Terrain generation?

[aquilla]

I was tampering a little bit with randomising terrain and I've come across some issues:

- Objects, apart from units, do not seem to consider height changes when placed. Eg, placing a doodad or special effect where the ground has been lowered or raised makes it appear floating or buried, respectively.
- Similarily, water effects initially present in the map show even if the terrain is raised. (And the opposite)
- The minimap does not update​

I guess I could avoid water and use a minimap icon instead, but the first problem would make the terrain look quite bland. I tried using GetLocationZ but it seems to return the "old" Z value. I guess I could store Z changes to the terrain but that'd still be quite difficult to calculate...

Anyone got any ideas or know a good system?

Edit: Perhaps SetTerrainPathable could be used for fixing the water issue, if I can get the Z value.

 

[rulerofiron99]

In all the maps where I've raised/lowered terrain using triggers (the GUI function), GetLocationZ has always returned the new height.

I do this in the attached map to check if a unit should be under water. Special effects are created at terrain height.

 

[WaterKnight]

Doodads follow the terrain height changes if they have not been lifted off before in z-axis. Water plane and minimap are static, only some symbols drawn on it during the game as you said.

 

[aquilla]

Hmm, weird... I get some issues. Maybe not special effects, it seems I was a little eager to place them, but trees and shadows are odd...