesn't have selection through an upgrade. However, when I do it, and there are units surrounding the unit, the building jumps to another location (because of collision I'm assuming).

I've read a few posts and found that 'Chaos' can be used to help with this. Could someone help me understand how to use it properly?

Any other suggestions about how to replace the building without it moving around?

Cheers

 

[Uncle]

You could pick every unit within close range of the Gate and store them in a temporary Unit Group, pick through and hide them, then replace the gate, and then pick through and unhide them, destroying the Unit Group afterwards.

This will interrupt the orders of those units but it should guarantee that the gate is placed exactly where it needs to be.

You could also potentially turn the collision off for those units instead of hiding them, not sure if that would work.

 

[pr114]

Another option is to store its x and y coordinate, and after upgrade use SetUnitX and SetUnitY on this building.

 

[Uncle]

Another option is to store its x and y coordinate, and after upgrade use SetUnitX and SetUnitY on this building.

I was going to suggest that but if I recall correctly it screws with the pathing texture. The pathing texture doesn't move along with the structure. Haven't tested it in a while though.

 

[pr114]

I was going to suggest that but if I recall correctly it screws with the pathing texture. The pathing texture doesn't move along with the structure. Haven't tested it in a while though.

Ah, that I don't know. For the buildings in my map that use this I don't use path textures.
Before I posted this I tested in 1.32 editor on moving a regular Town Hall and I didn't see anything unusual about it though.

 

[AussieGoose]

Damn, tried your idea Uncle, didn't quite work. Trying yours next pr114. Thanks for the help lads. Just wish these models just had a selection box!

 

[Uncle]

Damn, tried your idea Uncle, didn't quite work. Trying yours next pr114. Thanks for the help lads. Just wish these models just had a selection box!

I'll try and come up with a solution when I get the chance, then I can send you the map. Do you use the latest version of wc3?

 

[AussieGoose]

Yeah I am using reforged. Don't know if I'll be shunned for that here lol. Also having issues with the client crashing after 20 or so minutes, although I know that's an entirely separate issue. I was just testing before I replied here, after my game crashed. I've looked at reasons for crashing and trigger leaks and everything, fixed it all up but it's still happening! So annoying.

 

[Uncle]

Yeah I am using reforged. Don't know if I'll be shunned for that here lol. Also having issues with the client crashing after 20 or so minutes, although I know that's an entirely separate issue. I was just testing before I replied here, after my game crashed. I've looked at reasons for crashing and trigger leaks and everything, fixed it all up but it's still happening! So annoying.

Nope, matter of fact you're my favorite kind of newcomer.

There's all sorts of useful new Editor tools that come with the recent patches, and the people living in the past (although I fully respect and agree with their opinions to do so) are missing out on a lot of good stuff.

Not sure about the crashing though. Does it only happen in your map?

 

[AussieGoose]

Good question, actually. I haven't actually played another custom map yet! I finished the main campaigns and then dived into making my map (which is pretty simple - 8 players, a few gold mines, and just changing models around, and about 30-40 simple triggers). I'll play some other maps and get back to you when I have the time. Maybe it isn't my map at all but something wrong with my drivers.

 

[Uncle]

Well, if it ONLY happens in your custom map then I'd assume it's a trigger that has an infinite loop that's causing the crash. Something along the lines of:

Event:
A unit is issued an order targeting a point
Action:
Order triggering unit to move to center of the map

So in the above example the Action is causing the Event to go off, and the Event is causing the Action to go off, creating an infinite loop. A nice trick to get around this is to temporarily Turn Off the trigger like so:

Event:
A unit is issued an order targeting a point
Action:
Turn off this trigger
Order triggering unit to move to center of the map
Turn on this trigger

So the Trigger will be turned off when you issue the move order which allows us to ignore the Event. This works without any issues.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Give the building movement speed so it can have its movement ability then use setunitx/y to place it where you want and remove its movement ability afterwards.

 

[AussieGoose]

Similar to pr114's idea... but I'm not sure on how to use the setunitx/y commands. So just looking into it now. Thanks for the trigger advice Uncle. +