Tileset-specific models and skins

[cleavinghammer]

Is there any way to get a doodad or model with a tileset-specific appearance (for example, Beastmaster summons look different if in Felwood or ice environments) to keep its appearance in a different thread?

For instance, I'm trying to get the red waterfall from the Dungeon tileset in a map that uses the Sunken Ruins tileset (need a cascade of blood effect).

 

[phoenixfire]

Is it possible? For the waterfall, yes.
Waterfalls work similarilly to water. The dungeon tileset's water is red so the waterfall is red. The Sunken Ruin's water is red so the waterfall is red. However, you can go to the object editor and make a custom unit based on the waterfall with a more reddish tint.

As for units, make multiple units and use triggers to change them when they move (if thats what happens) or just make multiple units.

 

[cleavinghammer]

I tried using the editor, but it comes out far too dark, looking nothing like the rest of the water (I'm using the Ultimate Terraining Map, which has water tiles of the appropriate tint). Is there a way to change the water's color without using triggers?

 

[phoenixfire]

The object editor? Otherwise no.

 

[Adiktuz]

Is there any way to get a doodad or model with a tileset-specific appearance (for example, Beastmaster summons look different if in Felwood or ice environments) to keep its appearance in a different thread?

--> well if the map only has one tileset, you could just always use a custom skin...

And you can recolor the water doodads of the UTM via the OE

 

[cleavinghammer]

Problem is I need the Sunken Ruins cliffs (it's a standard ancient-evil-in-the-temple map), so I can't start with the dungeon tileset and swap tiles.

As for the different skins, I've tried mesing around with the file names, like adding v0 (like for priests), but that doesn't work.

 

[Adiktuz]

You would need to import a lot of models, since you would need to replace every unit that enters a tile with a diff tileset...

basically, you open the model on Magos, then change the skin to the new skin, then save the model, then import it to the map...