Selectable Hero, Not on the Map

[Istvan Kiraly]

For my current project, I would like for each player to have a sort of omniscient hero who is capable of casting abilities anywhere on the map, and thus must be selectable. However, I do not wish for this unit to be actually seen on the map itself; it should not be involved directly in the game and only in the form of casting abilities.

What would the best way be to have such a hero exist, who is selectable and usable by the player to cast abilities, but cannot actually be seen on the map itself by anyone?

 

[graystuff111]

Um, type in graystuff111 rocks!!! into the model path of the hero, and set the selection scale to -1, like in :

example

Then have the player just select the hero with the icon in the top-right corner

 

[-ALPHA-]

Couldn't you isolate the hero behind boundaries and/or pathing/sight blockers?

 

[graystuff111]

Does it really matter -ALPHA-, My solution works without a bunch of terraining garbage.

 

[-ALPHA-]

Does it really matter -ALPHA-, My solution works without a bunch of terraining garbage.

Never hurts to try different ways!

 

[Istvan Kiraly]

Giving the hero a model that does not work? I can't believe I didn't think of that myself.

Anyways, thanks and rep to both of you for the help.

 

[Teelo]

Giving it a model that doesn't work can give you errors. I think theres a blank model file, but can't rememer what it is. Thought it was none.mdl, but just checked that myself.

 

[Istvan Kiraly]

If you do remember, please PM me. Thank you for informing me about this.

 

[Reaper2008]

The model is Zone Indicator, last unit model. Should look like a rectangle with black and purple squares.

 

[ALiEN95]

For my current project, I would like for each player to have a sort of omniscient hero who is capable of casting abilities anywhere on the map, and thus must be selectable. However, I do not wish for this unit to be actually seen on the map itself; it should not be involved directly in the game and only in the form of casting abilities.

What would the best way be to have such a hero exist, who is selectable and usable by the player to cast abilities, but cannot actually be seen on the map itself by anyone?

go on his model file and click shift+enter and type .mdl
or put his model file to crystal and set all colors to 0

 

[squezza]

you can allways hide the hero with a trigger

actions: unit - hide hidden hero

 

[jadegolem]

Easier Way

Actions
Animation - Set Vertex Coloring (Y,a,d,a) and transparency to 100%

 

[Istvan Kiraly]

you can allways hide the hero with a trigger

actions: unit - hide hidden hero

Yes, but that causes the hero to be unable to interact with the map, which is not something I want.



Thanks for the replies everyone. Could a moderator please change the tag to solved?