Ship Hold out Mission Help

[Abishkar]

Well, I was messing around with the WE, and I got an idea of making a unique mission. I decided to make a holdout mission in which your hero will be travelling in a ship along with many units and your base will be present there too. But your ship will be constantly attacked by enemies and you have to protect the captain from getting killed. But, I have a problem, how on earth will I make units and buildings stand on a ship? And it has to be big enough for the whole base to fit. Can you please help? A reply is most appreciated!

 

[OutsiderXE]

I am not sure it's directly possible to attach buildings to one another, so they move if one moves. Maybe with a lot of trigger work. You could potentially just create a really big Ship-doodad and place the buildings on that. The Ship and the buildings/units on it wouldn't move. But if it is that big it might not need to. You could have units/buildings exit the ship triggered by completing a quest, so the Ship would be its own separate area.

 

[PurgeandFire]

I remember playing a map that replaced one of the terrain tiles with a wood texture and made it "seem" like you're on a ship. They just made it regular ground, and then added walls, props, etc. Would that work for you? Try using this!
Cliff0.blp
Or this:
https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/grimey_planks-blp.169551/#resource-40835

 

[Abishkar]

I am not sure it's directly possible to attach buildings to one another, so they move if one moves. Maybe with a lot of trigger work. You could potentially just create a really big Ship-doodad and place the buildings on that. The Ship and the buildings/units on it wouldn't move. But if it is that big it might not need to. You could have units/buildings exit the ship triggered by completing a quest, so the Ship would be its own separate area.

Thank you for your idea, brother!
@PurgeandFire oh my word, that is the most suitable and satisfying tileset I have ever seen! That is suitable for the ship tileset! Great, thanks!

 

[SLICED]

Hi !

Idk if this is useful anyhow but I remember playing a campaign some years ago called Joe's Quest GOLD. In one of the maps/chapters there were pirates and other people standing on ships.. like you could literally see them on the ship.. and I think, even play with them on the ship.
If you can find that campaign on the website maybe you could talk with the author of the campaign and ask them how they managed to do that trick with the ship.. Hope this helps !

 

[Abishkar]

Yup, I know, I have referred to it actually. Problem is the author has left Hive

 

[SLICED]

Yup, I know, I have referred to it actually. Problem is the author has left Hive

Ahh.. too bad.. but can't you open the map files with WE, see what's around in there and how the triggers work ?

 

[DaneTheBeast]

Instead of making the ship move, make the ground below it move, making an illusion that the ship is moving. Hopefully it's possible in one way or another

 

[doom_sheep]

look into walkable doodads

 

[Abishkar]

Ahh.. too bad.. but can't you open the map files with WE, see what's around in there and how the triggers work ?

Actually in Joe's Quest GOLD, he did not make the ship move. It just stood there. He made it with custom tilesets, like the way @PurgeandFire said. But I just want it to move too. Guess that's not happening.
@DaneTheBeast Making the ground move? You mean the ship's floor? Couldn't understand
@doom_sheep Have seen. In vain.
Nevertheless, +rep

 

[SLICED]

Actually in Joe's Quest GOLD, he did not make the ship move. It just stood there. He made it with custom tilesets, like the way @PurgeandFire said. But I just want it to move too. Guess that's not happening.
@DaneTheBeast Making the ground move? You mean the ship's floor? Couldn't understand
@doom_sheep Have seen. In vain.
Nevertheless, +rep

Welp, good luck with it !

 

[LordDz]

Could always do it like a lot of FPS games do:
Keep the boat stationary and move the environment around it.

 

[DaneTheBeast]

^I was saying what lorddz said. Though it seems you plan on making a different map than that.