Share inventory amongst players

[whisp]

I'm trying to create a crate where players can share equipment. Thus i created a building looking like a crate with the inventory-ability. Now i'm wondering if there's a way to share a unit's, respectively a building's inventory items amongst all players. Or at least amongst players of the same force, without sharing the other units control? Thanks for any answers...

whisp

 

[UreDe4D]

you must use shared control, but maybe, if you didn't use maximum players, you can use kind of a "dummy"-player which ownes the crate and has shared control with the rest of his force

 

[Avator]

Or you make a small area where people can go to drop or pick up items. This are can be accessed by going through a circle of power in front of a building names Warehouse or something for example. This gives you pretty much infinite space to share items and it only costs you a small piece of ground.

 

[The_Silent]

Or add the ''Select Hero'' abillity.

 

[whisp]

All good ideas, though i don't know the effects of the select hero ability, but i will try it. I don't want to use a special area for the items, since i use it to store ammunition magazines and other equipment in crates - it's actually just a nice to have that adds a bit to a military atmosphere of the map i'm working on atm. The dummy player method sounds like an idea that i'm sure it will work, though if i can handle it with the select-hero ability i will do it that way to save that slot... However, thanks for all the answers!

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

what about making the crate over a shop? which every player can go to... i'm not sure, but it should be possible to set how many of them that can be bought. and then make the amount that can be bought go up by 1, when something is given to it. then the buy cost of all the stuff, would be 0 so it's free. tell me if i'm unclear

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Island Troll Tribes has the Shared Inventory system/technique. I suggest you check it out.

 

[whisp]

I already solved it with the dummy-player solution, even though it uses one of the player slots it's quite an easy and comfortable solution, and i can use it for many other shared devices, beside the inventory crate, as well...