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Hi there,
I have a project here and I'm desperatly in need for help. I've been working on it for weeks with no result.
I'm making a caravan system, where 3 packmules + 5 guards travel between four towns.
Every now and then, the caravan (controlled by ennemy computer) spawns randomly in one of the four towns, then heads off to one of the three others. When it reaches its destination, the caravan disappears (unless the players has destroyed it). After X seconds, it starts again from a random town to another random town, etc. If the caravan is attacked, it stops and defend against the attackers, then goes back on its trip.
Initially I created my own system, but it was all messy, the units were all packed, it wasn't working properly; I wanted the units to move in formation. So I downloaded Blizzard's campaign, and I used the map of the human campaign where Maiev and Tyrande escort Kael's caravan with nice formations (using breadcrumbs, loops, angles and stuff like that). After working on it for ages, I eventually managed to make it move in formation, but it wouldn't move more than a couple of waypoints.
Then I tried with the triggers from the 5th level of the ROC human campaign, but I couldn't even make the caravan move, there are dozens of triggers, it's a real pain!
I have no problem in making the caravan randomly spawn or disappear, but making a nice caravan system with units formations and making it move is a real challenge, I did my best but I can't do it.
Anyway, sorry for being this long. Do you guys have tips about that kind of system? Or by any chance is there someone in here who could make some fine caravan triggers?
Thanks a thousand times!
Sieb
(Sorry if my English is not good enough, it's not my mother tongue!)
I have a project here and I'm desperatly in need for help. I've been working on it for weeks with no result.
I'm making a caravan system, where 3 packmules + 5 guards travel between four towns.
Every now and then, the caravan (controlled by ennemy computer) spawns randomly in one of the four towns, then heads off to one of the three others. When it reaches its destination, the caravan disappears (unless the players has destroyed it). After X seconds, it starts again from a random town to another random town, etc. If the caravan is attacked, it stops and defend against the attackers, then goes back on its trip.
Initially I created my own system, but it was all messy, the units were all packed, it wasn't working properly; I wanted the units to move in formation. So I downloaded Blizzard's campaign, and I used the map of the human campaign where Maiev and Tyrande escort Kael's caravan with nice formations (using breadcrumbs, loops, angles and stuff like that). After working on it for ages, I eventually managed to make it move in formation, but it wouldn't move more than a couple of waypoints.
Then I tried with the triggers from the 5th level of the ROC human campaign, but I couldn't even make the caravan move, there are dozens of triggers, it's a real pain!
I have no problem in making the caravan randomly spawn or disappear, but making a nice caravan system with units formations and making it move is a real challenge, I did my best but I can't do it.
Anyway, sorry for being this long. Do you guys have tips about that kind of system? Or by any chance is there someone in here who could make some fine caravan triggers?
Thanks a thousand times!
Sieb
(Sorry if my English is not good enough, it's not my mother tongue!)
