Something about inviseble platforms

[Sheephunter]

Hi, i lol'ed around in editor and found something very intresting thing about inviseble platform, it stacks on echother like blocks do irl

As you can see in the screenshots its quite usefull, or good to know.

Edit:
Credit to inhuman89 for the models!

In Editor

In Game

In Object Editor

Btw, Soz for the bad spelling

 

[Azurot]

Haha, thats actually very cool. nice find Very useful even if it doesn't look all that good!

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

That is awesome lol, though is it of much use? Most terrainers take their pics in editor.

A question that may be useful though is their pathing generated like blocks? Like if you stack 2 blocks and a unit walks on them will it always go on the top one? Could a unit walk up them like stairs or would they act like walls?

 

[Lexandritte]

You can overlap them just as you can overlap other doodads with pathing textures.

However, leaving them without one, means that you need to be careful when you plot a path over water or abyss (you'd have to but some invisible platforms with pathing under them to make it blue, walkable area), and block it out so unit doesn't fall of it.

 

[Sheephunter]

That is awesome lol, though is it of much use? Most terrainers take their pics in editor.

A question that may be useful though is their pathing generated like blocks? Like if you stack 2 blocks and a unit walks on them will it always go on the top one? Could a unit walk up them like stairs or would they act like walls?

Hard question there, but if the you have builted a stair that gose right forword, then the unit can walk like it was a stair.

 

[Adiktuz]

ALL doodads can stack with each other if so set pathing to none so I guess its nothing special...

 

[Sheephunter]

ALL doodads can stack with each other if so set pathing to none so I guess its nothing special...

I know, but how many did know that?

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

ALL doodads can stack with each other if so set pathing to none so I guess its nothing special...

Well of course, but invisible platforms have some special properties with pathing, like the trick to make stairs is pretty sweet

 

[PurgeandFire]

Well, for terrain I don't know much about the uses, but for triggering, these platforms are used (and then removed) to create effects with a Z height and they are also useful for trackables, so that you can track the mouse invisibly without worrying about having some visible model stuck there forever. =) Sorry, off-topic.

 

[supertoinkz]

Where did you get that UI? I WANT ONE D:

 

[Sheephunter]

Where did you get that UI? I WANT ONE D:

From XGM

 

[Lexandritte]

XGM Rulezzz =)

I know, but how many did know that?

Actually quite a lot of people didn't know that they could move doodads without dropping height (there even were some tutorials on how to avoid getting you doodad high in the air in wrong position), until some guy went through menus and shared it with people. How much joy were in that thread...

 

[Adiktuz]

Well of course, but invisible platforms have some special properties with pathing, like the trick to make stairs is pretty sweet

you can make stairs with other doodads... just set them to walkable, pathing to none then just put pathing blockers around the sides to avoid units from falling...